Legal Opinion
Sheriff of Plymouth County v. Plymouth County Personnel Board
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 21, 2004PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpina, J.
After being elected sheriff of Plymouth County in November, 2000, Joseph McDonough gave notice under G. L. *709c. 35, § 51,2 to John Novero, who had served as classification and treatment director of the Plymouth County house of correction for nine years, that his job would be eliminated as a result of a reorganization of the sheriff’s department, and that a new position, director of program services, would be established. The sheriff gave Novero a hearing pursuant to § 51, and the discharge was affirmed. Novero appealed from the decision to the Plymouth County personnel board (board). See G. L.…
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