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Mayor of Newton v. Civil Service Commission

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided December 8, 1955PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtRonan, J.

This is a petition for a writ of certiorari *341brought by the petitioners, the mayor and the chief of police of Newton,1 against the respondents constituting the civil service commission to quash the decision of the commission ordering the petitioners to reinstate on January 1, 1954, one Prescott to his position as a member of the police department of said city. The petitioners appealed from an order entered in the Superior Court “that the action of the respondents be and hereby is affirmed and judgment is ordered entered accordingly.”

Prescott was found guilty of being intoxicated on a public…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Whitney v. Judge of the District CourtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1930
  2. Mayor v. Judge of First District CourtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1924
  3. Sullivan v. Municipal Court of the Roxbury DistrictMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1948
  4. Horrigan v. Mayor of PittsfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
  5. Real Properties, Inc. v. Board of AppealMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Broderick v. Police Commissioner of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
  2. Board of Selectmen v. Civil Service CommissionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
  3. Police Commissioner v. Civil Service CommissionMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1986
  4. Myers v. City of OakdaleSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1987
  5. Attorney General v. McHattonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1999

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