| Docket # | SJC-09501 |
| Date | November 9, 2005 |
| Video | View oral argument with Windows Media Player |
| Justices | Marshall, C.J., Greaney, Ireland, Spina, Cowin, Cordy, JJ.
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| Summary | Tobacco smoke. Municipal corporations, Board of Health. Administrative law, Agency's authority, Regulations, Rulemaking. Constitutional law, Vagueness of statute, Privacy, Right to assemble, Freedom of association, Freedom of religion, Taking of property. Due process of law, Taking of property. Privacy. Unlawful interference. |
| Appealed From | Worcester Superior Court, Justice John S. McCann |
Counsel for Appellant
(Appearing) | Athol Board of Health: Christopher N. Banthin, Mark A. Goldstein |
Counsel for Appellee
(Appearing) | American Lithuanian Naturalization Club of Athol: Michael J. Tremblay |
| Amici Curiae | Boston Public Health Commission |
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| Opinion | Click to link to the slip opinion of the Supreme Judicial Court, in PDF format (requires Adobe Acrobat) |
