Legal Opinion
Turner v. City of Boston
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 15, 2012No. SJC-10907PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBotsford, J.
Charles H. Turner, an elected Boston city coun-cillor, was convicted of attempted extortion and other Federal crimes on October 29, 2010. On December 1, 2010, before Turner had been sentenced on the convictions, the city council of Boston (city council, or council) voted to remove Turner from his office of city councillor pursuant to Rule 40A (rule 40A) of the Rules of the Boston City Council (rules), a rule adopted in 2009 by that body. On December 30, 2010, Turner, joined by several residents from his city council district, brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2006) in the United States…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Powell v. McCormackSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Del Duca v. Town Administrator of MethuenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Halebian v. BervMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2010
- Attorney General v. StrattonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
- City Council of Boston v. Mayor of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
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3Cited by2 opinions
- United States v. TurnerCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2012
- In re PowersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2013