McNiff v. City of Waterbury
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court in New Haven County, Ralph Wheeler, J., confirming the action of a municipal board of the defendant city in dismissing the plaintiff from its police department.
1Opinion of the CourtRoraback, J.
The plaintiff was an officer of the police department of the city of Waterbury, and a member of the veteran reserve force, connected therewith. He was dismissed by the board of commissioners of public safety of the city, after the preferment of charges and a hearing thereon, of which he had notice and at which he was present. He appealed from the order of dismissal to the Superior Court.
The appellant, upon the trial of the case in the Superior Court, claimed that the charges upon which he was tried and dismissed by the board were not specific enough to apprise him of the offense which he was…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- People Ex Rel. Flanagan v. Board of Police CommissionersNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
- Ayers v. HatchMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1900
- Sullivan v. MartinSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1909
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- Cassella v. Civil Service CommissionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1987
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- Adam v. Connecticut Medical Examining BoardSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1951
- Riley v. Board of Police CommissionersSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1960
- State Ex Rel. Gudlin v. Civil Service CommissionWisconsin Supreme Court · 1965
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