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· 8/31/1982

Attorney General v. School Committee of Essex

Citations

  • 439 N.E.2d 770
  • 387 Mass. 326
  • 1982 Mass. LEXIS 1678

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • “Wé will not adopt a literal construction of a statute if the consequences of such construction are absurd or unreasonable”
  • “we will not adopt a construction of a statute that creates ‘absurd or unreasonable’ consequences”
  • \We assume the Legislature intended to act reasonably\

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Judges: Hennessey, Wilkins, Nolan, Lynch, O'Connor

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