Grant v. Police Commissioner of Boston

This case involves cross appeals from a judgment ordering the defendant to afford the plaintiff, a discharged probationary patrolman, a post-termination hearing. The sole purpose of the hearing was to provide him with an opportunity to clear his name of the charges which led to his dismissal from the police academy. The plaintiff seeks reinstatement and back pay, alleging that he was improperly terminated. He argues that as a matter of due process1 he was entitled to a pre-termination administrative hearing. He further asserts that the notice of the charges against him does not comply with G.…