Legal Opinion
Costa v. Board of Selectmen of Billerica
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 17, 1979PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKaplan, J.
In November, 1974, the town of Billerica needed a fresh complement of twelve "permanent inter mittent” police officers, that is, officers with tenured status but working only on such days as they might be called, and compensated accordingly. The board of selectmen (board) of the town, as appointing authority, applied to the Massachusetts Division of Personnel Administration for a list of eligibles, and from the list on March 5, 1975, it appointed twelve persons as probationers. Again in June, 1975, the board applied for a list, and from it on July 1 appointed eight persons in like…
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