Report of the Attorney General for the Year Ending
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public Document No. 12 Oil;? Olommnnuipaltli of iia£itfart|Utifttd REPORT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR THE Year Ending June 30, 1979 PUBLICATION OF THIS DOCUMENT APPROVED BY JOHN MANTON. ACTING STATE PURCHASING AGENT. >0O-8-8O-l56726 Estimated Cost Per Copy $2.70 MR 34oMS To r/ie Honorable Senate and House ofRepresen tatives I have the honor to transmit herewith the report of the Department of the Attorney General for the year ending June 30, 1979. Respectfully submitted, FRANCIS X. BELLOTTI Attorney General ' P.D.12 DEPARTMENT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL A ttornev General FRANCIS X. BELLOTTI First Assistant A ttornev General Thomas R. Kiley Assistant A ttorneys General '^ Jose Allen Robert Griffith James Aloisi Richard Gross Nicholas Arenella Catherine Hantzis Charles Barry "o Thomas Hoffman ' Michael Barry" David Hopwood ^* Annette Benedetto ^ Andra Hotchkiss W. Channing Beucler William Howell Robert Bohn Edward Hughes John Bonistalli ^ John Hurley '^ Margot Botsford Linda Irvin John Bowman '^ Daniel Jaffe Jonathan Brant Ellen Janos Roberta Brown '' Paul Johnson Laurie Burt Anne Josephson James Caruso Thomas Keaney William Carroll ^ Carolyn A. Kelliher Francis Chase ^ Sally Kelly ' Paul Cirel James R. Kirk Robert Cohan Kevin Kirrane Garrick Cole Alan Kovacs ^^ Charles Corkin II Elizabeth Laing Leah Crothers Kenneth Lenz Mary Dacey ^ Steven M. Leonard Stephen Delinsky William F. Linnehan ^''•^° Ernest DeSimone Robert Lombard Maureen Dewan William Luzier ^^ Paul Donaher Alan Mandl Michael C. Donahue Bernard Manning Elizabeth Donovan ' Michael McCormack ^' Robert Dewees Andrew McElaney ^' Irene Emerson''* Eugene McAuIiff Joan Entmacher Denzil McKenzie Michael Farrington Edward McLaughlin Stephen Fauteux '^ James McManus Peter Flynn '^ Leo McNamara Harriet Fordham i3 William McVey Susan Frey James Meehan ""' Gloria Fry John Mendlesohn Carol Fubini Michael Meyer Robert Gaines '" Thomas Miller Charles Gamer "^ William Mitchell Frank Gaynor Anton T. Moehrke Brian Gilligan '^ John R. Montgomery Dwight Golann Paul T. Muello Paula Gold Robert Mydans '° Paul Good Henry O'Connell, Jr. Joseph P. Gordon Terence O'Malley Alexander Gray, Jr. Kathleen Parker Robert V. Greco Malcom Pittmanlll ^^ Steven Greenfogel Steven Platten P.D.12 Alan Posner Piroska Soos" Robert Potters Elizabeth Spencer^" Edward J. Quinlan Donna Sorgi Richard Rafferty Helen Stewart Mary J. Reedy Donald Stern^^ Frederick Riley'^ Kevin Suffern Louis Rizoli Gail Sullivan Robert Rodophele • Kevin Sullivan^^ ^ Barry Rosen" John Toomey S. Stephen Rosenfeld Terence M. Troyer James F. Ross Carl Valvo Barbara J. Rouse^" Edward Vena Steven Rusconi John J. Ward Anthony P. Sager Betty Waxman Stephen Schultz Catherine White Terry Seligman Estelle Wing Paul W. Shaw Timothy J. W. Wise^^ Alan SherP - Christopher Worthington David M. Siegal" Francis Wright Mitchell Sikora Andrew Zaikis^' Susan K. Sloane^^ Donald P. Zerendow E. Michael Sloman Stephen Ziedman Barbara A. Smith Assistant Attorneys General Assigned to Department of Public Works Elizabeth Bowen Robert Mulligan ^^ Edward Clancy, Jr. Dean Nicastro Allan Gottlieb Howard Palmer James J. Haroulos Joseph A. Pellegrino Leslie Hedgebeth T. David Raftery F. Timothy Hegarty, Jr. John W. Spencer Michael Marks \ Assistant Attorneys General Assigned to Division of Employment Security Joseph S. Ayoub" Frank J. Scharaffa^ George J. Mahanna Chief Clerk Edward J. White Assistant Chief Clerk Avis Reardon38 P.D.12 Appo nted January 1, 1979 Appointed September 18, 1978 Appo nted January 1, 1979 Appointed January 1, 1979 Appo nted September 15, 1976 Appointed August 1, 1978 Appo nted December 27, 1978 Appointed January 24, 1979 Appo nted March 29, 1979 Appointed May 8, 1979 Appo nted March 21, 1979 Appointed January 1, 1979 Appo nted September 18, 1978 Terminated February 23, 1979 Appo nted January 1, 1979 Terminated May 25, 1979 Appo nted June 19, 1979 Terminated July 18, 1979 Appo nted September 6, 1978 Terminated March 3 1 , 1 979 Appo nted September 18, 1978 Terminated April 13, 1979 Appo nted May 7, 1979 Terminated February 23, 1979 Appo nted December 4, 1978 Terminated July 4, 1978 Appo nted December 27, 1978 Terminated December 29, 1978 Appo nted January 1, 1979 Terminated June 8, 1979 Appo nted November 13, 1978 Terminated December 1, 1978 Appo nted January 24, 1979 Terminated January 26, 1979 Appo nted September 11, 1978 Terminated March 16, 1979 Appo nted July 10, 1978 Terminated November 14, 1978 Appo nted September 5, 1978 Terminated May 1 1 , 1979 Appo nted October 2, 1978 Terminated August 23, 1978 Appo nted January 1, 1979 Terminated September 30, 1978 Appo nted Janaury 1, 1979 Terminated December 29, 1978 Appo nted August 28, 1978 Terminated November 13, 1978 Appo nted January 24, 1979 Terminated July 27, 1978 Appo nted December 8, 1978 Terminated September 29, 1978 Appo nted May 21, 1979 Terminated November 15, 1977 Appo nted November 1, 1978 Terminated August 30, 1978 Appo nted May 21, 1979 Terminated August 3 1 , 1978 Appo nted December 4, 1978 Terminated December 3 1 , 1978 Appo nted October 10, 1978 Terminated April 21, 1979 Appo nted January 8, 1979 P.D.12 'U Ov fN 00 <N ^ r^ 0\ O yri -s S ::: 3 I~-;<N<N0C(~-'<3-00rO — oo' oo' 00oo' (N(N* ^ — I ^ "^ ^O On r- \0 ^ o 00 r^ »n <N ^^ O <j o r-' os r^ 00 00 (^•^r-r-jv^sor^ooTt ^ ^ 00 m vi r^ r^' T* ON — ^ (N — (%) z2 00 oo HZ<2^ E [JU ^ S w * 065 < Q P.D.12 r4 <o Q OO Ov 5 O •»! ON vO — -* p op O r-~ C/3 Q "1 R. fN r<i so <N «/^ (N "X oo' vo" «n m r*^ rs rn — (N — t^ 10 P.D.12 8888 — m — PJ, I I II I III 8 8 8 8 I I I O 0> O 00 o I ^ I r-' od Q O O r^ m ci ^ -^ O O O O <N — OO O (N O r- ^ >n On (^ «-) vO ^ »s _ — (N — ' o^ r-' P.D.12 11 sss 12 P.D.12 In accordance with the provisions of section 11 of Chapter 12 and of section 32 of Chapter 30 of the General Laws, I hereby submit the Annual Report of the Department of the Attorney General. This Annual Report is the fifth that I have filed as Attorney General of the Commonwealth. It covers the period from July 1, 1978 to June 30, 1979 and therefore includes not only the last six months of the term for which I was elected in November of 1974, but also the beginning of my second term. In the inaugural address which marked the commencement of my second term, I attempted to link the accomplishments of the previous four years with the goals of the years ahead. In that address, I reiterated the one cam- paign promise I made to the people of Massachusetts throughout the 1978 election period. I vowed to recommit myself and the resources of this office to the pursuit of legal excellence in an attempt to serve the general public in- terest. While the phrase public interest has become somewhat hackneyed, serving the public interest is the essence of all the legal work performed by this Department. I have attempted to serve that interest during both of my terms by bringing cases which have the greatest possible effect on the way the people of Massachusetts live. I believe the activities of this Department chronicled in the ensuing pages graphically illustrate the success of these efforts during the past fiscal year. Whether one speaks of the traditional defense work performed by the Civil Bureau, or the white collar prosecutorial work of the Criminal Bureau, we have remained faithful to our underlying obligation to handle each and every case in conformity with the public interest. It is perhaps easiest to identify this aspect of our cases in the work of the Public Protection Bureau. That Bureau is composed of seven divisions, each of which seeks to vindicate rights inhering in the general public rather than the state as a sovereign entity. Last year the lawyers assigned to the bureau emphatically demonstrated that such a unit, which is the first of its kind in any state Attorney General's office, can effectively bring major public interest litigation. In an effort to protect the Massachusetts fishing and tourist industries and to preserve one of the world's primary sources of fish protein, we sought to enjoin the federal government from leasing certain tracts of sea bed in and around Georges Bank for oil and gas exploration and develop- ment. The purpose of this lawsuit was not to permanently prevent the national quest to locate and tap precious fossil fuels, but to postpone the lease sale until adequate regulations are in place to safeguard our environ- ment and the livelihood of thousands of Massachusetts citizens. Lawyers assigned to the Environmental Protection Division obtained an injunction halting the proposed lease sale and have since been working with state and federal officials to promulgate the regulations necessary to balance our ecological and energy concerns. The other divisions of the Bureau were equally successful in their pursuit of the public interest. The Consumer Protection Division, for instance, negotiated a million dollar settlement with General Motors to resolve a national dispute over the placement of Chevrolet engines in higher priced automobiles. Attorneys from that division also drafted amendments to the federal bankruptcy acts which were signed into law by the President during P.D.12 13 the reporting period and which provide much greater protection to con- sumers. On a more local level, we amicably resolved a dispute with the Boston Red Sox baseball team over the advertising of ticket prices. Under the terms of the settlement some 10,000 free tickets were provided to underprivileged children. Many of the other highlights of the Public Protection Bureau's year have a decidedly financial flavor.