Deluca v. Chief Administrative Justice of Trial Court

The plaintiffs, Anthony DeLuca and Brian H. Grifkin, were among nine court officers of the Superior Court in Middlesex County who were discharged from their positions on October 30,1981, as a result of a reduction in force made necessary by budgetary constraints. See St. 1981, c. 351, § 8. In determining which court officers to discharge, the defendant Chief Administrative Justice of the Trial Court (Chief Administrative Justice) eliminated from consideration those court officers who were “veterans” as defined in G. L. c. 4, § 7, cl. 43. The plaintiffs, nonveterans, are senior in length of…