· 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
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- 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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