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COMMR. OF THE METRO. DIST. COMMN. v. DIR. OF CIVIL

348 Mass. 184 (1964)

203 N.E.2d 95

COMMISSIONER OF THE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT COMMISSION vs. DIRECTOR OF CIVIL SERVICE & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

December 7, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William D. Quigley, Special Assistant Attorney General (Harvey E. Weir with him), for the plaintiff.

Nelson I. Crowther, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, for the Director of Civil Service.

Arnold L. Slavet for Cornelius J. O'Handley.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., SPALDING, WHITTEMORE, CUTTER, KIRK, SPIEGEL, & REARDON, JJ.

CUTTER, J.

The commissioner of the Metropolitan District Commission (M.D.C.) seeks declaratory relief against the director of civil service (the director) and O'Handley to determine whether O'Handley must be appointed a patrolman on the Metropolitan District Police. It was alleged (and later agreed) that O'Handley was a disabled veteran; that on August 7, 1954, he had pleaded guilty to, and been sentenced upon, an indictment for armed robbery; and that on September...

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