Legal Opinion
Stetson v. Board of Selectmen of Carlisle
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 25, 1976PublishedCited by 84 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
The plaintiff appeals from the allowance of the defendants’ motion for summary judgment. See Mass. R. Civ. P. 56, 365 Mass. 824 (1974). On June 7, 1974, he brought a petition for a writ of certiorari challenging his discharge from his position as a policeman for the town of Carlisle. He alleged that the selectmen’s action in discharging him was arbitrary and capricious because it was not based on any substantial evidence and that he was denied his constitutional rights because he was discharged without an adequate hearing.
Before considering the question whether summary judgment should have…
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