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Archie Briggs et al. v. John T. Kerrigan et al. case files
Series
Identifier: 0700.032
Found in:
Boston City Archives
Black Voters et al. v. John McDonough et al. case files
Collection
Identifier: 0700.012
Scope and Contents
Includes the City's Law Department records concerning the class action suit brought by black registered voters against Boston's Mayor, City Council, School Committee, Election Commissioners and City Clerk challenging the at-large voting procedure for the election of members of the Boston School Committee. The court found in favor of the defendants.
Found in:
Boston City Archives
Boston Waterfront Residents' Association, Inc. v. George Romney et al. case files
Series
Identifier: 0700.033
Found in:
Boston City Archives
Charles Street Jail and Deer Island cases
Collection
Identifier: 0700.011
Found in:
Boston City Archives
City of Boston et al. v. Claude S. Brinegar et al. case files
Series
Identifier: 0700.031
Found in:
Boston City Archives
City of Boston et al. v. Keene Corporation et al. records
Collection
Identifier: 0700.005
Scope and Contents
Records from the suit brought by the City of Boston against manufacturers of materials containing asbestos for reimbursement for the cost of abatement of the asbestos in public buildings. Includes contracts of city-owned buildings from 1923-1971 that were used as exhibits in the case. Buildings include schools, libraries, fire stations, police stations, city hospital, etc. Also includes records from the case itself.
Found in:
Boston City Archives
City of Boston et al. v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority et al. case files
Series
Identifier: 0700.034
Found in:
Boston City Archives
Coughlin et al. v. Election Commissioners et al. case files (Election case)
Collection
Identifier: 0700.025
Found in:
Boston City Archives
Doris B. Bunte v. Mayor of Boston case files
Series
Identifier: 0700.035
Found in:
Boston City Archives
Examinations of titles [of land purchased by the city?]
Series — Volume: 1
Identifier: 0700.003
Scope and Contents
Record of title examinations on properties purchased by the city. Includes Austin Farm and other properties.
Found in:
Boston City Archives
Fairview Construction Co. Inc. v. City of Boston case files (Minority/Women in Business Enterprise case)
Collection
Identifier: 0700.018
Found in:
Boston City Archives
General docket
Series
Identifier: 0700.002
Scope and Contents
Docket of cases handled by the Law Department. Lists names of parties, date of process, court, cause of action, remarks and results.
Found in:
Boston City Archives
Irish-American Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Group of Boston et al. v. City of Boston et al. case files (Parade Case)
Collection
Identifier: 0700.022
Found in:
Boston City Archives
Latino Political Action Committee, Inc., ET AL vs. City of Boston, ET AL case files (Latino PAC II)
Series
Identifier: 0700.008
Found in:
Boston City Archives
Law Department annual reports and publications
Series
Identifier: 0700.004
Scope and Contents
Includes annual reports of the Law Department from 1911-1974 with gaps and a published copy of the will of Benjamin Franklin and of the proceedings of the Courts and of the Managers of the Franklin Fund relating to the will which were compiled by the Corporation Counsel.
Found in:
Boston City Archives
Law Department correspondence
Collection
Identifier: 0700.006
Scope and Contents note
One of the functions of the Law Department is to provide formal and informal opinions to the Mayor, the City Council, the Boston School Committee, and City or County Officials and other employees in matters relating to the discharge of their official duties. This collection documents the communications between various city officials and employees and the Law Department regarding these requests. The collection is divided into two series based on the format of the records. The first series...
Found in:
Boston City Archives
Law Department records
Collection
Identifier: 0700.007
Scope and Contents note
This collection includes files kept by the City's Law Department on various issues, cases, questions that came before the department during the 20th century. Significant issues, etc. represented in this collection include the Cocoanut Grove Fire, West End Redevelopment, World War, City Real estate holdings, gifts to the city, bridge construction, City Hospital, City Hall construction and many others. The first series includes a numbered reference file that was kept by the Law Department from...
Found in:
Boston City Archives
Legal Opinions of the Corporation Counsel
Collection
Identifier: 0700.001
Scope and Contents note
One of the duties of the Corporation Counsel is to provide opinions on the law of any subject or question that may be submitted to him by the Mayor or the City Council and on any subject or question relating to the discharge of their or his duties that may be submitted to him by the School Committee, by any Committee of the City Council, or by four members of the City Council, or by any Officer in charge of a Department of the City government. This series includes the official opinions of the...
Found in:
Boston City Archives
McGrath et al. v. HUD case files (BHA Reverse Discrimination case)
Collection
Identifier: 0700.013
Found in:
Boston City Archives
Morgan et al. v. Hennigan et al. and related cases files
Collection
Identifier: 0700.028
Scope and Contents note
This collection consists of records of the City's Law Department concerning the "School Cases" relating to desegregation in the late 1960s-1970s. The major case represented in this collection is Tallulah Morgan et al. v. James Hennigan et al. (later known as Morgan v. Kerrigan, Morgan v. McDonough, Morgan v. Sullivan, etc. due to the changes in the School Committee presidency). Also included in this collection are files of the following two cases: Boston School Committee v. Board of Education...
Found in:
Boston City Archives
N.A.A.C.P. v. Boston Housing Authority case files
Collection
Identifier: 0700.023
Found in:
Boston City Archives
Opinions of the Corporation Counsel
Series — Box: 1
Identifier: 0301.046
Found in:
Boston City Archives
Opinions of the Corporation Counsel provided at the request of the City Auditor
Series
Identifier: 2200.011
Scope and Contents note
Legal opinions of the Corporation Counsel provided at the request of the City Auditor.
Found in:
Boston City Archives
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