State Supreme Court / Mass.

Sena v. Commonwealth

Decided March 10, 1994. Joseph R. Nolan wrote the opinion for the court.

629 N.E.2d 986 · Cited 223 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.

Agis v. Howard Johnson Co. · 355 N.E.2d 315
Whitney v. City of Worcester · 366 N.E.2d 1210
Harry Stoller & Co. v. City of Lowell · 587 N.E.2d 780
Willitts v. Roman Catholic Archbishop of Boston · 581 N.E.2d 475
Commonwealth v. Scala · 404 N.E.2d 83
Berkovitz v. United States · 486 U.S. 531
Foley v. Polaroid Corp. · 508 N.E.2d 72
Irwin v. Town of Ware · 467 N.E.2d 1292
Batchelder v. Allied Stores Corp. · 473 N.E.2d 1128
Diaz v. Eli Lilly & Co. · 302 N.E.2d 555
Commonwealth v. Connor · 467 N.E.2d 1340
Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Niziolek · 481 N.E.2d 1356
Feltch v. General Rental Co. · 421 N.E.2d 67
Mouradian v. General Electric Co. · 503 N.E.2d 1318
Pheasant Ridge Associates Ltd. Partnership v. Town of Burlington · 506 N.E.2d 1152
Delaney v. Chief of Police of Wareham · 539 N.E.2d 65
Conley v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority · 405 Mass. 168
Pina v. Commonwealth · 510 N.E.2d 253

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