Legal Opinion
School Committee v. City of Gloucester
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 8, 1949PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
This bill in equity, brought by the school committee of Gloucester against the city, its mayor, and its purchasing agent, seeks “a binding declaration of the rights and duties of the plaintiffs, acting as a school committee under G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 71, and of the defendants” under an ordinance enacted by the city council establishing a purchasing department. G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 231 A, inserted by St. 1945, c. 582, § 1. The case was heard upon the pleadings and certain exhibits introduced in evidence, which were orally agreed to constitute a “statement of agreed facts.” The judge ruled that…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Leonard v. School Committee of the City of SpringfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1922
- Brooks v. Fitchburg & Leominster Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
- Decatur v. Auditor of PeabodyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1925
- Ring v. City of WoburnMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
- Davis v. School CommitteeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
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3Cited by31 opinions
- Board of Education v. Assessor of WorcesterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- School Committee of Springfield v. Board of EducationMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
- Richard D. Kimball Co. v. City of MedfordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1960
- United States Leasing Corp. v. City of ChicopeeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1988
- Town Crier, Inc. v. Chief of Police of WestonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
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