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· 9/13/1985

Pottle v. School Committee of Braintree

Citations

  • 482 N.E.2d 813
  • 395 Mass. 861

How courts have described this case

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

  • stating that public employees have \diminished expectations of privacy\
  • unnecessary to balance public and private interests where disclosure would not \invade the privacy\ of specified individuals
  • “Public employees, by virtue of their public employment, have diminished expectations of privacy”
  • names, addresses, and job classifications of school employees are not exempt from disclosure
  • invasion of privacy standard under the public records 16 exemption at issue in Collector of Lynn is “a standard more favorable to nondisclosure than [the Massachusetts Privacy Act]’”
  • public school employees’ names and home addresses do not fall within exemption [c]

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

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