Legal Opinion
Bessette v. Commissioner of Public Works
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 2, 1965PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWhittemore, J.
This is an appeal from an order in the Superior Court dismissing a petition for a writ of mandamus. The case was submitted on a statement of agreed facts.
The Commissioner of the Department of Public Works, on June 27, 1963, suspended the petitioner from the position of Director of the Division of Waterways, pending the outcome of his “appeal before the Supreme Judicial Court . . . and indictments still pending before the Suffolk Superior Court.”
The Commissioner acted under G. L. c. 30, § 59. The statute authorizes suspension during any period during which “. . . [the suspended] person is…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- De Veau v. BraistedSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Cullen v. Mayor of NewtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
- Faxon v. School Committee of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1954
- McNeil v. Mayor of PeabodyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
- Williams v. City of New BedfordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Retirement BoardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
- Brittle v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2003
- Brown v. City of TauntonMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1983
- Dupree v. School Committee of BostonMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1983
- Reynolds v. Commissioner of Commerce & DevelopmentMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1966
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