Legal Opinion

Kelly v. Civil Service Commission

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided March 12, 1998PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtGreaney, J.

The plaintiff, John J. Kelly, was terminated from his employment as a fire fighter for the city of Chicopee (city) on June 8, 1990, following his arrest on charges of operating a motor vehicle without a license and possession of a class B substance (crack cocaine). Kelly appealed to the Civil Service Commission (commission), pursuant to G. L. c. 31, § 43. After a hearing before an administrative magistrate of the Division of Administrative Law Appeals, the magistrate concluded that the discharge was merited, and she recommended that the commis*76sion affirm the discharge. The commission accepted…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Selectmen of Framingham v. MUN. COURT THE CT., BOSTONMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
  2. Metropolitan District Commission v. Department of Public UtilitiesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
  3. Cliff House Nursing Home, Inc. v. Rate Setting CommissionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
  4. Politano v. Board of SelectmenMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1981
  5. Marlborough Hospital v. Commissioner of Public WelfareMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1964

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3Cited by11 opinions

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  2. Lincoln v. Personnel Administrator of the Department of Personnel AdministrationMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2000
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  4. Trust Insurance v. Commonwealth Automobile ReinsurersMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1999
  5. Fran's Lunch, Inc. v. Alcoholic Beverages Control CommissionMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1998

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