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26 May 2013, 11:53 am
The highest court in Massachusetts, the Supreme Judicial Court has issued three recent opinions interpreting marijuana laws. [read post]
28 Jan 2008, 8:58 am
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court announed today that it has appointed a panel to consider whether to revise the rule limiting public comment by judges. [read post]
4 Oct 2018, 7:06 pm
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court heard oral arguments in the case of Commonwealth v. [read post]
29 Jun 2004, 3:25 pm
Conservative groups and state lawmakers had argued that the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, by ruling that same-sex couples are [read post]
16 May 2019, 7:39 pm
The plaintiff appealed, and the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court transferred the case from the intermediate appeals court on its own initiative. [read post]
23 Oct 2003, 6:30 pm
Same-sex couples in Massachusetts are waiting for the state's Supreme Judicial Court to render its much-anticipated decision on legalization of same-sex marriage. [read post]
18 Aug 2004, 9:22 am
Intervening in the ongoing pay dispute in Massachusetts' bar advocates program, Supreme Judicial Court Justice Francis Spina has ordered judges to appoint lawyers for indigent defendants, with or without the lawyers' consent, and ordered judges to report any attorneys who refuse to take a case without a valid excuse to the state Board of Bar Overseers. [read post]
26 Nov 2009, 10:33 pm
Connelly, 454 Mass. 808 (2009) from the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court held that police officers can field test narcotics and testify that they are illegal narcotics without the need for the chemist to appear. [read post]
31 Jan 2008, 1:13 am
WEB-ONLY | Panel to study conduct rules on judges' public commentsI"n the wake of national criticism of a Massachusetts state court judge's release of a convicted murderer on personal recognizance, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court tapped an ad hoc advisory committee to study rules about public comment by judges in the state's Code of Judicial Conduct. [read post]
30 Jan 2010, 10:05 am
Enterprise was affirmed by Massachusetts’ Supreme Judicial Court earlier this month, reaffirming the special protection journalists have when reporting on difficult cases. [read post]
16 Jul 2009, 10:13 pm
7-17-2009 Massachusetts:The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court decided that judges must issue rulings within 30 days of a trial when they are deciding whether defendants should be held indefinitely as sexually dangerous offenders. [read post]
27 May 2021, 9:44 am
The Supreme Judicial Court recently reversed a defendant’s Massachusetts assault and battery conviction, finding that the trial court made a prejudicial error in excluding the defendant’s expert witness. [read post]
2 Apr 2016, 2:08 pm
In addition, under Rule 56 of the Massachusetts Rules of Civil Procedure and its federal corollary, an employer will likely file a motion after the close of discovery once again asking the court to dismiss the case. [read post]
2 Apr 2016, 2:08 pm
In addition, under Rule 56 of the Massachusetts Rules of Civil Procedure and its federal corollary, an employer will likely file a motion after the close of discovery once again asking the court to dismiss the case. [read post]
24 Jun 2020, 2:11 pm
This week, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) issued an opinion in Commonwealth v. [read post]
19 Jun 2018, 12:20 pm
Justice Gaziano, of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (“SJC”), makes a proclamation in the first paragraph of that Court’s recent decision in Commonwealth v. [read post]
13 Feb 2009, 9:38 pm
In Massachusetts, the Supreme Judicial Court has struck down a law that lets the state keep juvenile offenders that it considers dangerous for another three years after they turn 18. [read post]
5 Aug 2015, 11:45 am
Users who need pinpoint citations to the official versions of cases from the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and the Massachusetts Appeals Court shortly after initial publication can use the star pagination available on Lexis.com and Lexis Advance. [read post]
31 Jan 2013, 2:51 am
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has stated numerous times that being present in a high crime area or flight from the police is insufficient to justify a stop under the 4th Amendment or Article 14 of the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights. [read post]
20 Nov 2006, 12:16 am
[JURIST] Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney [official website] on Sunday urged state legislators [DOC speech transcript] to vote on a state constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage ban and said he will petition the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court to place the question on the next ballot if legislators fail to vote on the issue before the end of their term on January 2. [read post]
