Legal Opinion
James v. Mayor of New Bedford
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 11, 1946PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQua, J.
The primary purpose of this petition is to secure a writ of mandamus directing the mayor to submit to the city council a so called substituted or amended budget providing for increased salaries and wages to all employees of the city for the year 1945 in accordance with an ordinance finally passed by the city council over the mayor’s veto on January 11, 1945. The petitioners appeal from the sustaining of a demurrer.
Further facts alleged in the petition are that the petitioners "are employees of the city under the protection of the civil service laws or of G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 71, §§ 41, 42,…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Bell v. Treasurer of CambridgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
- Mead v. Inhabitants of ActonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1885
- Flood v. HodgesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1918
- Horrigan v. Mayor of PittsfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
- Callahan v. City of WoburnMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency v. New England Merchants National Bank of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1969
- Providence Teachers Union, Local 958 v. School CommitteeSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1971
- School Committee v. City of GloucesterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
- Watt v. Town of ChelmsfordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
- Mendes v. City of TauntonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
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