MASSACHUSETTS BAR ASSOCIATION v. CRONIN


351 Mass. 321 (1966)

220 N.E.2d 629

MASSACHUSETTS BAR ASSOCIATION vs. EDWARD J. CRONIN & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

October 14, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morris M. Goldings & Charles F. Mahoney for the respondent Cronin.

Arthur M. Gilman (Robert E. McLaughlin with him) for the petitioner.

Harold M. Willcox, Special Assistant Attorney General, for the Attorney General.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., SPALDING, WHITTEMORE, CUTTER, & REARDON, JJ.


On October 14, 1966, the following decision and order were entered:

WILKINS, C.J.

This petition for the removal of the respondent Cronin (hereinafter called the respondent) as clerk of the District Court of Newton is brought purportedly pursuant to G.L.c. 211, § 4 (as amended through St. 1945, c. 465), which provides: "A majority of the justices may, if in their judgment the public good so requires, remove from office a clerk of the courts or of their...

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