Legal Opinion
Fire Chief of East Bridgewater v. Plymouth County Retirement Board
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided June 3, 1999No. 97-P-1940PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
Edward Smith was terminated from his employment as a firefighter with the town of East Bridgewater fire department (department) on May 22, 1996. He appealed his termination to the Plymouth County retirement board (board) pursuant to G. L. c. 32, § 16(2).2 The board found that Smith’s dismissal contravened G. L. c. 32, § 16(2),3 and was not justi*67fled because “it was arbitrary, unreasonable and not manifestly supported by the evidence.”
Upon review of an action in the nature of certiorari filed by the chief of the department, Ryon T. Pratt, in the Superior Court pursuant to G. L. c. 249, § 4, a…
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