Legal Opinion
Nicholls v. Mayor of Lynn
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 30, 1937PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C.J.
This petition for a writ of mandamus was submitted without evidence upon agreement that the facts stated in the petition and answer are taken to be true, the answer to control in case of inconsistencies. The single justice reported the case without decision with the statement that he should not exercise his discretion against the issuance of the writ if in other respects the petitioner was entitled to it. The object of this petition is to secure *66reinstatement as a pupil in a public school from which the petitioner has been expelled.
The essential facts are these: The petitioner is about eight…
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- Reynolds v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
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- Hamilton v. Regents of the University of CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
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3Cited by20 opinions
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