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TRIPLETT v. TOWN OF OXFORD

439 Mass. 720 (2003)

JAMES B. TRIPLETT v. TOWN OF OXFORD.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Worcester.

July 11, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph L. Tehan, Jr. (Daniel C. Hill with him) for the defendant.

Michael P. Angelini (David M. lanelli with him) for the plaintiff.

The following submitted briefs for amici curiae:

Austin M. Joyce & Andrew J. Gambaccini for Massachusetts Police Association, Inc.

Thomas F. Reilly, Attorney General, Cathryn A. Neaves, Assistant Attorney General, & David A. Wilson for the Attorney General & another.

Jeanne M. Kempthorne & Richard L. Neumeier for Common Cause Massachusetts.

Present: MARSHALL, C.J., GREANEY, IRELAND, SPINA, SOSMAN, & CORDY, JJ.

MARSHALL, C.J.

In 1994 and 1995, James B. Triplett, then the chief of police of the town of Oxford (town), was the subject of State criminal indictments and charges by the State Ethics Commission (commission). He incurred substantial legal fees in mounting a wholly successful defense against the criminal indictments and a largely successful defense against the ethics charges. When the town refused to reimburse him for his...

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