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DIRECTOR OF THE CIVIL DEFENSE AGENCY v. CIV. SER. COMM

373 Mass. 401 (1977)

367 N.E.2d 1168

DIRECTOR OF THE CIVIL DEFENSE AGENCY AND OFFICE OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS vs. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

September 20, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter H. Mayo, III, for the plaintiff.

Alan K. Posner, Assistant Attorney General, for the Civil Service Commission.

Augustus J. Camelio for the employees.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., QUIRICO, BRAUCHER, KAPLAN, & LIACOS, JJ.

KAPLAN, J.

On February 28, 1975, the director of the Civil Defense Agency and Office of Emergency Preparedness (hereafter the Agency) notified the thirty permanent Agency employees here involved that their employment would terminate on March 28, 1975. The reason assigned was that the general economic recession called for a reduction of force. On March 31, 1975, the employees filed complaints with the Civil Service Commission (Commission) under G.L.c. 31, § 46A...

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