| Docket # | SJC-09734 |
| Date | February 5, 2007 |
| Video | View oral argument with Windows Media Player |
| Summary | Practice, Civil, Judgment on the pleadings, Relief in the nature of certiorari, Declaratory proceeding. Declaratory relief. Education Reform Act. Board of Education. Commonwealth, Education. Education, Charter school. Administrative law, Adjudicatory proceeding, Agency, Judicial review. School and school committee, Standing to challenge validity of statute. |
| Appealed From | Middlesex Superior Court, Justice Stephen E. Neel |
Counsel for Appellant (Appearing) | School Committee of Hudson: Kay H. Hodge, Geoffrey R. Bok |
Counsel for Appellee (Appearing) | Board of Education: Jane L. Willoughby Advanced Math and Science Academy Charter School: Lawrence G. Green, Susan E. Stenger, Anatoly Darov |
| Amici Curiae | Massachusetts Association of School Committees; Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents; Massachusetts Charter Public School Association |
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| Opinion | Click to link to the slip opinion of the Supreme Judicial Court, in PDF format (requires Adobe Acrobat) |