Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 136, § 10 (2026)

Business, trade, labor or work on Sunday; equitable relief; jurisdiction of superior court

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Section 10. In addition to any criminal penalty herein provided the attorney general, a district attorney, a mayor or city manager and city council, or the board of selectmen of the town may petition the superior court in equity to enjoin any violation of this chapter. The superior court shall have original jurisdiction over such petitions in equity and authority to enjoin such violations.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1990–1999 · leading case: Local 1445, United Food & Com. Workers Union v. Police Chief, 563 N.E.2d 693 (Mass. App. Ct. 1990).

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Local 1445, United Food & Com. Workers Union v. Police Chief, 563 N.E.2d 693 (Mass. App. Ct. 1990). “As to the injunction sanction in G. L. c. 136, § 10, the category of persons who may employ it is similarly limited.”

Est. of Talarico v. City of Cambridge, 9 Mass. L. Rptr. 467 (Mass. Super. Ct. 1999). “554, 558 (1990) (union lacked standing to enforce Sunday laws where G.L.c. 136, §10 empowered only specified public officers to seek injunctive relief from violations).”

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