Open Meeting Law determinations
When the Massachusetts Attorney General rules on an Open Meeting Law complaint, the decision is a public record — but many of them are hard to find and harder to search. These are ones we have needed and posted in full, with the original PDF attached to each.
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A plain-language walkthrough of what the Attorney General has actually decided when someone barred from a town or city building tries to attend a board meeting.
- OML 2025-125 Mashpee Housing Authority Board of Commissioners · Mashpee Violation found
- OML 2022-41 Tewksbury School Committee · Tewksbury No violation found
- OML 2019-87 Beverly Regional Airport Commission · Beverly Violation found
- OML 2019-14 Fall River Licensing Board · Fall River No violation found
- OML 2018-77 South Essex Sewerage Board · Salem Violation found
- OML 2017-77 Scituate Board of Selectmen · Scituate No violation found
- OML 2014-8 Egremont Board of Selectmen · Egremont Violation found
This is a selection, not the complete set. The Attorney General has issued thousands of Open Meeting Law determinations; the full run is published by the Division of Open Government.