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STETSON v. BOARD OF SELECTMEN OF CARLISLE

369 Mass. 755 (1976)

343 N.E.2d 382

ARTHUR B. STETSON vs. BOARD OF SELECTMEN OF CARLISLE & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

February 25, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis E. Jenney for the plaintiff.

Frank B. Frederick (Neil G. Melone with him) for the defendants.

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

WILKINS, J.

The plaintiff appeals from the allowance of the defendants' motion for summary judgment. See Mass. R. Civ. P. 56, 365 Mass. 824 (1974). On June 7, 1974, he brought a petition for a writ of certiorari challenging his discharge from his position as a policeman for the town of Carlisle. He alleged that the selectmen's action in discharging him was arbitrary and capricious because it was not based on any substantial...

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