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CITY OF BOSTON v. COMMONWEALTH EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS BOARD

SJC-10216

453 Mass. 389 (2009)

CITY OF BOSTON v. COMMONWEALTH EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS BOARD & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

March 16, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Boyle, Jr. (John Foskett with him) for the plaintiff.

Bryan C. Decker (Patrick Bryant with him) for the intervener.

Cynthia A. Spahl, for the defendant, submitted a brief.

Ira Fader, for Massachusetts Teachers Association, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Philip Collins, Tim D. Norris, & Daniel C. Brown, for Massachusetts Municipal Association, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

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

COWIN, J.

The city of Boston (city) appeals from a decision of the Labor Relations Commission (commission)2 that held that the city had committed unfair labor practices in its dealings with the Boston Police Patrolmen's Association (union), the exclusive bargaining representative for the city's uniformed police employees.3 Specifically, the commission concluded that the city's unilateral decision to adopt the...

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