LOCAL 1652, INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS v. TOWN OF FRAMINGHAM


442 Mass. 463 (2004)

LOCAL 1652, INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS v. TOWN OF FRAMINGHAM & others.

Supreme Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

August 16, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leo J. Peloquin & Christopher J. Petrini, Town Counsel, for the defendant.

Harold L. Lichten for the plaintiff.

The following submitted briefs for amici curiae:

Patrick N. Bryant for Massachusetts Coalition of Police.

Philip Collins & Daniel C. Brown for Massachusetts Municipal Association.

Present: MARSHALL, C.J., GREANEY, IRELAND, SPINA, COWIN, SOSMAN, & CORDY, JJ.


IRELAND, J.

We transferred this case to this court on our own motion to consider whether town officials may fulfil their obligation under G. L. c. 150E, § 7 (b), by submitting a budget that makes full funding of a staffing provision contained in a multiyear collective bargaining agreement contingent on town voters approving a "Proposition 2 ½" override (override) to cover a budget shortfall (G. L. c. 59...

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