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DEBNAM v. BELMONT

388 Mass. 632 (1983)

447 N.E.2d 1237

ELIJAH DEBNAM & others vs. TOWN OF BELMONT & another (and a companion case).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

April 7, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan P. Hiatt for the plaintiffs.

Robert J. Muldoon, Jr. (Robert Crowe with him) for the town of Belmont & another.

Judith S. Yogman, Assistant Attorney General, for Civil Service Commission, submitted a brief.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., LIACOS, ABRAMS, & O'CONNOR, JJ.

O'CONNOR, J.

Debnam, Foy, Gaudet, Madden, and McDonald, permanent fire fighters in the fire department of the town of Belmont, were laid off, effective February 1, 1981, in response to a reduction of municipal revenues due to the enactment of St. 1980, c. 580, popularly known as Proposition 2 1/2. The fire fighters appealed to the Civil Service Commission (commission), pursuant to G.L.c. 31, § 43, as appearing in St...

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