Case Name: Sara J. McCool vs. Chief Administrative Justice of The Trial Court
Court: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Decision Date: 1981-04-30
Citations: 383 Mass. 880
Docket Number: 
Parties: Sara J. McCool vs. Chief Administrative Justice of The Trial Court.
Judges: 
Reporter: Massachusetts Reports
Volume: 383
Pages: 880–880

Head Matter:
Sara J. McCool vs. Chief Administrative Justice of The Trial Court.
April 30, 1981.
Frank J. Teague for the plaintiff.
Paul T. Edgar for the defendant.

Opinion:
The plaintiff became a clerical employee of the Newton District Court in 1967. In 1979, after she was convicted of the misdemeanor of larceny (shoplifting), the clerk magistrate of the Newton Division of the District Court Department, as appointing authority, removed her for cause. On the recommendation of the Regional Administrative Justice and the Administrative Justice of the District Court Department, the Chief Administrative Justice affirmed the removal. The plaintiff brought this action in the Supreme Judicial Court for Suffolk County, seeking review of her removal by the advisory committee on personnel standards, pursuant to G. L. c. 211B, § 8, fifth par., inserted by St. 1978, c. 478, § 110, effective July 1, 1978. A single justice of this court allowed the defendant's motion for summary judgment on the ground that the cited statute is not applicable. The plaintiff appeals, and we affirm. The statute requires review by the advisory committee in a case of removal of an "employee whose appointment was subject to the provisions of this section." The plaintiffs appointment, made in 1967, was not subject to the section, which took effect in 1978.
Judgment affirmed.