Legal Opinion
School Committee v. Civil Service Commission
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided September 11, 1997No. 96-P-183PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJacobs, J.
After an evidentiary hearing, the superintendent of schools for the city of Brockton terminated the employment of Ralph W. Wise as a school department custodian. The hearing *487had been convened “to hear evidence concerning the allegation that . . . unnatural acts . . . were committed by [Wise] and a companion in broad daylight in Brockton’s D.W. Field Park. . . .” In arriving at his decision, the superintendent concluded that Wise’s conduct was “inappropriate and unbecoming a Brockton School Department employee.”
Wise appealed his discharge pursuant to G. L. c. 31, § 43, to the Civil Service…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Clifford L. Norton v. John MacYCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
- Wathen v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1975
- Murray v. Second District Court of Eastern MiddlesexMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- City of Gloucester v. Civil Service CommissionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
- Cullen v. Mayor of NewtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Massachusetts Ass'n of Minority Law Enforcement Officers v. AbbanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2001
- City of Leominster v. StrattonMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2003
- Thomas v. Civil Service CommissionMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2000
- Fire Chief of East Bridgewater v. Plymouth County Retirement BoardMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1999
- Police Department v. CollinsMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2000
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