State Supreme Court / Mass.

Dinsky v. Town of Framingham

Decided July 20, 1982. Joseph R. Nolan wrote the opinion for the court.

438 N.E.2d 51 · Cited 137 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.

Cannon v. Sears, Roebuck & Co. · 374 N.E.2d 582
Hoffert v. Owatonna Inn Towne Motel, Inc. · 199 N.W.2d 158
Duran v. City of Tucson · 509 P.2d 1059
Mounsey v. Ellard · 297 N.E.2d 43
Hendrickson v. Sears · 310 N.E.2d 131
Brennen v. City of Eugene · 591 P.2d 719
Adams v. State · 555 P.2d 235
Halvorson v. Dahl · 574 P.2d 1190
Franklin v. Albert · 411 N.E.2d 458
Friedman v. Jablonski · 358 N.E.2d 994
Motyka v. City of Amsterdam · 15 N.Y.2d 134
Leger v. Kelley · 142 Conn. 585
Stigler v. City of Chicago · 268 N.E.2d 26
Stewart v. Schmieder · 386 So. 2d 1351
Abraham v. City of Woburn · 421 N.E.2d 1206
Town of Nantucket v. Beinecke · 398 N.E.2d 458
Newlin v. New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. · 316 Mass. 234
Hawes v. Germantown Mutual Insurance · 309 N.W.2d 356

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