Gutierrez v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

Decided August 2, 2002. Judith Cathy Arnold Cowin wrote the opinion for the court.

437 Mass. 396 · Cited 118 times

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• Mejia v. City of New York · 119 F. Supp. 2d 232
• Byars v. United States · 273 U.S. 28
• Brum v. Town of Dartmouth · 428 Mass. 684
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• Corso v. Merrill · 119 N.H. 647
• Fabre v. Walton · 436 Mass. 517
• Beecy v. Pucciarelli · 441 N.E.2d 1035
• Duarte v. Healy · 537 N.E.2d 1230
• Quaranto v. Silverman · 187 N.E.2d 859
• Julian v. Randazzo · 403 N.E.2d 931
• Smith v. Suburban Restaurants, Inc. · 373 N.E.2d 215
• Muniz v. Mehlman · 99 N.E.2d 37
• Commonwealth v. Curtiss · 424 Mass. 78
• Kelly v. Brigham & Women's Hospital · 51 Mass. App. Ct. 297
• Keefe v. Johnson · 304 Mass. 572
• Troublefield v. City of Harrisburg, Bureau of Police · 789 F. Supp. 160
• Shine v. Vega · 429 Mass. 456
• Glasco v. Ballard · 768 F. Supp. 176
• Commonwealth v. Carleton · 641 N.E.2d 1057
• United States v. Operation Rescue National · 111 F. Supp. 2d 948
• Bryant v. Noether · 163 F. Supp. 2d 98

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