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Article: SJC OPENS INQUIRY INTO MUNICIPAL COURT HARASSMENT CHARGE SPARKS INVESTIGATION
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- July 8, 2003
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The Supreme Judicial Court is investigating allegations of
wrongdoing by top officials at Boston Municipal Court, including
charges that court officials ignored complaints of sexual harassment.
The investigation by the SJC's Committee on Professional
Responsibility for Clerks of the Courts comes as legislators are
poised to give the Municipal Court jurisdiction over seven other
Boston district courts - over the objection of Governor Mitt Romney,
who wanted the autonomous, politically connected Municipal Court
dismantled.
The SJC has hired a Boston law firm to look into allegations that
Michael Coleman, the Municipal Court clerk magistrate for civil
business, and his subordinates have ignored ...