Legal Opinion
In the Matter of Dugan
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 6, 1994PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
On December 2, 1993, this court entered a judgment that Janet Rowe Dugan be removed from the office of clerk of the Northampton Division of the District Court Department. The court did so because sufficient cause had been shown for her removal and because the public good required her removal. Matter of Dugan, 416 Mass. 461, 470 (1993). The court acted pursuant to statutory authority stated in G. L. c. 211, § 4 (1992 ed.).
On April 20, 1994, Dugan filed a motion for relief from judgment, alleging that the December 2, 1993, judgment was “void in that the Court acted without jurisdiction in that…
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