Legal Opinion

CITY OF NEWTON v. COMMONWEALTH EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS BOARD & Another.

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided May 22, 2025No. SJC-13655Published

1Opinion of the Court

SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT

CITY OF NEWTON vs. COMMONWEALTH EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS BOARD & another.[1]

Docket:

SJC-13655

Dates:

March 5, 2025 - May 22, 2025

Present:

Budd, C.J., Gaziano, Kafker, Wendlandt, & Georges, JJ.

County:

Suffolk

Keywords:

Commonwealth Employment Relations Board. Employment, Retaliation. Labor, Police, Unfair labor practice. Practice, Civil, Prima facie case, Presumptions and burden of proof. Municipal Corporations, Police, Unfair labor practice. Public Employment, Police, Transfer. Police, Assignment of duties.

Appeal from a decision of the Commonwealth Employment

Relations Board.

After…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. Wheelock College v. Massachusetts Commission Against DiscriminationMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
  3. Mole v. University of MassachusettsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004
  4. Psy-Ed Corporation v. KLEIN HIRSCHMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2011
  5. MacCormack v. Boston Edison Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1996

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