Legal Opinion
Decatur v. Auditor of Peabody
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 28, 1925PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPugg, C.J.
The great question in this case is whether, when the school committee of a city other than Boston has voted to increase salaries of teachers in the public schools according to its own conceptions of the public needs, and has transmitted the estimate of the annual expenses of the school department based on such increase to the mayor in conformity to the budget requirements of G. L. c. 44, § 32, the mayor and city council are bound to provide appropriations based on such increase. Stated more concisely the question is, *84whether the ultimate power to establish the salaries of teachers in the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Leonard v. School Committee of the City of SpringfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1922
- Attorney General v. Suffolk County Apportionment CommissionersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
- Brooks v. Fitchburg & Leominster Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
- Flood v. HodgesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1918
- Rea v. Board of AldermenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
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3Cited by56 opinions
- Cobb v. City of MaldenCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1953
- Commonwealth v. Town of HudsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Boston Teachers Union v. School CommitteeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- School Committee of the City of Lowell v. Mayor of LowellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1928
- Commonwealth v. BloombergMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
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