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PEARSON v. BOARD OF HEALTH OF CHICOPEE

402 Mass. 797 (1988)

525 N.E.2d 400

GREGORY S. PEARSON & others vs. BOARD OF HEALTH OF CHICOPEE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

July 12, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. O'Grady, Associate City Solicitor, for the Board of Health of Chicopee.

Raymond R. Randall (Priscilla F. Chesky with him) for the plaintiffs.

James C. Heigham, for Massachusetts Newspaper Publishers Association, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., LIACOS, ABRAMS, NOLAN, & O'CONNOR, JJ.

ABRAMS, J.

The board of health (board) of Chicopee appeals from a judgment invalidating two meetings alleged to have been held in violation of the open meeting law. See G.L.c. 39, § 23B (1986 ed.). The plaintiffs, three registered voters in Chicopee, also sought recovery of their attorneys' fees. As part of the judgment, the judge ordered that the board pay the plaintiffs $3,050.18 in attorneys' fees and costs. The...

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