RICHARDSON v. COLE

No. 69-302-G.

300 F.Supp. 1321 (1969)

Lucretia Peteros RICHARDSON, Plaintiff, v. Dr. Jonathan O. COLE, Superintendent, Boston State Hospital, and Dr. Milton Greenblatt, Commissioner, Department of Mental Health, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Defendants.

United States District Court D. Massachusetts.

June 26, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernest Winsor and Stephen H. Oleskey, Hale & Dorr, Boston, Mass., for plaintiff.

Elizabeth G. Verville, Asst. Atty. Gen., Boston, Mass., for defendants.

Before ALDRICH, Circuit Judge, JULIAN and GARRITY, District Judges.


OPINION

ALDRICH, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff, after six weeks of employment by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as a research sociologist at the Boston State Hospital, was informed that she would have to take the oath required of all public employees by Mass. G.L. c. 264 § 14. Upon her refusal, on the assertion that the oath was unconstitutional, she was paid for her services to date and told that no further compensation could be made. She then brought...

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