Legal Opinion
DeCanio v. School Committee of Boston
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 3, 1970PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKirk, J.
This is a bill for declaratory relief under G. L. c. 231A brought by six public schoolteachers in Boston against the school committee. The bill contains prayers requesting that the dismissal of the plaintiffs by the school committee be vacated, that the court declare “the rights, duties and status of the . . . [plaintiffs] as employees of the Boston School System,” and for other equitable relief. The plaintiffs appealed from what was in effect an order for decree.
The basic facts of the dispute are these. The six plaintiffs were employed by the school committee as teachers in the Boston public…
2Cases cited46 opinions
- Pickering v. Board of Ed. of Township High School Dist. 205, Will Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Cafeteria & Restaurant Workers Union, Local 473 v. McElroySupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Keyishian v. Board of Regents of Univ. of State of NYSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Schware v. Board of Bar Examiners of NMSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Wieman v. UpdegraffSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Southern Worcester County Regional Vocational School District v. Labor Relations CommissionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Stetson v. Board of Selectmen of CarlisleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- School Committee of West Springfield v. KorbutMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- School Committee of Danvers v. TymanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Ciszewski v. Industrial Accident BoardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
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