This is the decision the Feoffees rely on to support their claim that they are a private trust not subject to the Open Meeting Law. The Attorney General felt that this decision went too far, and filed a motion for reconsideration, but never followed through on it.
Superior – Court – 071218 – Decision on Motion to Dismiss Counterclaims
This is the agreement between the Feoffees and the tenants describing how the rent will work while the case is being pursued.
Feoffees respond to the tenants law suit and submit counterclaims, the most substantive of which asks that the tenants be compelled to pay the costs for the new wastewater system.
Apart from developing the argument for why the Feoffees should be considered a public entity subject to the Open Meeting Law, this document also has a good summary of the history embedded in it.
On this date, the tenants of Little Neck sued the Feoffees in Superior Court, firing the first shot in the ongoing legal battle. Although this is often described as a “rent dispute”, a careful read of the complaint makes it clear that the rent levels are not as central to the complaint as the long history of incompetent management of the Trust by the Feoffees.
Ipswich Citizens for Public Trust 