MARTIN v. SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF NATICK


393 Mass. 430 (1984)

472 N.E.2d 231

WILLIAM J. MARTIN vs. SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF NATICK & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

December 10, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian T. Kenner (Deborah S. Russo with him) for the defendants.

Charles M. MacLean for the plaintiff.

Sandra C. Quinn, for Massachusetts Teachers Association, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Austin Broadhurst, for Massachusetts Association of School Committees, Inc., amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Michael J. Long, for Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents, Inc., amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Judith S. Yogman & E. Michael Sloman, Assistant Attorneys General, for the Attorney General, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: WILKINS, LIACOS, NOLAN, LYNCH, & O'CONNOR, JJ.


NOLAN, J.

The plaintiff, William J. Martin, was suspended from his teaching position in the Natick public schools on two separate occasions during the 1979-1980 school year. The superintendent of schools for Natick (superintendent) notified Martin of the first suspension, which covered a five-day period. After a hearing, the school committee of Natick (committee) voted to suspend Martin for an additional thirty days. Martin subsequently filed suit against the members...

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