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DOHERTY v. COMMISSIONER OF ADMINISTRATION

349 Mass. 687 (1965)

212 N.E.2d 485

PAUL L. DOHERTY & others vs. COMMISSIONER OF ADMINISTRATION.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

December 7, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Sullivan, Assistant Attorney General (Augustus J. Camelio, Assistant Attorney General, with him), for the defendant.

Lawrence F. O'Donnell (Mitchell G. Hadge & John B. Greene with him) for the plaintiffs.

Present: SPALDING, WHITTEMORE, CUTTER, KIRK, & REARDON, JJ.

KIRK, J.

The plaintiffs are capitol police3 officers who seek a determination under G.L.c. 231A of the validity of dismissal proceedings brought against them by the commissioner on December 9, 1964. The single issue is whether the commissioner or the State superintendent of buildings (superintendent) is the "appointing authority" of capitol police officers. The resolution of this issue is determinative...

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