The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court docket declared a city’s public remark coverage unconstitutional and held {that a} board chairman/lawyer didn’t have certified immunity when threatening to take away a lady from a public remark session after she criticized him for being “a Hitler” and violating alleged open-meeting legal guidelines.
The plaintiff, Louise Barron, determined to attend the board’s December 2018 assembly after the Massachusetts Legal professional Normal’s Workplace rule that the board dedicated dozens of open-meeting violations the earlier month. On the assembly, the board members mentioned a number of subjects, together with the city funds, which, if accredited, would enhance actual property taxes for residents, in accordance with the court’s opinion filed March 7.
