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· 6/5/1974

Town of Milton v. Civil Service Commission

Citations

  • 312 N.E.2d 188
  • 365 Mass. 368
  • 1974 Mass. LEXIS 665

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • durational residency preference for police hiring not a penalty on interstate travel and, hence, no strict scrutiny applied
  • statute governing police officer selection process would not violate right to intrastate travel, “assuming arguendo that such a right were constitutionally protected”
  • effect of consent decree, not raised in trial court, could not \be raised for the first time before this court\
  • one-year residency creates preference in obtaining employment as a local police officer
  • argument cannot be raised for first time before this court
  • issue “cannot be raised for the first time” on appeal

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Judges: Tauro, Reardon, Hennessey, Kaplan

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