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· 9/13/1984

Kenney v. Commissioner of Correction

Citations

  • 468 N.E.2d 616
  • 393 Mass. 28
  • 1984 Mass. LEXIS 1731

How courts have described this case

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  • recognizing that prison administrators have “broad discretion in the administration of prison affairs”
  • assuming alleged violation was consistently repeated from defendants' assertion of authority to take such action against any inmate
  • \[T]he legality of the administrative practices and procedures of a State agency may be determined in a declaratory judgment action . . .\

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

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