State Supreme Court / Mass.

Moe v. Secretary of Administration & Finance

Decided February 18, 1981. Francis Quirico wrote the opinion for the court.

417 N.E.2d 387 · Cited 105 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.

Superintendent of Belchertown State School v. Saikewicz · 370 N.E.2d 417
District Attorney for the Suffolk District v. Watson · 411 N.E.2d 1274
Williams v. Zbaraz · 448 U.S. 358
Marcoux v. Attorney General · 375 N.E.2d 688
In the Matter of Spring · 405 N.E.2d 115
Framingham Clinic v. Bd. of Selectmen of Southborough · 367 N.E.2d 606
Custody of a Minor · 389 N.E.2d 68
Department of Public Welfare v. J. K. B. · 393 N.E.2d 406
Colo v. Treasurer & Receiver General · 392 N.E.2d 1195
Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group v. Secretary of Commonwealth · 375 N.E.2d 1175
ABCD, INC. v. Commissioner of Public Welfare · 391 N.E.2d 1217
Schulte v. Director of the Division of Employment Security · 376 Mass. 107
Commonwealth v. Balthazar · 318 N.E.2d 478
Commissioner of Correction v. Myers · 399 N.E.2d 452
Broderick v. Police Commissioner of Boston · 330 N.E.2d 199
Del Duca v. Town Administrator of Methuen · 329 N.E.2d 748
School Committee v. Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination · 386 N.E.2d 1251
Corning Glass Works v. Ann & Hope, Inc. of Danvers · 294 N.E.2d 354
McRae v. Califano · 491 F. Supp. 630
Doe v. Doe · 314 N.E.2d 128
District Attorney for the Plymouth District v. New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. · 399 N.E.2d 866
Baker v. Commonwealth · 312 Mass. 490
Zbaraz v. Quern · 469 F. Supp. 1212
Jaffe v. Sharp · 463 F. Supp. 222
Service Arms Co. v. United States, Department of Treasury · 463 F. Supp. 21

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Right to Choose v. Byrne · 450 A.2d 925
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Hodes & Nauser, MDS, P.A. v. Schmidt · 440 P.3d 461
Fischer v. Department of Public Welfare · 502 A.2d 114
Attorney General v. Colleton · 444 N.E.2d 915
Women of the State v. Gomez · 542 N.W.2d 17
State v. Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest · 436 P.3d 984
Dodge v. Department of Social Services · 657 P.2d 969
Boley v. Miller · 418 S.E.2d 352
Humphreys v. Clinic for Women, Inc. · 796 N.E.2d 247
Planned Parenthood of the Heartland and Jill Meadows v. Kimberly K. Reynolds ex rel. State of Iowa and Iowa Board of Medicine · 915 N.W.2d 206
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Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, Inc. and Jill Meadows v. Iowa Board of Medicine · 865 N.W.2d 252
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Commonwealth v. Kennedy · 450 N.E.2d 167
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