Police Department v. Fedorchuk

The principal issue in this case is the determination of the meaning to be ascribed to the “just cause” standard *544of review employed by an administrative magistrate of the Division of Administrative Law Appeals (DALA) in reviewing a transfer of a Boston police officer from the rank of detective under the provisions of G. L. c. 7, § 4H.2 The DALA ruled in this case that under any definition of “just cause” the Boston police department (department) had failed to establish “just cause” for the transfer of John Fedorchuk from the rank of lieutenant detective to lieutenant under § 4H. On appeal to…