| Docket # | SJC-10197 |
| Date | December 2, 2008 |
| Video | View oral argument with Windows Media Player |
Summary (prepared by Suffolk University Law School) | Public Housing-- This matter arises out of the termination of a tenant's public housing subsidy because of criminal activity in the rental unit. |
| Appealed From | Southeast Housing Court, Justice Anne Kenney Chaplin |
| Briefs | See selection available in PDF format at Supreme Judicial Court website |
Counsel for Appellant (Appearing) | Fall River Housing Authority: John Egan |
Counsel for Appellee (Appearing) | Costa: Deborah G. Roher |
| Amici Curiae | Boston Tenants Coalition; City Life/Vida Urbana; Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless; Boston Housing Authority; Acton Housing Authority; Cambridge Housing Authority; Hingham Housing Authority; Medford Housing Authority; Walpole Housing Authority; Watertown Housing Authority; Worcester Housing Authority; Yarmouth Housing Authority; United States; Massachusetts Nonprofit Housing Association |