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12 Apr 2018, 8:02 am by Legal Profession Prof
The full Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court reversed a single justice's six-month suspension and ordered that an indefinite suspension be imposed for misappropriation. [read post]
29 May 2010, 2:59 pm
In reversing Martin's conviction, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court held that when an individual is stopped and searched, the police conduct must satisfy two conditions.The investigatory stop must be lawful. [read post]
5 Apr 2022, 4:10 am by Howard Friedman
Yesterday, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court heard oral arguments (webcast of arguments) in Doe v. [read post]
18 Nov 2014, 1:02 am by rhapsodyinbooks
On this day in history, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled 4-3 in Goodridge v. [read post]
27 Jul 2010, 9:00 am by Stephen Neyman, P.C.
Sliech-Brodeur decided earlier this month the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court reversed the first degree murder conviction of a woman who killed her husband. [read post]
31 Mar 2010, 9:56 am
In rejecting the defendant's Constitutional claims in his appeal, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court reasoned, citing United States v. [read post]
25 Oct 2007, 4:27 am
Judicial activism is alive and well, not just here in Massachusetts in our Supreme Judicial Court, but also in the conservative U.S. [read post]
21 Nov 2012, 1:07 pm by Victoria VanBuren
The issue before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court was whether mediation, when performed by an attorney who has resigned from the practice of law while the subject of disciplinary investigation, or has been disbarred or suspended from the practice of law, constitutes legal work in the context of bar discipline matters. [read post]
7 Sep 2018, 10:30 am by Alexandra Vernis, J.D.
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled unanimously to uphold the state’s prohibition on corporate contributions this week. [read post]
5 Sep 2018, 8:05 am by Stephen Honig
— Proverbs 28:1 In the 2016 Massachusetts SJC decision of Commonwealth v Warren, the Court declared that running away from the police, without additional indications of wrongdoing, was not an admission of guilt. [read post]
8 Jun 2016, 2:13 pm by Evidence ProfBlogger
On Friday, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts granted a new trial to Oswelt Millien, finding in Commonwealth v. [read post]
21 Apr 2017, 8:41 am by Justin Cosgrove
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court [official website] on Thursday formally approved the dismissal [press release] of over 21,000 drug convictions that were deemed [order, PDF] to be "tainted" by a former state chemist's misconduct. [read post]
3 May 2012, 5:42 pm
Leslie Burton-Brown, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court considered the issue of whether a gun, manufactured before 1900, were unlawful to own/possess under the Massachusetts' Gun Crimes Laws. [read post]
23 Mar 2022, 6:55 am by Legal Profession Prof
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court imposed sanctions on a probate court judge for findings of groping a court employee at a judicial conference and false testimony about the incident we suspend the respondent without pay for a reasonable time or... [read post]
19 Sep 2017, 5:08 pm by Legal Profession Prof
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ordered an indefinite suspension for misconduct in two matters In the first matter, On October 29, 2007, the respondent pleaded guilty in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts to two counts... [read post]
8 Sep 2012, 8:16 am
Neither the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts nor the Massachusetts Appeals Court have addressed the issue of whether or not a police officer is permitted to perform a warrantless search of a defendant's cell phone content after the defendant has been arrested and the pending decision will have a significant impact on the search and seizure law in Massachusetts. [read post]
11 Aug 2006, 3:46 am
[JURIST] The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court [official website] has restricted the authority of the state Commission on Judicial Conduct [official website] by limiting the penalties that the commission can impose to discipline judges without the court's approval. [read post]
25 Nov 2016, 9:25 am by Pulgini & Norton, LLP
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court issued a decision stating that the state’s insolvent insurers fund was able to recover for workers’ compensation claims paid on behalf of high-net-worth insureds. [read post]
27 Apr 2011, 5:19 am
Massachusetts homeowners, prospective real estate buyers and real estate attorneys will be very interested in Monday's Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ("SJC") ruling requiring that real estate attorneys be actively involved in Massachusetts real estate closings. [read post]