Legal Opinion
Chief of Police of Westford v. Town of Westford
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 25, 1974PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtReardon, J.
A bill in equity was brought by the plaintiff chief of police of Westford seeking a declaratory decree that certain provisions of a collective bargaining agreement between the town of Westford (town) and the International Brotherhood of Police Officers, Local 326 (the union), acting as the sole and exclusive bargaining agent of the Westford Police Association, conflict with authority vested exclusively in the chief of police by G. L. c. 41, § 97, and by virtue of such conflict are void. G. L. c. 149, § 1781. The trial judge issued an interlocutory decree declaring certain provisions of the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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