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BOSTON v. KEENE CORP.

406 Mass. 301 (1989)

547 N.E.2d 328

CITY OF BOSTON & others vs. KEENE CORPORATION & others; ATTORNEY GENERAL, intervener.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

December 14, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rory FitzPatrick for National Gypsum Company & others.

Stanley J. Levy of New York (Steven P. Perlmutter with him) for the city of Boston & others.

William L. Pardee, Assistant Attorney General, for the Attorney General, intervener.

Lawrence G. Cetrulo, for Armstrong World Industries, was present but did not argue.

Richard M. Bluestein & Janet Steckel Lundberg, for Boston Housing Authority, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: LIACOS, C.J., WILKINS, NOLAN, LYNCH, & GREANEY, JJ.

GREANEY, J.

In this case, the defendants, eighteen named manufacturers of asbestos-containing products, challenge the constitutionality (under various provisions of the Declaration of Rights of the Massachusetts Constitution) of St. 1986, c. 336 (set forth in full below),3 which (1) establishes a six-year limitations period for "asbestos related corrective actions" brought by the Commonwealth...

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