Legal Opinion
McGonigle v. Governor
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 30, 1994PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Liacos, CJ.
John P. McGonigle commenced this action in the county court challenging the Governor’s decision to suspend him without pay from the office of sheriff of Middlesex County. The Governor purported to act, pending the completion of a trial on a Federal criminal indictment lodged against the sheriff, pursuant to G. L. c. 268A, § 25 (1992 *148ed.). A single justice reserved and reported the question whether “the Governor of the Commonwealth is ‘the appointing authority’ of the Sheriff of the County of Middlesex within the meaning of those words in G. L. c. 268A, sec. 25.” We hold that where…
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