Legal Opinion
Walsh v. Commissioners of Civil Service
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 24, 1938PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C.J.
This is a petition for a writ of mandamus to command the respondents to refrain from causing the removal of the petitioners from their positions as employees of the Quincy City Hospital. There was a hearing upon the petition and answer by a single justice, who made an order dismissing the petition and then reported the case upon the petition and answer for the determination of the full court, In these circumstances, there can be no dispute as to the facts. Joslin v. Boston & Maine Railroad, 274 Mass. 551, 552. The events material to the grounds of this decision are these: Pursuant to the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Morse v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1925
- Brooks v. Fitchburg & Leominster Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
- Brown v. RobinsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1931
- Kelley v. Jordan Marsh Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
- Godfrey v. Building CommissionerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1928
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Davis v. School CommitteeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
- School Committee v. City of GloucesterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
- Assessors of Brookline v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
- Commissioner of Corporations & Taxation v. BullardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- City of Everett v. City of RevereMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1962
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