Schofield v. Merrill

Decided May 13, 1982. Francis Patrick O'Connor wrote the opinion for the court.

435 N.E.2d 339 · Cited 78 times

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• Soule v. Massachusetts Electric Co. · 390 N.E.2d 716
• Ouellette v. Blanchard · 116 N.H. 552
• Rowland v. Christian · 69 Cal. 2d 108
• Antoniewicz v. Reszczynski · 236 N.W.2d 1
• Pridgen v. Boston Housing Authority · 308 N.E.2d 467
• Cohens v. Virginia · 19 U.S. 264
• Basso v. Miller · 40 N.Y.2d 233
• Cates v. Beauregard Electric Cooperative, Inc. · 328 So. 2d 367
• Ferriter v. Daniel O'Connell's Sons, Inc. · 413 N.E.2d 690
• Poirier v. Town of Plymouth · 372 N.E.2d 212
• Whitney v. City of Worcester · 366 N.E.2d 1210
• Diaz v. Eli Lilly & Co. · 302 N.E.2d 555
• Scurti v. City of New York · 40 N.Y.2d 433
• Pickard v. City and County of Honolulu · 452 P.2d 445
• Scheibel v. Hillis · 531 S.W.2d 285
• Sorensen v. Sorensen · 339 N.E.2d 907
• Dziokonski v. Babineau · 380 N.E.2d 1295
• Mile High Fence Co. v. Radovich · 175 Colo. 537
• Mariorenzi v. Joseph DiPonte, Inc. · 333 A.2d 127
• George v. Jordan Marsh Company · 268 N.E.2d 915
• Lewis v. Lewis · 351 N.E.2d 526
• Commonwealth v. Klein · 363 N.E.2d 1313
• Colby v. Carney Hospital · 254 N.E.2d 407
• Brown v. Brown · 409 N.E.2d 717

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