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A
Guide to Selected Sources on Freedom
of Information and Open Meeting Laws
in Massachusetts |
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Pathfinder in Word
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foi.doc |
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MASSACHUSETTS STATUTES: |
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Definition of
Public Record |
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Criminal Offender
Record Information
System |
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Meetings of Governmental
Bodies |
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Open Meeting Law |
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Public Records |
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Fair Information
Practices Act |
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MASSACHUSETTS REGULATIONS: |
803 CMR |
Criminal History
Systems Board |
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Fair Information
Practices Act |
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Public Records
Access Regulations |
950 CMR 33.00 |
Information Practices
Regulations |
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FEDERAL STATUTES: |
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Freedom of Information
Act |
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SELECTIVE CASE LAW: |
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District
Attorney for the Plymouth District
v. Board of Selectmen of Middleborough,
395 Mass. 629, 481 NE2d 1128 (1985)
The Board could not hold executive
sessions for purposes other than those
enumerated in MGL chapter 39, sec.
29B.
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Hull Municipal
Lighting Plant v. Massachusetts Municipal
Wholesale Electric Co., 414 Mass.
609, 609 NE2d 460 (1993) Public records
are broadly defined and include all
documentary materials made or received
by an officer or employee of any corporation
or public entity of the Commonwealth
unless one of the nine statutory exemptions
is applicable.
Peckham v. Boston Herald, Inc.,
48 Mass. App. Ct. 282, 719 NE2d 888
(1999) Judicial records are not within
the law's definition of "public
records," and so that law's privacy
exemption did not apply in an invasion
of privacy suit arising from a newspaper's
reporting on a paternity action. |
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SECONDARY SOURCES: |
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Freedom of Information Act, Public
Records and Privacy Issues, MCLE,
2000. |
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Freedom of Information in Massachusetts,
by William H. Abrashkin, Auburn House,
1989. |
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Getting the Records that Really
Count, by Paul R. Keane, et al.,
MCLE, 1993. |
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A Guide to the Massachusetts Public
Records Law, Massachusetts Secretary
of the Commonwealth, Public Records
Division, 1998. Also available online
at
http://www.sec.state.ma.us/pre/prepdf/guide.pdf
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Guidebook to the Freedom of Information
and Privacy Acts, 2d ed., Justin
D. Franklin and Robert F. Bouchard,
editors, West Group, loose-leaf. |
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Massachusetts Practice, vol.
18 (Municipal Law) West Group, 1993
with supplement, chapter 8; vol. 39
(Administrative Law and Practice) West
Group, 1986 with supplement, chapters
16 and 18. |
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State Freedom of Information Act,
by Joanne D'Alcomo et al., MCLE, 1993. |
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"State Freedom of Information
Act Requests: Right to Receive Information
in Particular Medium or Format,"
86 ALR4th 786. |
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"Validity, Construction and
Application of Statutes Making Public
Proceedings Open to the Public,"
38 ALR3d 1070. |
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ARTICLES: |
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"Massachusetts Open Meeting
Law: An Historical Overview and Contemporary
Analysis," 25 New England
Law Review 257 (1990).
"Massachusetts Public Records
Law: Common Issues for the Municipal
Practitioner," 37 Boston Bar
Journal 15 (May-June 1993).
"Open Meeting Law,"
28 Annual Survey of Massachusetts
Law 192 (1981).
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