Town of Milton v. Civil Service Commission

Decided June 5, 1974. Paul Cashman Reardon wrote the opinion for the court.

312 N.E.2d 188 · Cited 65 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• Pinnick v. Cleary · 271 N.E.2d 592
• Williamson v. Lee Optical of Oklahoma, Inc. · 348 U.S. 483
• Krzewinski v. Kugler · 338 F. Supp. 492
• Gardner v. Broderick · 392 U.S. 273
• Lerner v. Casey · 357 U.S. 468
• Detroit Police Officers Ass'n v. City of Detroit · 190 N.W.2d 97
• City of Chicago v. Sturges · 222 U.S. 313
• Green v. Board of Appeal of Norwood · 263 N.E.2d 423
• HATTIESBURG FIREF'T'RS v. City of Hattiesburg · 263 So. 2d 767
• Faxon v. School Committee of Boston · 120 N.E.2d 772
• Silverio v. Municipal Court of the City of Boston · 247 N.E.2d 379
• Henchey v. Cox · 205 N.E.2d 715
• Lyon v. Bloomfield · 247 N.E.2d 555
• Castro v. Beecher · 365 F. Supp. 655
• Bell v. District Court of Holyoke · 314 Mass. 622

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• Spradling v. Hutchinson · 253 S.E.2d 371
• Director of Civil Service v. Town of Milton · 320 N.E.2d 883
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• Wadsworth v. State · 911 P.2d 1165
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• BOSTON POLICE PATROLMEN'S ASSOCIATION, INC. v. Boston · 326 N.E.2d 314
• Lambert v. Wentworth · 423 A.2d 527
• Lee v. Commissioner of Revenue · 481 N.E.2d 183
• Nehring v. Ariyoshi · 443 F. Supp. 228
• Royal Indemnity Co. v. Blakely · 372 Mass. 86
• Trustees of the Stigmatine Fathers, Inc. v. Secretary of Administration & Finance · 369 Mass. 562
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• Hastings & Sons Publishing v. City Treasurer of Lynn · 375 N.E.2d 299
• Reading Co-Operative Bank v. Suffolk Construction Co. · 464 Mass. 543
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• Guardianship of Doe · 583 N.E.2d 1263
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• Massachusetts Council of Construction Employers, Inc. v. Mayor of Boston · 425 N.E.2d 346
• Commonwealth v. Petralia · 362 N.E.2d 513
• Castro v. Beecher · 386 F. Supp. 1281
• McSweeney v. City of Cambridge · 422 Mass. 648
• Lincoln v. Hillside Park 'N Shop, Inc. · 346 N.E.2d 887

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