U.S. Court of Appeals / First Circuit

Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary v. QLT Phototherapeutics, Inc.

Decided January 12, 2009. Jeffrey R. Howard wrote the opinion for the court.

552 F.3d 47 · Cited 158 times

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Demoulas v. Demoulas Super Markets, Inc. · 424 Mass. 501
Linthicum v. Archambault · 398 N.E.2d 482
J. A. Sullivan Corp. v. Commonwealth · 494 N.E.2d 374
Hartford Casualty Insurance v. New Hampshire Insurance · 628 N.E.2d 14
Hurwitz v. Parkway Country Club, Inc. · 180 N.E.2d 94
PMP Associates, Inc. v. Globe Newspaper Co. · 321 N.E.2d 915
Fontaine v. Ebtec Corp. · 613 N.E.2d 881
Salamon v. Terra · 477 N.E.2d 1029
Jet Spray Cooler, Inc. v. Crampton · 282 N.E.2d 921
Milliken & Co. v. Duro Textiles, LLC · 451 Mass. 547
Barry v. Covich · 124 N.E.2d 921
Knapp Shoes, Inc. v. Sylvania Shoe Manufacturing Corp. · 640 N.E.2d 1101
Guenard v. Burke · 443 N.E.2d 892
Warsofsky v. Sherman · 93 N.E.2d 612
USM Corp. v. Marson Fastener Corp. · 393 N.E.2d 895
Kattar v. Demoulas · 433 Mass. 1
Livick v. the Gillette Co. · 524 F.3d 24
Massachusetts v. Mylan Laboratories · 357 F. Supp. 2d 314
Stevens v. Thacker · 550 F. Supp. 2d 161
Sagoma Plastics, Inc. v. Gelardi · 366 F. Supp. 2d 185
Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary v. Novartis Ophthalmics, Inc. · 353 F. Supp. 2d 170

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