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O'LEARY v. TOWN MANAGER OF ARLINGTON

371 Mass. 251 (1976)

356 N.E.2d 697

WALTER H. O'LEARY & others vs. TOWN MANAGER OF ARLINGTON.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

October 28, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas F. August for the plaintiffs.

Joseph A. Purcell, Town Counsel, for the defendant.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., REARDON, QUIRICO, KAPLAN, & WILKINS, JJ.

WILKINS, J.

The plaintiffs, taxable inhabitants of the town of Arlington (town), challenge the consolidation of the town's police and fire departments into a department of community safety under the direction of a director of community safety. The defendant town manager consolidated the departments purporting to act pursuant to § 15 (b) of St. 1952, c. 503, "An Act establishing a town manager form of government for the town of Arlington."

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