Legal Opinion
Triplett v. Town of Oxford
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 11, 2003PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Marshall, CJ.
In 1994 and 1995, James B. Triplett, then the chief of police of the town of Oxford (town), was the subject of State criminal indictments and charges by the State Ethics Com*721mission (commission). He incurred substantial legal fees in mounting a wholly successful defense against the criminal indictments and a largely successful defense against the ethics charges. When the town refused to reimburse him for his legal fees, Triplett filed a complaint for declaratory judgment in the Superior Court seeking indemnification under the Massachusetts Tort Claims Act (tort claims act), G. L.…
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