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CITY COUNCIL OF SPRINGFIELD v. MAYOR OF SPRINGFIELD

SJC-13154.

489 Mass. 184 (2022)

CITY COUNCIL OF SPRINGFIELD v. MAYOR OF SPRINGFIELD.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

February 22, 2022.

Amended March 4, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael P. Angelini for the defendant.

Thomas Lesser ( Michael Aleo also present) for the plaintiff.

Present: Budd, C.J., Gaziano, Lowy, Cypher, Kafker, Wendlandt, & Georges, JJ.

As cities across the country consider changes to their police departments to ensure greater accountability, control over these decisions can be hotly contested, as it is in the instant case. This appeal requires us to determine whether the city council of Springfield (city council) can reorganize the Springfield police department to be...

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