O'CONNOR v. City Manager of Medford

In this action brought under G. L. c. 31, § 46A (as in effect prior to St. 1978, c. 393, § 11), the trial judge, on a statement of agreed facts, ruled that the defendant, the city manager of Medford, had acted in violation of G. L. c. 31, § 43, as then in effect, in abolishing the plaintiffs position as head of the redevelopment division of the city’s department of community affairs. The judge also ruled that the city council of Medford, by enacting an ordinance denying civil service benefits to the plaintiff and others, had exceeded its authority. A judgment remanding the matter to the…