COMMR. OF CIVIL SERV. v. MUN. COURT OF CITY OF BOSTON


369 Mass. 84 (1975)

337 N.E.2d 682

COMMISSIONERS OF CIVIL SERVICE vs. MUNICIPAL COURT OF THE CITY OF BOSTON & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

November 10, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan K. Posner, Assistant Attorney General, for the Commissioners of Civil Service.

Edward C. Peck, Town Counsel, for the town of West Springfield, amicus curiae.

Herbert Murphy for Katherine R. Scevola.

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


HENNESSEY, J.

This is an action brought by the Commissioners of the Civil Service Commission (Commissioners) in the nature of certiorari under G.L.c. 249, § 4, as appearing in St. 1973, c. 1114, § 289, to quash a decision of a judge of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston regarding the elimination of the defendant Mrs. Katherine R. Scevola's position as clerk-typist for the town of West Springfield. The Municipal Court judge, reversing the finding of...

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