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ATTORNEY GENERAL v. SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF NORTHAMPTON

375 Mass. 127 (1978)

375 N.E.2d 1188

ATTORNEY GENERAL vs. SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF NORTHAMPTON.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampshire.

April 27, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis E. Collins, Jr., for the School Committee of Northampton.

Jonathan Brant, Assistant Attorney General (Mark Manski with him) for the Attorney General.

Austin Broadhurst, for the Massachusetts Association of School Committees, Inc., amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., QUIRICO, KAPLAN, WILKINS, & ABRAMS, JJ.

WILKINS, J.

In 1976, the superintendent of schools of Northampton submitted his resignation. The school committee advertised for applicants for the position, received more than ninety applications, and appointed a screening committee to select candidates to be interviewed by the full school committee. The screening committee submitted a list of sixteen candidates, describing them by number rather than by name. At a public...

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