Legal Opinion
Commissioners of Civil Service v. Municipal Court
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 10, 1975PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, J.
This is an action brought by the Commissioners of the Civil Service Commission (Commissioners) in the nature of certiorari under G. L. c. 249, § 4, as appearing in St. 1973, c. 1114, § 289, to quash a decision of a judge of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston regarding the elimination of the defendant Mrs. Katherine R. Scevola’s position as clerk-typist for the town of West Springfield. The Municipal Court judge, reversing the finding of the Civil Service Commission (commission) that the position was abolished for proper cause, ordered her reinstatement without any loss of compensation.…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Selectmen of Wakefield v. Judge of First District Court of Eastern MiddlesexMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1928
- Sullivan v. Municipal Court of the Roxbury DistrictMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1948
- Murray v. Justices of the Municipal CourtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
- Sullivan v. Committee on Rules of the House of RepresentativesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1954
- Cohen v. Board of Registration in PharmacyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1964
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3Cited by36 opinions
- Boston Edison Co. v. Boston Redevelopment AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Murray v. Second District Court of Eastern MiddlesexMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority v. Auditor of the CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2000
- Godfrey v. Chief of Police of WellesleyMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1993
- MacHenry v. Civil Service CommissionMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1996
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