Legal Opinion
Massachusetts Parole Board v. Civil Service Commission
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided September 17, 1999No. 98-P-148PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPorada, J.
The Massachusetts Parole Board (board) appeals from a judgment of the Superior Court affirming a decision of the Civil Service Commission (commission) reinstating a parole officer (Maurice) who had been discharged by the board. The issues presented are whether the board’s letter to Maurice to appear at an investigatory hearing was sufficient to give him notice that his refusal to appear could result in his dismissal and whether Maurice’s good faith reliance on the advice of his at*761torney not to appear at the hearing barred the board from discharging him. We conclude that Maurice received…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Link v. Wabash RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Kastigar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Carney v. City of SpringfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1988
- Charles A. Gulden and Richard R. Sage v. Monroe McCorkle and George DickersonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Ruby Weston v. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1983
8 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by4 opinions
- One-O-Six Realty, Inc. v. QuinnMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2006
- Starr v. RubensteinMassachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 2004
- Boston Police Department v. TollandMassachusetts Superior Court · 2005
- Liu v. Mystery, LLCMassachusetts Land Court · 2021