City of Beverly, 78 Mass.App.Ct. at 187 (quoting City ofLeominster v. Stratton, 58 Mass.App.Ct. 726, 728, rev. den., 440 Mass. 1108 (2003)). The commissions task, however, is not to be accomplished on a wholly blank slate. Falmouth v. Civil Serv. Commn, 447 Mass. 814, 823 (2006).
See also City ofLeominster v. Stratton, 58 Mass.App.Ct. 726, 728, rev.den., 440 Mass. 1108 (2003); Police Dept of Boston v. Collins, 48 Mass.App.Ct. 411, rev.den., 726 N.E.2d 417 (2000); McIsaac v. Civil Service Commn, 38 Mass.App.Ct. 473, 477 (1995); Town of Watertown 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.
Id. at 187 (quoting City ofLeominster v. Stratton, 58 Mass.App.Ct. 726, 728, rev. den., 440 Mass. 1108 (2003)). The commissions task, however, is not to be accomplished on a wholly blank slate. Falmouth v. Civil Serv. Commn, 447 Mass. 814, 823 (2006).
City of Beverly, 78 Mass.App.Ct. 182, 187 (quoting City ofLeominster v. Stratton, 58 Mass.App.Ct. 726, 728, rev. den., 440 Mass. 1108 (2003)). The commissions task, however, is not to be accomplished on a wholly blank slate. Falmouth v. Civil Serv. Commn, 447 Mass. 814, 823 (2006).
City ofLeominster y. Stratton, 58 Mass. App. Ct. 726, 728 (2003). Reasonable justification is established when such action is done upon adequate reasons sufficiently established by credible evidence, when weighed by an unprejudiced 12 Kwame O. Konamah G1-10-131 / CS-11-34 mind, guided by common sense and by correct rules of law. See Commissioners of Civil Service v. Municipal Ct., 359 Mass. 211, 214 (1971), citing Selectmen of Wakefield v.
Id. at 187 (quoting City ofLeominster v. Stratton, 58 Mass.App.Ct. 726, 728, rev. den., 440 Mass. 1108 (2003)). The commissions task, however, is not to be accomplished on a wholly blank slate. Falmouth v. Civil Serv. Commn, 447 Mass. 814, 823 (2006).
City ofLeominster, 22 MCSR 118 (2009) (background investigation inadequate when relying on unsubstantiated opinions). The fact that no complaint was made against Officer Soleimani and that he was not reprimanded in any way for this rumor further illustrates the weakness of MEPs first bypass reason. The second reason for bypass was that Officer Soleimani stated that he had no problem fixing a ticket.