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 Customize Your Database Experience!
The Social Law Library has added another feature to our brand new database interface! Based on feedback from our patrons, the Library has developed a way for patrons who like the old interface look & feel to customize their database experience.
Simply click on the “My Profile” link in the upper right hand corner of your screen after you login and access one of the many self-published Social Law Library databases. It’s in the green “Profile Bar”. Click on “No” for the first option to “Show Tabs” then click “Save”. The interface will default to only show the search screen unless the database you are in contains a directory structure. To view our database list, simply click on “SLL Home”. Your navigation has now been customized to act more like our traditional databases.
Please call Technology Services at 617-226-1570 with any questions you may have.
 Evidence - Learn What the Judges Learn - CLE program on February 2nd
Learn what the Judges Learn! This Flaschner Judicial Institute program was first given to the bench and is now presented to the bar.
TOPICS emphasize cases and evolving issues in CRIMINAL LAW.
Featuring Hon. Carol S. Ball, Superior Court, Hon. Jay D. Blitzman, Juvenile Court, Hon. Mark Coven, Quincy District Court, Hon. Frank M. Gaziano, Superior Court, Hon. Christine M. McEvoy, Superior Court, Hon. Regina L. Quinlan, Superior Court.
Note: CPCS approved for four hours CLE credit for post-conviction panel members and for bar advocates on the district and superior court trial panels.
Program Details and Registration New York Practice Series - Updated!
Do you find that you are spending more time doing legal work and litigation in the New York state courts? The Social Law Library has acquired new titles to its New York Practice series, including Elements of an Action, Insurance Law, Bowmar Mortgage Lien, Workers Compensation and new editions of the Trusts and Estate Practice, Evidence, Personal Injury and Enforcing Judgments and Collecting Debts volumes. Click here for the entire list of New York Practice Series titles. Upcoming 1/31 - The Vidal Lecture: Sex and Politics in Massachusetts and the Persecution of Chief Justice Robert Bonin
On Tuesday, January 31 at 5:00PM, James A. Aloisi, Jr. will discuss his book: The Vidal Lecture: Sex and Politics in Massachusetts and the Persecution of Chief Justice Robert Bonin.
The Vidal Lecture is a pungent slice of Massachusetts political history in more ways than one. It lays bare the raw forces fighting for survival in the tumultuous year of 1978, when the governor, a U.S. senator, a district attorney and the chief justice of the Superior Court all lost their jobs. And it cuts to the heart of dark personal motives of bias, ambition, and revenge. Facing a storm of political opposition from the state’s old guard, Chief Justice Robert Bonin sailed blithely into the tempest, believing the righteousness of the court reform he intended to implement and the rightness of his own intellect and integrity would carry him through.
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Noteworthy Documents - Archived
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Final Report of the Task Force on Hiring in the Judicial Branch (Posted 1/6/2012)
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The Supreme Judicial Court has reviewed and endorsed the recommendations in the Final Report of the Task Force on Hiring in the Judicial Branch, the sixth report in a series to offer “recommendations designed to ensure a fair system with transparent procedures in which the qualifications of an applicant are the sole criterion in hiring and promotion.” The Justices presented this charge to the 10-member Task Force, chaired by Scott Harshbarger, former Attorney General of the Commonwealth, when the Task Force was formed on November 18, 2010.
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AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION - STANDING COMMITTEE ON ETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY (posted 9/13/11)
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Formal Opinion 11-459
Duty to Protect the Confidentiality of E-mail Communications with One’s Client
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Supreme Judicial Court Task Force Issues Action Plan for Hiring and Promotion of Trial Court Administrative Employees (9/12/2011)
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The Supreme Judicial Court has reviewed the recommendations presented in the “Action Plan for Hiring and Promotion of Trial Court Administrative Employees” recently delivered to the Court by the SJC’s Task Force for Hiring in the Judicial Branch, led by former Attorney General Scott Harshbarger. This is the fourth report in a series of comprehensive Task Force reviews of hiring and promotion practices in the Judicial Branch. . .
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S. 365 (enr) - Budget Control Act of 2011 (posted 8/4/2011)
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SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT TASK FORCE ON HIRING IN THE JUDICIAL BRANCH - ACTION PLAN FOR HIRING AND PROMOTION OF COURT OFFICERS AND ASSOCIATE COURT OFFICERS
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See Related May 6, 2011 Press Release
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STATEMENT AND DIRECTIVES OF THE JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT REGARDING THE HIRING AND PROMOTION PRACTICES OF THE MASSACHUSETTS PROBATION DEPARTMENT - 2/24/11
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In the wake of the disclosures in the Report of Independent Counsel Paul F. Ware, the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court appointed a Task Force to Review Hiring and Promotion Practices in the Judicial Branch (Task Force) under the leadership of Scott Harshbarger to "make recommendations designed to ensure a fair system with transparent procedures in which the qualifications of an applicant are the sole criterion in hiring and promotion" in the Probation Department and throughout the Judicial Branch. . .
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U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, trustee(1) vs. ANTONIO IBANEZ (1/7/11)
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SJC decision on mortgage foreclosures.
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WARE REPORT AND STATEMENT OF THE JUSTICES RELEASED
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Statement of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court Relative to the Report of the Independent Counsel (pdf)
Report of the Independent Counsel (pdf)
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IN THE MATTER OF THE PROBATION DEPARTMENT (Posted 5/25/10)
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Statement of Chief Justice Margaret H. Marshall and Chief Justice for Administration & Management Robert A. Mulligan and the Order of the Supreme Judicial Court.
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF LOWELL vs. PHANNA KEM ROBISHAW (May 4, 2010)
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School and School Committee, Termination of employment, Arbitration. Public Employment, Termination. Arbitration, School committee, Authority of arbitrator, Award, Judicial review. Public Policy.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. State Street Bank and Trust Co. (Posted 2/8/2010)
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See Press Release
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, by and through its Attorney General Martha Coakley, brings this enforcement action in the public interest pursuant to the Massachusetts Consumer Protection Act, G.L.c.93A and the Massachusetts False Claims Act, G.L.c.12$5c . . . .
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Investigation of Health Care Cost, Trends and Cost Drivers, Pursuant to G.L. c. 118G, § 6˝(b) (Posted 2/2/10)
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The Office of the Attorney General (AGO) releases this preliminary report based on its
ongoing investigation of health care cost trends and cost drivers pursuant to the authority granted to the Attorney General by Section 24 of Chapter 305 of the Acts of 2008, An Act to Promote Cost Containment, Transparency and Efficiency in the Delivery of Quality Health Care.
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Massachusetts Ocean Management Plan (Posted 1/5/2010)
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Governor Deval Patrick signed the Oceans Act on May 28, 2008 - requiring the Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) Ian Bowles to develop a comprehensive ocean management plan, with a draft plan by June 30, 2009, and a final plan promulgated by December 31, 2009.
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Trial Court Rule III, Uniform Small Claims Rules, changes effective October 1, 2009.
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The Supreme Judicial Court has approved changes to Trial Court Rule III, Uniform Small Claims Rules, effective October 1, 2009.
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FTC Suspends ‘Red Flags Rule’ Requiring Law Firms to Create ID Theft Policies
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Citing uncertainty among small businesses about their compliance obligations, the Federal Trade Commission has suspended until Nov. 1 implementation of its controversial "Red Flags Rule."
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Interim Guidelines for the Protection of Personal Identifying Data in Publicly Accessible Court Documents
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The Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court recently approved Interim Guidelines designed to protect against identity theft by having court filers omit or delete certain personal identifying information, such as social security numbers, in criminal and civil court documents. The Guidelines for the Protection of Personal Identifying Data (PID) in Publicly Accessible Court Documents are non-binding and take effect on September 1, 2009.
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Final Report
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Final Report on the Joint Project of Trial Lawyers Task Force on Discovery and the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System.
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Economic Stimulus Package - The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
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Conference Report on H.R. 1, H. Rep. 111-16, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
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Theresa Cedillo and Michael Cedillo v. Secretary of Health and Human Resources
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Vaccine Act Entitlement; Causation-in-fact; MMR/Autism Causation Issue; MMR/Gastrointestinal Dysfunction Causation Issue; Thimerosal; Immune Damage Causation Issue.
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2008 Statewide Ballot Initiative Question 2: "An Act Establishing a Sensible State Marihuana Policy"
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Guidelines from The Official Website of the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security (EOPSS)
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The Movement of Illegal Guns in America
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The Link between Gun Laws and Interstate Gun Trafficking
-A Report From Mayors Against Illegal Guns, December 2008
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Governor's Anti-Crime Council Issues Report on Urban Violence
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Doctors Say Legal System Drives Up Medical Costs
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The Massachusetts Medical Society has issued a report that finds that local doctors order excessive tests and treatments to protect themselves from malpractice claims.
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Crystal Salvas & Another (1) vs. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
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Labor, Wages. Evidence, Expert opinion, Business record. Practice, Civil, Class action, Statute of limitations. Rules of Civil Procedure. Contract, Performance and breach, Damages. Limitations, Statute of.
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Gideon's New Trumpet: Expanding the Civil Right to Counsel in Massachusetts
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Boston Bar Association Task Force
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MARK FLOMENBAUM vs. COMMONWEALTH & others.
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Governor. Public Employment, Removal. Commonwealth, Officers and employees. Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. Contract, Employment. Words, "For cause."
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In Re Marriage Cases
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In Lockyer v. City and County of San Francisco (2004) 33 Cal.4th 1055
(Lockyer), this court concluded that public officials of the City and County of San
Francisco acted unlawfully by issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in the
absence of a judicial determination that the California statutes limiting marriage to
a union between a man and a woman are unconstitutional.
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BLUEPRINT FOR A MODERNIZED FINANCIAL REGULATORY STRUCTURE
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The mission of the Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) focuses on promoting economic growth and stability in the United States. Critical to this mission is a sound and competitive financial services industry grounded in robust consumer protection and stable and innovative markets.
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Commission on Judicial Conduct report "In the Matter of Justice Ernest Murphy
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For the reasons described below, the Commission recommends that Judge Ernest B. Murphy be publicly censured, suspended without pay for 30 days, pay a $25,000 fine, and pay the costs incurred by the Commission in connection with this matter...
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IN THE MATTER OF GARY C. CROSSEN
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Attorney at Law, Disciplinary proceeding, Attorney-client relationship, Disbarment. Board of Bar Overseers. Rules of Professional Conduct. Due Process of Law, Attorney disciplinary proceeding.
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IN THE MATTER OF KEVIN P. CURRY
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Attorney at Law, Disciplinary proceeding, Attorney-client relationship, Disbarment. Board of Bar Overseers. Rules of Professional Conduct.
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BIG DIG MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT AND DESIGNERS TO PAY $450 MILLION
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The joint venture of Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff, Bechtel Infrastructure Corp., and PB Americas, Inc., f/k/a Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade and Douglas, Inc. ("Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff”), the management consultant to the Central Artery/Tunnel Project (“the Big Dig”) has agreed to pay over $407 million to resolve its criminal and civil liabilities...
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Governor’s proposed legislation and Executive Order on Criminal Offender Record Information Reform
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Click here to see proposed legislation.
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Mitchell Report on Steroid Use in Baseball
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Report to the commissioner of baseball of an independent investigation into the illegal use of steroids and other performance enhancing substances by players in major league baseball
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FISA Court refuses to release records
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Margaret R. Chambers v. Cassandra B. Ormiston - Rhode Island Supreme Court
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May the Family Court properly recognize, for the purposes of entertaining a divorce petition, the marriage of two persons of the same sex who were purportedly married in another state?
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Commission on Judicial Conduct - Complaints Against Associate Justice Ernest B. Murphy
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Complaints Number 2006-9 and 2006-30
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Vioxx Settlement Agreement
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Settlement Agreement between Merk & Co., Inc. and The Counsel Listed on the Signature Pages 11/9/2007
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State of Minnesota v. Larry Edwin Craig
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Sophie C. Currier on behalf of herself and on behalf of Lea M. Gallien-Currier vs. National Board of Medical Examiners
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Nursing Mother Case.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Appeals Court (07-J-434)
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Governor Patrick Unveils Plan For Casino Gambling in Massachusetts
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Three destination resort casinos to spur economic development and create tens of thousands of new jobs
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SJC issues amendment to Superior Court Rule 9C
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Effective date - October 1, 2007
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40B Cost Certification
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Notice Regarding 40B Cost Certification Materials for Home Ownership Projects
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PETER SCANNELL vs. ATTORNEY GENERAL & another.(1)
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Massachusetts False Claims Act. Unjust Enrichment.
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Massachusetts Guide to Evidence - Preliminary Draft for Public Comment
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Prepared by the Supreme Judicial Court Advisory Committee on Massachusetts Evidence Law - August 2007
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Report of the Small Claims Working Group - August 2007
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Commission to End Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities - Final Report
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The report is a result of a three year effort involving community members, health care advocates, policy experts and legislators.
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Findings and Recommendations - Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
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Prepared for The Executive Office of Public Safety, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, July 24, 2007
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Peter J. Limone, et al., Plaintiffs v. United States of America, Defendant
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Memorandum and Order Re: Bench Trial
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WILLIAM J. DEVINE, trustee, vs. TOWN OF NANTUCKET & another.
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Eminent Domain, Validity of taking. Limitations, Statute of. Notice. Constitutional Law, Eminent domain, Taking of property. Bona Fide Purchaser. Real Property, Bona fide purchaser.
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(1) MICHAEL BAIGENT, (2) RICHARD LEIGH V. THE RANDOM HOUSE GROUP LIMITED
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The Claimants are two of the three authors of a book published in 1982, The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail (HBHG). The Defendant is the publisher in the UK of a book written by Dan Brown, the Da Vinci Code (DVC), first published in 2003. The Claimants' contention is that, in writing DVC, Mr Brown infringed their copyright by copying a substantial part of HBHG in the course of writing six chapters of DVC. The case came to trial over 11 days in February and March 2006 before Mr Justice Peter Smith.
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State Auditor’s Report on Food Safety
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Governor Patrick issues an Executive Order regarding the use of Undocumented Workers on State Contracts.
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Amended Superior Court Civil Time Standards
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Effective March 1, 2007
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ROBERT E. NUNEZ, SECOND vs. CARRABBA'S ITALIAN GRILL, INC., & another.(1)
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Practice, Civil, Summary judgment. Alcoholic Liquors, Sale to underage adult. Negligence, Alcoholic liquors, Duty to prevent harm, Sale of liquor, Standard of care.
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Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company vs. Robert J. O'Connell
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Memorandum and Order on Motion to Dismiss
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C. Joseph DOYLE & others [FN1] vs. SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH & another.
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Marriage. General Court. Mandamus. Practice, Civil, Action in nature of mandamus. Declaratory Relief. Constitutional Law, Amendment of the Constitution, Initiative petition, General Court, Governor. Initiative. Governor.
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ALLIANCE TO PROTECT NANTUCKET SOUND, INC. vs. ENERGY FACILITIES SITING BOARD & another.(1)
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Energy Facilities Siting Board. Administrative Law, Decision, Evidence, Hearing. Due Process of Law, Adjudicatory proceeding, Notice. Public Utilities, Electrical transmission line. Electricity.
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Massachusetts Project on Innovative Jury Trial Practices - Final Report
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Mark Lewis and Dennis Winslow, et al. v. Gwendolyn L. Harris, etc., et al. (A-68-05)
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New Jersey Same-Sex marriage syllabus
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Link of the Week
Federal Election Commission
In 1975, Congress created the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to administer and enforce the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) - the statute that governs the financing of federal elections. The duties of the FEC, which is an independent regulatory agency, are to disclose campaign finance information, to enforce the provisions of the law such as the limits and prohibitions on contributions, and to oversee the public funding of Presidential elections.
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 Events Calendar
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Thursday, February 02, 2012
Evidence
Hon. Carol S. Ball, Superior Court
Hon. Jay D. Blitzman, Juvenile Court
Hon. Mark Coven, Quincy District Court
Hon. Frank M. Gaziano, Superior Court
Hon. Christine M. McEvoy, Superior Court
Hon. Regina L. Quinlan, Superior Court
Friday, February 17, 2012
Monday, February 20, 2012
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Monday, May 28, 2012
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