Legal Opinion
Perryman v. School Committee of Boston
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided December 30, 1983PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPerretta, J.
By these consolidated appeals we are asked to decide whether the holding in Dupree v. School Comm. of Boston, 15 Mass. App. Ct. 535 (1983), that a teacher’s possession of cocaine with intent to distribute it constitutes “misconduct . . . in . . . office or employment” within the scope of G. L. c. 268A, § 25, is applicable to two tenured teachers suspended under that statute because of their indictments on charges collectively described as welfare fraud. 3 The manner in which the school committee conducted the meeting, held to determine whether to suspend the teachers, also gave rise to an…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Morrison v. State Board of EducationCalifornia Supreme Court · 1969
- Commonwealth v. BoransMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Globe Newspaper Co. v. Boston Retirement BoardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Frances Fisher v. James SnyderCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1973
- Ghiglione v. School Committee of SouthbridgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Attorney General v. McHattonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1999
- Foudy v. Amherst-Pelham Regional School CommitteeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1988
- School Committee of Lexington v. ZagaeskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2014
- City of Springfield v. Civil Service CommissionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2014
- Garney v. Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement SystemMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2014
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