Theos & Sons, Inc. v. Mack Trucks, Inc.

Decided June 20, 2000. Margaret H. Marshall wrote the opinion for the court.

431 Mass. 736 · Cited 96 times

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• Boston Helicopter Charter, Inc. v. Agusta Aviation Corp. · 767 F. Supp. 363
• East River Steamship Corp. v. Transamerica Delaval Inc. · 476 U.S. 858
• Linkage Corp. v. Trustees of Boston University · 425 Mass. 1
• Wheatley v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co. · 636 N.E.2d 265
• DeVaux v. American Home Assurance Co. · 444 N.E.2d 355
• Hudson v. Massachusetts Property Insurance Underwriting Ass'n · 436 N.E.2d 155
• Bay State-Spray & Provincetown Steamship, Inc. v. Caterpillar Tractor Co. · 533 N.E.2d 1350
• Kansallis Finance Ltd. v. Fern · 421 Mass. 659
• Malmberg v. American Honda Motor Co., Inc. · 644 So. 2d 888
• Logan Equipment Corp. v. Simon Aerials, Inc. · 736 F. Supp. 1188
• Billops v. Magness Construction Co. · 391 A.2d 196
• Commercial Credit Corp. v. Stan Cross Buick, Inc. · 180 N.E.2d 88
• Hunt v. PERKINS MACHINERY CO. INC. · 226 N.E.2d 228
• Jacobs v. Yamaha Motor Corp., U.S.A. · 420 Mass. 323
• Sherman v. Texas Co. · 165 N.E.2d 916
• General Motors Corp. v. Halco Instruments, Inc. · 185 S.E.2d 619
• Commonwealth Aluminum Corp. v. Baldwin Corp. · 980 F. Supp. 598
• Patterson v. Barnes · 317 Mass. 721
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