Legal Opinion
Fabrizio v. City of Quincy
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided May 15, 1980PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtArmstrong, J.
In February, 1977, the then mayor of Quincy appointed the plaintiff a member of the city’s board of assessors to serve a three-year term. In October a new mayor (who is named as a defendant in this action) removed the plaintiff, filing a statement of reasons for the removal with the city clerk in accordance with the provisions of G. L. c. 43, § 54. The plaintiff brought this action to contest the validity of his removal and to recover damages for injury to his reputation. The defendants moved for dismissal of the complaint under Mass.R.Civ.P. 12 (b) (6), 365 Mass. 755 (1974), for failure to…
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