MURPHY v. POLICE COMMISSIONER OF BOSTON


369 Mass. 469 (1976)

339 N.E.2d 898

EUGENE MURPHY & others vs. POLICE COMMISSIONER OF BOSTON.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

January 6, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael DeMarco for the respondent.

Vincent A. Harrington, Jr., for the petitioners.

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


BRAUCHER, J.

The plaintiffs are seventeen Boston police officers.1 After they had served as detectives for more than six months, they were reassigned to the civil service ranks held by them immediately prior to their transfers to the detective bureau. They claim a right to appeal to a trial board under St. 1950, c. 735, § 2.2 A judge of the Superior Court upheld...

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