DESROSIERS v. THE GOVERNOR

SJC-12983.

486 Mass. 369 (2020)

DAWN DESROSIERS & others v. THE GOVERNOR.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Worcester.

December 10, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael P. DeGrandis , of the District of Columbia, for the plaintiffs.

Douglas S. Martland , Assistant Attorney General, for the Governor.

John A. Sten , for Representative Shawn C. Dooley, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Elissa Flynn-Poppey , Emily Kanstroom Musgrave , & Andrew Nathanson , for Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association & others, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: LENK, GAZIANO, LOWY, BUDD, CYPHER, & KAFKER, JJ.


On March 10, 2020, Governor Charles D. Baker, Jr., declared a state of emergency in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in response to the pandemic arising from COVID-19, a respiratory illness caused by a novel coronavirus. See Governor's Declaration of Emergency, Executive Order No. 591. He did so under the Civil Defense Act (CDA), St...

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