Legal Opinion
Selectmen of Framingham v. MUN. COURT THE CT., BOSTON
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 2, 1977PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBraucher, J.
The Civil Service Commission (commission) affirmed the action of the board of selectmen of Framingham (board) in discharging a police officer. A judge of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston set aside the decision of the commission, and the decision of the Municipal Court was affirmed in the Superior Court in an action in the nature of certiorari. The board and the commission appealed, we allowed the application of the officer and the commission for direct appellate review, and we affirm. We hold that the warrantless search of the officer’s home was illegal, that evidence obtained as a…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Boyd v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- United States v. JanisSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- One 1958 Plymouth Sedan v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Commonwealth v. FordeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Robert I. Powell v. Eugene M. ZuckertCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1966
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3Cited by37 opinions
- Commonwealth v. UptonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
- Commonwealth v. YoungMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
- Commonwealth v. BloodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
- Commonwealth v. FranklinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Commonwealth v. Nine Hundred & Ninety-Two DollarsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
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