Legal Opinion
Wilber v. Walsh
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided May 10, 1960PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMellitz, J.
The ordinances of the city of Shelton provide that an applicant for appointment to the police department must have been a resident of the city for a term of five years next prior to his application for appointment and that any person who shall be appointed to any position in the police department by any false representation shall be dismissed therefrom. Shelton Ordinances, e. 12, §§ 11, 12 (1944). The plaintiffs, Richard E. Wilber and Richard A. Moore, were supernumerary police officers, Moore having first been appointed in June, 1957, and Wilber in May, 1958. Thereafter, they resigned; they…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Riley v. Board of Police CommissionersSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1960
- McNiff v. City of WaterburySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1909
- Sullivan v. MartinSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1909
- Avery v. Studley, MayorSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1901
- Bolton v. TullySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1932
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Hartford Electric Light Co. v. Water Resources CommissionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1971
- Molino v. Board of Public SafetySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1966
- Bartlett v. City of RockvilleSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1963
- State Ex Rel. Raslavsky v. BonvouloirSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1974
- Obeda v. Board of SelectmenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1980
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