Sullivan v. Town of Brookline

Decided November 14, 2001. Roderick L. Ireland wrote the opinion for the court.

435 Mass. 353 · Cited 147 times

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• Town of Milton v. Personnel Administrator of the Department of Personnel Administration · 406 Mass. 818
• White v. City of Boston · 428 Mass. 250
• O'Neill v. City Manager · 428 Mass. 257
• Augat, Inc. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance · 571 N.E.2d 357
• Commonwealth v. Vickey · 412 N.E.2d 877
• McDonough v. Marr Scaffolding Co. · 591 N.E.2d 1079
• Cohen v. Commissioner of the Division of Medical Assistance · 423 Mass. 399
• O'BRIEN v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority · 541 N.E.2d 334
• Quincy Retirement Board v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board · 162 N.E.2d 802
• Commonwealth v. Cook · 426 Mass. 174

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