State Supreme Court / Mass.

City of Lawrence v. Falzarano

Decided March 4, 1980. Francis Quirico wrote the opinion for the court.

402 N.E.2d 1017 · Cited 107 times

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Commissioner of Public Health v. Bessie M. Burke Memorial Hospital · 323 N.E.2d 309
Broussard v. Melong · 322 Mass. 560
Nussenbaum v. Chambers & Chambers Inc. · 322 Mass. 419
Singarella v. City of Boston · 173 N.E.2d 290
Trustees of Boston & Maine Corp. v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority · 294 N.E.2d 340
Amherst-Pelham Regional School Committee v. Department of Education · 381 N.E.2d 922
Boston Teachers Union v. School Committee of Boston · 350 N.E.2d 707
Town Planning & Engineering Associates, Inc. v. Amesbury Specialty Co. · 342 N.E.2d 706
Quirk v. Data Terminal Systems, Inc. · 400 N.E.2d 858
School Committee of Boston v. Boston Teachers Union, Local 66 · 389 N.E.2d 970
Glenn Acres, Inc. v. Cliffwood Corp. · 228 N.E.2d 835
Tocci v. Lembo · 92 N.E.2d 254
Sancta Maria Hospital v. City of Cambridge · 369 Mass. 586
Fazio v. EMPLOYERS'LIABILITY ASSURANCE CORP. LTD. · 197 N.E.2d 598
Mendez v. Trustees of Boston University · 285 N.E.2d 446
City of Marlborough v. Cybulski, Ohnemus & Associates, Inc. · 346 N.E.2d 716
Valley Stream Teachers Federal Credit Union v. Commissioner of Banks · 384 N.E.2d 200
M. S. Kelliher Co. v. Town of Wakefield · 195 N.E.2d 330
Hawes Electric Co. v. Angell · 124 N.E.2d 257
Town of Brookline v. Medical Area Service Corp. · 8 Mass. App. Ct. 243
Fournier v. Central Taxi Cab, Inc. · 118 N.E.2d 767
Ryan v. City of Somerville · 103 N.E.2d 707
Medeiros v. Board of Election Commissioners of Fall River · 367 Mass. 286

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