State Supreme Court / Mass.

Bougas v. Chief of Police of Lexington

Decided September 13, 1976. Paul Cashman Reardon wrote the opinion for the court.

354 N.E.2d 872 · Cited 72 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Koch v. Department of Justice · 376 F. Supp. 313
Commonwealth v. Lewinski · 329 N.E.2d 738
Town Crier, Inc. v. Chief of Police of Weston · 282 N.E.2d 379

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