SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF BROCKTON v. TCHRS' RETIREMENT BD.


393 Mass. 256 (1984)

471 N.E.2d 61

SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF BROCKTON vs. TEACHERS' RETIREMENT BOARD & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

November 8, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard W. Murphy (J. Michael Conley with him) for the plaintiff.

H. Reed Witherby, Assistant Attorney General, for Teachers' Retirement Board.

Mark G. Kaplan for Nicholas C. Palumbo.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., LIACOS, NOLAN, LYNCH, & O'CONNOR, JJ.


HENNESSEY, C.J.

The school committee of Brockton (committee) has appealed from a judgment of the Superior Court, which upheld the determination of the Teachers' Retirement Board (board) that the dismissal of the defendant Palumbo was unjustified, and that he must be reinstated with back pay. This appeal concerns the statutory authority of the board and its scope of review of teacher dismissals under G.L.c. 32, § 16.

Palumbo was hired by the committee...

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