Legal Opinion
Horrigan v. Mayor of Pittsfield
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 30, 1937PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQua, J.
The object of this petition is to secure to the petitioner full reinstatement for active duty in the police department of the city of Pittsfield. No question of pleading has been raised by either party, and we therefore consider the case broadly in order to ascertain to what, if any, relief the petitioner is entitled upon the facts admitted by the pleadings and established by the findings of the single justice of this court before whom the case was tried. Blanchard v. Cooke, 147 Mass. 215, 222.
The decisive facts are these: On December 13, 1933, the petitioner held the position of patrolman…
2Cases cited54 opinions
- Nebbia v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Hunter v. City of PittsburghSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
- City of Trenton v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Williams v. Mayor of BaltimoreSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Lowell v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1873
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3Cited by41 opinions
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- Bell v. Treasurer of CambridgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
- State ex rel. Higgins v. Civil Service CommissionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1952
- Town of Lexington v. Town of BedfordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority v. Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1965
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