Kerrigan v. City of Boston

Decided January 27, 1972. Robert Braucher wrote the opinion for the court.

278 N.E.2d 387 · Cited 86 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.

• Collins v. City of Boston · 157 N.E.2d 399
• Chief of Police of Dracut v. Town of Dracut · 258 N.E.2d 531
• Callahan v. City of Woburn · 306 Mass. 265
• Thibault v. Lalumiere · 318 Mass. 72
• Fitchburg Teachers Ass'n v. School Committee of Fitchburg · 271 N.E.2d 646
• City Manager of Medford v. State Labor Relations Commission · 233 N.E.2d 310
• St. George's Ebenezer Primitive Methodist Church v. Primitive Methodist Church of America · 315 Mass. 202
• Watt v. Town of Chelmsford · 323 Mass. 697
• Pitman v. J. C. Pitman & Sons, Inc. · 324 Mass. 371
• Poirier v. Superior Court · 150 N.E.2d 558
• Lynch v. City of Fall River · 147 N.E.2d 152
• Attorney General v. City of Woburn · 317 Mass. 465
• Attorney General v. Town of Ware · 101 N.E.2d 365
• Ravage v. Johnson · 316 Mass. 558
• Socony Mobil Oil Co. v. Cottle · 336 Mass. 192
• Wheaton College v. Labor Relations Commission · 227 N.E.2d 735
• Potlatch Forests, Inc. v. International Woodworkers · 108 F. Supp. 906

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