Lopez v. Commonwealth

Decided November 9, 2012. Frenande R.V. Duffly wrote the opinion for the court.

463 Mass. 696 · Cited 75 times

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• Griggs v. Duke Power Co. · 401 U.S. 424
• Sahli v. Bull HN Information Systems, Inc. · 437 Mass. 696
• Banushi v. Dorfman · 438 Mass. 242
• Iannacchino v. Ford Motor Co. · 451 Mass. 623
• Abramian v. President & Fellows of Harvard College · 432 Mass. 107
• Russell v. Cooley Dickinson Hospital, Inc. · 437 Mass. 443
• Commonwealth v. Zubiel · 456 Mass. 27
• Bain v. City of Springfield · 424 Mass. 758
• School Committee v. Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination · 386 N.E.2d 1251
• Commonwealth v. Arriaga · 438 Mass. 556
• DeRoche v. Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination · 447 Mass. 1
• Canfield v. CON-WAY FREIGHT, INC. · 578 F. Supp. 2d 235
• College-Town, Division of Interco, Inc. v. Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination · 508 N.E.2d 587
• Charland v. Muzi Motors, Inc. · 631 N.E.2d 555
• Curtis v. Herb Chambers I-95, Inc. · 458 Mass. 674
• Sullivan v. Town of Brookline · 435 Mass. 353
• Ginther v. Commissioner of Insurance · 427 Mass. 319
• Boston Police Patrolmen's Ass'n v. City of Boston · 435 Mass. 718
• Woodbridge v. Worcester State Hospital · 423 N.E.2d 782
• Haddad v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. · 455 Mass. 91
• Brackett v. Civil Service Commission · 447 Mass. 233
• General Electric Co. v. Commonwealth · 110 N.E.2d 101
• Lopes v. Commonwealth · 442 Mass. 170
• South Middlesex Opportunity Council, Inc. v. Town of Framingham · 752 F. Supp. 2d 85
• Maniscalco v. Director of Division of Employment Security · 97 N.E.2d 639

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