Legal Opinion
McAllister v. Nichols
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided May 15, 1984No. 12010PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, J.
The question presented by this appeal is whether mandamus will lie to compel the reinstatement of the personnel director of the city of Waterbury, who was discharged by the mayor for failure to comply with the city’s residency requirement. The plaintiff, James McAllister, the former personnel director of the city of Waterbury, brought this action in mandamus to compel the defendants, the members of the Waterbury civil service commission (commission), to reinstate him to his position as personnel director. The trial court denied the plaintiff’s petition, whereupon the plaintiff appealed to…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Monroe v. Middlebury Conservation CommissionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1982
- West Hartford Taxpayers Assn., Inc. v. StreeterSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1983
- Boyko v. WeissSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1960
- Cheshire Taxpayers' Action Committee, Inc. v. GuilfordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1984
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Gelinas v. Town of West HartfordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1993
- Hennessey v. City of BridgeportSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1990
- Simons v. CantySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1985
- Hackett v. City of New BritainConnecticut Appellate Court · 1984
- Honan v. GreeneConnecticut Appellate Court · 1995
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