Brockton Police Ass'n v. City of Brockton

In this action, the plaintiffs Brockton Police Association (Association) and police officer Andrew Kalp sought to have a residency clause in a 1998 collective bargaining agreement between the Association and the city of Brockton (city) declared invalid as applied to thirty-six police officers who were hired prior to the date of the agreement. The plaintiffs contend that, despite the existence of a 1991 Brockton ordinance mandating Brockton residency for all city employees, the residency *672requirement applicable to the thirty-six officers was imposed not by the ordinance, but by the collective…