Ct. 411 (2000); City ofLeominster v. Stratton, 58 Mass. App. Ct. 726, 728 (2003). An action is justified when it is done upon adequate reasons sufficiently supported by credible evidence, when weighed by an unprejudiced mind; guided by common sense and by correct rules of law. Id. at 304, quoting Selectmen of Wakefield v. Judge of First Dist. Ct. of E. Middlesex, 262 Mass. 477, 482 (1928); Commissioners of Civil Service v.
Ct. 411 (2000); City ofLeominster v. Stratton, 58 Mass. App. Ct. 726, 728 (2003). An action is "justified" when it is done upon adequate reasons sufficiently supported by credible evidence, when weighed by an unprejudiced mind; guided by common sense and by correct rules of law." Id. at 304, quoting Selectmen of Wakefield v. Judge of First Dist. Ct. of E. Middlesex, 262 Mass. 477, 482 (1928); Commissioners of Civil Service v.
Ct. 411 (2000); City ofLeominster v. Stratton, 58 Mass. App. Ct. 726, 728 (2003). An action is "justified" when it is done upon adequate reasons sufficiently supported by credible evidence, when weighed by an unprejudiced mind; guided by common sense and by 10 correct rules of law." Id. at 304, quoting Selectmen of Wakefield v. Judge of First Dist. Ct. of E. Middlesex, 262 Mass. 477, 482 (1928); Commissioners of Civil Service v.
Ct. 411 (2000); City ofLeominster v. Stratton, 58 Mass. App. Ct. 726, 728 (2003). An action is justified when it is done upon adequate reasons sufficiently supported by credible evidence, when weighed by an unprejudiced mind; guided by common sense and by correct rules of law. Id. at 304, quoting Selectmen of Wakefield v. Judge of First Dist. Ct. of E. Middlesex, 262 Mass. 477, 482 (1928); Commissioners of Civil Service v.
Ct. 411 (2000); City ofLeominster v. Stratton, 58 Mass. App. Ct. 726, 9 728 (2003). An action is justified when it is done upon adequate reasons sufficiently supported by credible evidence, when weighed by an unprejudiced mind; guided by common sense and by correct rules of law. Id. at 304, quoting Selectmen of Wakefield v. Judge of First Dist. Ct. of E. Middlesex, 262 Mass. 477, 482 (1928); Commissioners of Civil Service v.
Ct. 411 (2000); City ofLeominster v. Stratton, 58 Mass. App. Ct. 726, 728 (2003). An action is "justified" when it is done upon adequate reasons sufficiently supported by credible evidence, when weighed by an unprejudiced mind; guided by common sense and by correct rules of law." Id. at 304, quoting Selectmen of Wakefield v. Judge of First Dist. Ct. of E. Middlesex, 262 Mass. 477, 482 (1928); Commissioners of Civil Service v.
Ct. 411 (2000); City ofLeominster v. Stratton, 58 Mass. App. Ct. 726, 728 (2003). An action is "justified" when it is done upon adequate reasons sufficiently supported by credible evidence, when weighed by an unprejudiced mind; guided by common sense and by correct rules of law." Id. at 304, quoting Selectmen of Wakefield v. Judge of First Dist. Ct. of E. Middlesex, 262 Mass. 477, 482 (1928); Commissioners of Civil Service v.
Ct. 411 (2000); City ofLeominster v. Stratton, 58 Mass. App. Ct. 726, 728 (2003). Numerous decisions establish that the Commissions authority does not extend to substituting its judgment for that of an appointing authority. City of Cambridge, 43 Mass. App. Ct. at 304; School Committee of Salem v. Civil Service Commission, 348 Mass. 696, 699 (1965).
City ofLeominster, 23 MLC 62, MUP-8528, 8530, 8534, 8535 (August 7, 1996) (citing Town of Brookline, 20 MLC 1570, 1596, n. 20 (May 20, 1994)). The MSCA argues that the Investigator erred in finding that SSU or the BHE never insisted on bargaining furloughs separate from ongoing successor contract negotiations.
Comm., supra; City ofLeominster, MUP-8528, 8530, 8534, 8535 (Aug. 7, 1996). It is notable that after ODonnells July 23 communication to Colucci declining mid-term bargaining with SSU, there was no further information or notice from SSU or Colucci, or from BHE at the bargaining table, prior to the parties reaching agreement on the MOA.
See City ofLeominster, 23 MLC 62, 66 (1996). In this case, circumstances required the parties to bargain the matter of a reduction in services apart from successor negotiations. Here, even though they were nominally engaged in negotiating a successor agreement, the parties abandoned the idea that they would complete a true successor agreement.