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MASS. FED'N OF TCHRS., AFT v. SCH. COMM. OF CHELSEA

409 Mass. 203 (1991)

564 N.E.2d 1027

MASSACHUSETTS FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFT, AFL-CIO, & others vs. SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF CHELSEA & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

January 17, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy A. Daly for Linda Brown & others.

Bruce A. Miller of Michigan (Joseph R. Lettiere with him) for the plaintiffs.

Howard L. Greenspan, for School Committee of Chelsea, was present but did not argue.

Paul D. Wilson, for Trustees of Boston University, intervener, was present but did not argue.

Present: WILKINS, ABRAMS, NOLAN, LYNCH, & GREANEY, JJ.

ABRAMS, J.

A group of Chelsea parents and school children (parents) seeks to intervene as defendants in a suit brought by a group of teachers' unions, teachers, and Chelsea citizens against the Chelsea school committee. The Superior Court judge denied the motion to intervene. See Mass. R. Civ. P. 24 (a) or 24 (b), 365 Mass. 769 (1974). The parents appeal. We allowed the parents' application for direct appellate review. We affirm.

In November, 1988, the Chelsea...

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