Poirier v. Town of Plymouth

Decided January 10, 1978. Francis Quirico wrote the opinion for the court.

372 N.E.2d 212 · Cited 237 times

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• Burr v. Massachusetts Electric Co. · 248 N.E.2d 492
• King v. G & M REALTY CORP. · 370 N.E.2d 413
• Alholm v. Town of Wareham · 358 N.E.2d 788
• Stewart v. Roy Bros. Inc. · 265 N.E.2d 357
• Lindsey v. Massios · 360 N.E.2d 631
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• Green v. Richmond · 337 N.E.2d 691
• Pridgen v. Boston Housing Authority · 308 N.E.2d 467
• Clark v. M. W. Leahy Co. · 300 Mass. 565
• Williams v. United Men's Shop, Inc. · 317 Mass. 319
• Engel v. Boston Ice Co. · 295 Mass. 428
• Cannon v. Crowley · 318 Mass. 373
• Sellew v. Tuttle's Millinery Inc. · 319 Mass. 368
• Crowe v. Ward · 292 N.E.2d 716
• Grant v. Carlisle · 101 N.E.2d 376
• Baldassari v. Produce Terminal Realty Corp. · 282 N.E.2d 649
• Tindall v. Denholm & McKay Co. · 196 N.E.2d 631
• Markarian v. Simonian · 369 N.E.2d 718
• Bencivengo v. Walter C. Benson Co. · 319 Mass. 110
• Whitehouse v. Cities Service Oil Co. · 315 Mass. 108
• Brown v. Marr Equipment Corp. · 247 N.E.2d 352
• Pettiti v. Edward J. McHugh & Son, Inc. · 341 Mass. 566

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