Legal Opinion
Sullivan v. Lawson
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 31, 1929PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWait, J.
The respondents are the members of the board of police of Fall River appointed, at various times, by the Governor of the Commonwealth pursuant to St. 1894, c. 351. The petitioners are members of a board of police of Fall River, appointed February 27,1929, by the city manager, pursuant to an ordinance passed by the city council on February 5, 1929, by virtue of authority claimed to have been conferred by G. L. c. 43, §§ 1-45, 79-92 (the Plan D provisions of St. 1915, c. 267, as amended). The petitioners bring this petition for a writ of mandamus praying that the respondents be required to…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Commonwealth v. PlaistedMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1889
- Commonwealth v. McNaryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
- Safford v. City of LowellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926
- Browne v. TurnerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1900
- Larcom v. OlinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1893
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Moore v. Election CommissionersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
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- Commonwealth v. DoweMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Attorney General v. BrissendenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1930
- Commonwealth v. KimballMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
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