Legal Opinion
Dupont v. Commissioners of Essex County
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided January 26, 1999No. 97-P-1594PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKaplan, J.
In late 1988 the commissioners of Essex County recognized there would be very substantial shortfalls of revenue for fiscal 1990. The county advisory board met several times to consider how to cut the prospective budget to meet the crisis. On April 29, 1989, a budget was voted with heavy reductions of force and with various other economies. Most members of the staff of the county engineering department, including the present plaintiffs, were to be laid off. The plaintiffs received termination notices on or about May 12, 1989, effective on July 1, 1989.
*236On the books at the time was G. L. c. 32,…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Boston Teachers Union v. School CommitteeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Pittsley v. DavidMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
- Carleton v. Town of FraminghamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994
- Wilson v. HeadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1904
- New London Northern Railroad v. Boston & Albany RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1869
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Parello v. McKinneyMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1999
- Thibodeau v. Town of SeekonkMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2001
- Town of Eastham v. Barnstable County Retirement BoardMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2001
- Prudential Committee of Centerville-Osterville-Marstons Mills Fire District v. Barnstable County Retirement Ass'nMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2000
- Indian Hill Associates, Inc. v. City of WorcesterMassachusetts Superior Court · 2002
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