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THOMPSON v. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION

No. 15-P-330.

90 Mass. App. Ct. 462 (2016)

PRESTON THOMPSON & others v. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION & another (and a companion case).

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

October 7, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan H. Shapiro (John M. Becker with him) for Preston Thompson & others.

Helen G. Litsas for Boston Police Department.

Amy Spector, Assistant Attorney General, for Civil Service Commission.

Present: CYPHER, BLAKE, & HENRY, JJ.

Between 2001 and 2006, ten officers of the Boston police department (department) submitted hair samples to the department that tested positive for cocaine. In response, the department terminated their employment. The ten officers appealed the terminations to the Civil Service Commission (commission). After extensive hearings, the commission...

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