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THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT IS SOLICITING AMICUS BRIEFS OR MEMORANDA FROM INTERESTED PARTIES IN THE FOLLOWING MATTER PENDING BEFORE THE COURT

ARGUMENT IS SCHEDULED FOR FALL 2007.

SJC-09962
Commonwealth & another v. Oxford Street Realty & another

Whether the Alternative Housing Voucher Program, meant to provide transitional assistance with temporary housing until a participant finds suitable permanent housing, requires a one-month termination provision in any lease entered into by a program participant; whether the defendant property owner's agents' refusal without a one-year lease to rent to the plaintiff participant was based on a legitimate, non-discriminatory reason, namely, the property owner's reliance on rental income to support herself.

Interested parties may file their briefs in the Office of the Clerk for the Commonwealth, John Adams Courthouse, Suite 1-400, Pemberton Square, Boston MA 02108-1724 (Telephone 617-557-1020). Parties filing amicus briefs are expected to comply with the requirements of Rules 17, 19 and 20 of Mass. Rules of Appellate Procedure. Amicus briefs, to assist the court, should focus on the ramifications of a decision and not solely on the interests of the parties filing such briefs.

May 22, 2007