Legal Opinion
Sullivan v. Committee on Rules of the House of Representatives
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 25, 1954PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
The petitioner was employed as director of fiscal affairs for the committee on ways and means of the House of Representatives from January 13, 1949, to January 7, 1953, when the position was terminated by vote of the respondent committee on rules. This petition for a writ of mandamus to order restoration to his position is reported without decision upon the pleadings and an agreement as to all the facts. G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 213, § IB, inserted by St. 1939, c. 257, § 1. G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 231, § 111. The *136petitioner, a veteran, contends that, having served as director “for not less than three…
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