Massachusetts v. Feeney, 429 U.S. 66 (1976)

Massachusetts v. Feeney


No. 76-265


Decided November 8, 1976
429 U.S. 66

ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS

Syllabus

The question whether Massachusetts law authorizes the Massachusetts Attorney General to appeal from the Federal District Court’s judgment against certain state officers he represented in that court notwithstanding their expressed opposition to the appeal, is certified to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in the absence of any clearly controlling decision on the question by that court.

415 F.Supp. 485, question certified.