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On
Ap
pea
l
Fr
om Be
rk
sh
ire
Superior
Court
Moti
on
f
or
In
jun
cti
on
Pendi
ng
Appeal Date
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Attorneys
Genera
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Off
ice
of the
Attorney
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TTORNEY
GENERAL S
MOTION FOR
INJUNCTION
PEND
I
NG
PPE L
Pursuant
to
Mass
. R. App.
P.
6(a),
Defendantl
Attorney
General
Maura
Healey
( AGOn)
respectfully
moves
that
this
Court
enter
an
injunction
pending
appeal
of
the
Honorab
le
John
Agostini's
November
7,
2017
order refusing
to
enter
a
prel
i
minary
injunctio
n
prohibi
ting
the
T
rustees
of
the
Ber
kshir
e M
useum
fro
m
proceeding
with
the
sale
of
art
scheduled
to
begin
on
Monday
,
November
13,
2017
at
4pm.
Order
at
25
.
As
further
described
in
the
accompanying
memorandum,
the
Superior
Court has
already
denied
the
Attorn
ey General
's
request
for
a
preliminary
injunction
to hal
t
th
e
sa
le
of
the
artworks
in
question
.
Order
at
25
.
Because
the
Superior
Court
's
denial of
t
he
injunction
was
a
mere
3
days
ago
and
the
sale
is
sched
ul
ed
to
begin
in
a
matter of
days
,
at
4
p.m.
on
Monday
November
13
, a
seco
nd
application
to
the
lower
court for
this
same
injunct
i
ve
relief
in
the
form
of
a
request
for
a
stay
pending appeal)
is
not
practicable
,n
Mass
. R.
App
. P.
6 a)
.
The
Attorney
Gener
al
accordingly
seeks
injunctive
relief
pending
appeal
from
this
Court
in
the
first
instance
.
The
issues
before
t ~s
court
include the
tria
l
court
's
abuse
of
discretion
through
clear
errors
of
1
Although
init
i
ally
joined
as
a
Defendant
,
on
November
3,
2017
,
the
court
below
granted
t
he
O
's
motion
to
be
added
as
a
Pla
intiff
.
A-1
,
No.
44
l
aw
rel ted to
(1)
the
charitable
tru
sts
pursuant
to
wh
ich
the
M
useum
hol
ds
those
ite
ms a
nd
(2)
the
Mu
seum
's
viol tion
of
its
duty
of care
.
For
the
reasons
explained
in
the
memorandum,
the
appeal
does
present
a
meritorious issue
for
decision
on
appeal
,
Commonwealth
v.
vin
7 Mass. App.
Ct
. 501,
506 (1979
),
and
the
balance of
harms
st
rongly favors
en
tering
an
injunction
in
this
case
.
WH R FOR
,
the
Attorney General
respectfully
requests
th t
this
Court
enter
an
injunction,
pending
the
Attorney General
's
appeal
of
the
tri l
court
's
denial
of the preliminary
injunction
,
preventing
Defendant
Trustees
of
the
Berkshire
Museum
from
selling
,
auctioning
,
or
otherwise
disposing
of
any
of
its
most
valuable
,
preeminent
40
works
of
rt
sc
h
eduled
for auction
on
November 13,
2017
.