Word: solicitor
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Cambridge City Council spent an angry two hours Monday night arguing over Acting City Manager Ralph J. Dunphy's removal of City Solicitor Andrew T. Trodden...
Dunphy maintained that he simply wanted to select his own city solicitor--his "right arm." He expressed no dissatisfaction with the legal abilities of Trodden, a friend since their school days together. A new solicitor has not yet been named, but Dunphy said he had two men in mind for the job. He said he had no present plans to remove any other City officials, and promised to meet with the council in executive session if he should decide to fire anyone else...
Trodden said that the three councillors were illegally using Dunphy as a "hatchet man" in violation of the Commonwealth statute forbidding any councillor to "direct or request the removal or appointment" of a city official (such as the City Solicitor) for whom the manager is responsible. He notified the council that he would be a candidate for the position of city manager...
...Justice William Douglas dissented in part, but concurred in the court's conclusion; Justice Thurgood Marshall abstained because, as U.S. Solicitor General, he was involved in the litigation leading up to the decision...
...year-old Bok will be the school's seventh dean, succeeding Erwin N. Griswold. Griswold retired last October after 21 years in office to become United States Solicitor General...