Legal Opinion
Nolan v. Police Commissioner
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 12, 1981PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, J.
Joseph M. Jordan, police commissioner of the city of Boston (Commissioner), appealed from the issuance of a preliminary injunction in the Superior Court on November 21, 1979. G. L. c. 231, § 118, second par. We transferred the appeal from the Appeals Court on our own motion, and we now order the injunction vacated. The facts are as follows.
Frederick C. Nolan was suspended without pay from his position as a Boston police officer for a sixteen-month period from March 27, 1978, through July 25, 1979. The Commissioner imposed the suspension after Nolan allegedly com*626mitted an assault and battery…
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