Legal Opinion
McGrath v. Massachusetts Port Authority
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 4, 1966PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The trial judge reported the case after sustaining a demurrer to a substitute petition for a writ of mandamus. The petition sought an order which would reinstate the petitioner in his employment with the respondent following his discharge because he had refused in *7631963 to accept a new assignment as Superintendent of Laurence G. Hanscom Field. The petitioner had been Commissioner of Airport Management from 1952 to February, 1959, but in 1959 the respondent authority, created by St. 1956, c. 465, as amended by St. 1958, c. 599, assumed control, operation and maintenance of the two State…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Attorney General v. TillinghastMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
- Sullivan v. Committee on Rules of the House of RepresentativesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1954
- Simonian v. Boston Redevelopment AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1961
- Cieri v. Commissioner of InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1961
3Cited by4 opinions
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- Power v. SECRETARY OF DEPT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRSMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1979
- Director of the Civil Defense Agency & Office of Emergency Preparedness v. LegerMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1980
- Power v. Secretary of the Department of Community AffairsMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1979