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DOE v. CITY OF LYNN

SJC-11822.

472 Mass. 521 (2015)

36 N.E.3d 18

JOHN DOE & others v. CITY OF LYNN.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

August 28, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Kiernan (Robert E. Koosa with him) for the defendant.

John Reinstein (Benjamin H. Keehn, Committee for Public Counsel Services, & Jessie J. Rossman with him) for the plaintiffs.

Amy M. Belger, Andrew S. Crouch, & Jennifer J. Cox, for Jacob Wetterling Resource Center & others, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: GANTS, C.J., SPINA, CORDY, BOTSFORD, DUFFLY, LENK, & HINES, JJ.

In this appeal, we determine whether an ordinance imposing restrictions on the right of sex offenders to reside in the city of Lynn (city) is prohibited by the Home Rule Amendment, art. 89, § 6, of the Amendments to the Massachusetts Constitution, and the Home Rule Procedures Act, G. L....

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