Legal Opinion
Atwater v. Commissioner of Education
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 21, 2011PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtIreland, C.J.
The plaintiff, Thomas A. Atwater, a teacher with professional teacher status,2 was dismissed by the superintendent of the Manchester Essex Regional School District (district) for multiple instances of conduct unbecoming a teacher. Atwater sought review of the dismissal by filing with the Commissioner of Education (commissioner) a petition for arbitration pursuant to G. L. c. 71, § 42, fourth par., as appearing in St. 1993, c. 71, § 44, the Education Reform Act of 1993 (act). After conducting several days of evidentiary hearings, the arbitrator issued a decision affirming the dismissal.…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- United States v. SalernoSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Thomas v. Union Carbide Agricultural Products Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Blixt v. BlixtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
- Paro v. Longwood HospitalMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- City of Lawrence v. FalzaranoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
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3Cited by12 opinions
- School Committee of Lexington v. ZagaeskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2014
- Atwater v. DriscollCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2013
- Groton-Dunstable Regional School Committee v. Groton-Dunstable Educators Assoc.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 2015
- CITY OF NEWTON v. COMMONWEALTH EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS BOARD & another.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 2021
- Conway v. CLC Bio, LLCMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2015
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