Fratus v. Board of Selectmen

After the decision of this court in Fratus v. Selectmen of Yarmouth, 6 Mass. App. Ct. 605 (1978), the plaintiffs (three police officers of Yarmouth) amended their complaint to state four counts. The first sought declaratory and injunctive relief to block enforcement of a disciplinary action (ten days’ suspension) ordered after a hearing by the board of selectmen, one of whose members, the defendant McGrath, was alleged by the plaintiffs to have had a conflict of interest and to have been biased against the plaintiffs. The second count sought tort damages against McGrath and the town for…