Paro v. Longwood Hospital

Decided November 16, 1977. Francis Quirico wrote the opinion for the court.

369 N.E.2d 985 · Cited 116 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.

• Pinnick v. Cleary · 271 N.E.2d 592
• LaChapelle v. United Shoe Machinery Corp. · 318 Mass. 166
• Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination v. Colangelo · 182 N.E.2d 595
• Zayre Corp. v. Attorney General · 362 N.E.2d 878
• Austin v. Boston University Hospital · 363 N.E.2d 515
• Williamson v. Lee Optical of Oklahoma, Inc. · 348 U.S. 483
• Reed v. Reed · 404 U.S. 71
• Wright v. Central Du Page Hospital Ass'n · 347 N.E.2d 736
• Commonwealth v. Jackson · 344 N.E.2d 166
• Consolidated Cigar Corp. v. Department of Public Health · 364 N.E.2d 1202
• Royal Indemnity Co. v. Blakely · 372 Mass. 86
• Trustees of the Stigmatine Fathers, Inc. v. Secretary of Administration & Finance · 369 Mass. 562
• Commonwealth v. Henry's Drywall Co., Inc. · 320 N.E.2d 911
• Old Colony Railroad v. Assessors of Boston · 309 Mass. 439
• Damaskos v. Board of Appeal of Boston · 267 N.E.2d 897
• Orasz v. Colonial Tavern, Inc. · 310 N.E.2d 311
• Manganaro Drywall, Inc. v. White Construction Co. · 372 Mass. 661
• Bannish v. Bannish · 258 N.E.2d 10
• Baldassare v. Crown Furniture Co. Inc. · 207 N.E.2d 268

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• American Bank & Trust Co. v. Community Hospital · 683 P.2d 670
• Austin v. Litvak · 682 P.2d 41
• Beeler v. Downey · 442 N.E.2d 19
• Little v. Rosenthal · 382 N.E.2d 1037
• Stonehill College v. Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination · 441 Mass. 549
• Hampshire Village Associates v. District Court of Hampshire · 408 N.E.2d 830
• Denton v. Beth Israel Hospital · 465 N.E.2d 779
• Gillespie v. City of Northampton · 460 Mass. 148
• Faircloth v. DiLillo · 466 Mass. 120
• Anderson v. Wagner · 402 N.E.2d 560
• Goodridge v. Department of Public Health · 440 Mass. 309
• Blixt v. Blixt · 437 Mass. 649
• Mattos v. Thompson · 421 A.2d 190
• White v. State · 661 P.2d 1272
• Hoem v. State · 756 P.2d 780
• Hallett v. Town of Wrentham · 499 N.E.2d 1189
• Penney v. First National Bank of Boston · 433 N.E.2d 901
• Coburn by and Through Coburn v. Agustin · 627 F. Supp. 983
• Doran v. Priddy · 534 F. Supp. 30

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