| Docket # | SJC-10798 |
| Date | September 6, 2011 |
| Video | View oral argument with Windows Media Player |
| Justices | Ireland, C.J., Spina, Cordy, Botsford, Gants, Duffly, Lenk, JJ.
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| Summary | Inquest. Impoundment. Statute, Construction. Common law. Public records. Privacy. Supreme Judicial Court, Superintendence of inferior courts. |
| Appealed From | Norfolk Superior Court, Justice Elizabeth B. Donovan |
| Briefs | See selection available in PDF format at Supreme Judicial Court website |
Counsel for Appellant
(Appearing) | Globe Newspaper Company, Inc.: Jonathan M. Albano |
Counsel for Intervener
(Appearing) | Committee for Public Counsel Services: Larry R. Tipton, Peter M. Onek |
Counsel for Appellee
(Appearing) | Attorney General: Natalie S. Monroe, Todd M. Blume |
| Amici Curiae | Citizen Media Law Project; Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc.; Gatehouse Media, Inc.; Massachusetts Newspaper Publishers Association; Metro Corporation d/b/a/ Boston Magazine; New England Newspaper and Press Association, Inc. |
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| Opinion | Click to link to the slip opinion of the Supreme Judicial Court, in PDF format (requires Adobe Acrobat) |
