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BAKER v. LAWRENCE

379 Mass. 322 (1979)

409 N.E.2d 710

HERBERT BAKER & others vs. CITY OF LAWRENCE & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

December 6, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony R. DiFruscia (Kathleen M. Sullivan & Kenneth M. Homsey with him) for the plaintiffs.

Edward J. Grimley, Jr., City Solicitor, for the defendants.

Frank J. McGee & William B. Vernon for the Boston Police Patrolmen's Association, Inc., amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

William M. Shipps, Commissioner of Labor and Industries, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., BRAUCHER, KAPLAN, WILKINS, & LIACOS, JJ.

KAPLAN, J.

We took for direct review the appeal of the plaintiffs, six police officers of the city of Lawrence,3 from a declaratory judgment of the Superior Court regarding the legality and consequences of a request by the defendant director of public safety of the city that they submit to a lie detector test.

The facts, summarized in the findings which form the basis of the judgment, are drawn largely from the parties' stipulation...

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