Legal Opinion
Commissioners of Civil Service v. Municipal Court of Boston
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 7, 1971PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCutter, J.
This petition in the county court for a writ of certiorari seeks to quash a decision of a judge of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston reviewing action’ of the Civil Service Commission (the commission). The commission, after hearing, had affirmed action of the appointing authority, the mayor of Brockton, discharging Robert E. Raynard, a police officer. The Municipal Court judge concluded that the commission’s action was not “justified.”
A single justice reserved and reported the case, without decision, for the determination of the full court upon the pleadings and exhibits in the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- MacKenzie v. School Committee of IpswichMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1961
- Selectmen of Wakefield v. Judge of First District Court of Eastern MiddlesexMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1928
- Sullivan v. Municipal Court of the Roxbury DistrictMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1948
- Murray v. Justices of the Municipal CourtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
- Mayor of Beverly v. First District Court of EssexMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1951
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3Cited by17 opinions
- City of Cambridge v. Civil Service CommissionMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1997
- LaPointe v. License Board of WorcesterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Commissioners of Civil Service v. Municipal CourtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Commissioner of Revenue v. LawrenceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Town of Watertown v. ArriaMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1983
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