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PEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS, INC. v. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES

SJC-12207.

477 Mass. 280 (2017)

PEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS, INC. v. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

June 14, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Milton for the plaintiff.

Amy Spector, Assistant Attorney General, for the defendants.

Laura Rótolo & Jessie Rossman, for American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Jessica White, for Prisoners' Legal Services of Massachusetts, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: GANTS, C.J., LENK, GAZIANO, LOWY, & BUDD, JJ.

This case concerns the scope of two exemptions from the statutory definition of "public records." Specifically, it probes whether information, such as names, addresses, telephone numbers, and other information, contained on animal health certificates in the custody of the Department of Agricultural Resources, is subject to disclosure in...

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