MacLAURIN v. CITY OF HOLYOKE

SJC-11865, SJC-11866.

475 Mass. 231 (2016)

ROBERT MacLAURIN & another v. CITY OF HOLYOKE & others. ROBERT MacLAURIN & another v. CITY OF HOLYOKE & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

August 18, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas D. Moore for the plaintiffs.

Kara Lamb Cunha for the defendants.

The following submitted briefs for amici curiae:

Jason R. Ferenc for Greater Holyoke Rental Housing Association.

Joseph N. Schneiderman for Fire Chiefs Association of Massachusetts.

Maura Healey , Attorney General, Benjamin K. Golden , Assistant Attorney General, Steven P. Rourke , Special Assistant Attorney General, & Peter Senopoulos for the State Fire Marshal.

Present: GANTS, C.J., SPINA, CORDY, BOTSFORD, DUFFLY, LENK, & HINES, JJ.


We are called upon in these consolidated cases to construe G. L. c. 148, § 26I, the residential sprinkler provision, one of a number of provisions requiring the installation of automatic sprinkler systems contained in G. L. c. 148, the fire prevention act. The residential sprinkler provision mandates the installation of automatic sprinklers...

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