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The summaries have been prepared by Suffolk University Law School. The summaries are not an official part of the court proceedings, and are presented so that those who access the website will have a general understanding of the legal issues in the cases set for oral argument.


Monday December 2, 2024

Commonwealth v. Adams
SJC-13638   View Docket

SJC-13638

Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of conviction for cruelty to an animal.

Cannata v. Town of Mashpee
SJC-13637   View Docket

SJC-13637

Summary: Retirement Law-- Whether the plaintiff was eligible for group health insurance benefits from a municipality upon his deferred retirement.

BAK Realty, LLC v. City of Fitchburg Board of Appeals
SJC-13639   View Docket

SJC-13639

Summary: Zoning-- This zoning appeal deals with the plaintiffs' use of their premises for persons recovering from alcohol or substance abuse.

O'Donnell v. Cronin
SJC-13669   View Docket

SJC-13669

Summary: Governmental Law-- The Norfolk County Register of Deeds is seeking to require Norfolk County to approve his request to hire a Chief Technology Officer and to make a budget transfer to fund payment of legal expenses in connection with the litigation.

480 McClellan LLC v. Board of Assessors of City of Boston
SJC-13671   View Docket

SJC-13671

Summary: Real Estate Taxation-- Whether the City of Boston can impose a real estate tax on a lessee's interest in real estate owned by the Massachusetts Port Authority.

Commonwealth v. Fratantonio
SJC-12685   View Docket

SJC-12685

Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of murder conviction.


Wednesday December 4, 2024

Commonwealth v. Andrade
SJC-13636   View Docket

SJC-13636

Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of conviction for assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.

Commonwealth v. McCarthy
SJC-13667   View Docket

SJC-13667

Summary: Search and Seizure-- In a prosecution for home invasion and other crimes, where a Lowell, Massachusetts police officer seized the defendant's cellphone in New Hampshire, the Commonwealth is appealing the allowance of a motion to suppress.

Bellmar v. Moore
SJC-13643   View Docket

SJC-13643

Summary: Medical Malpractice-- The plaintiff is appealing a Superior Court decision granting summary judgment to the defendant on the basis of the running of the statute of repose in a medical malpractice action.

Impounded Case
SJC-13668   View Docket

SJC-13668

Summary: unavailable

Gotay v. Creen
SJC-13666   View Docket

SJC-13666

Summary: Torts-- Various issues in a damage action against social workers and the Department of Children and Families arising out of injuries and death to foster children in a foster home.

Theisz v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
SJC-13624   View Docket

SJC-13624

Summary: Torts-- In an action where the plaintiff alleges that he was injured by a bus driver, whether the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is immune from suit.


Friday December 6, 2024

Commonwealth v. Camuti
SJC-13532   View Docket

SJC-13532

Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of murder conviction.

Commonwealth v. Rios
SJC-12982   View Docket

SJC-12982

Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of murder conviction.





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Dec. 2024

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Nov. 2024

Open CaseMack v. Quinn

Docket:
sjc-OE-0149
Argued: 2024-11-04
Summary: Governmental Law-- This is a request that the Supreme Judicial Court exercise its authority under Massachusetts law to remove the Bristol County District Attorney from office pursuant to General Laws chapter 211, section 4.
Open CaseImpounded Case

Docket:
SJC-13634
Argued: 2024-11-04
Summary: Unavailable
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Govan

Docket:
SJC-13600
Argued: 2024-11-04
Summary: Criminal-- In a prosecution for firearm violations, the defendant is appealing the denial of a motion to suppress evidence arising out of GPS monitoring of the defendant in connection with his pretrial release in a separate criminal matter.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Mitchell

Docket:
SJC-13528
Argued: 2024-11-04
Summary: Criminal-- After a second-degree murder conviction, the defendant is seeking a new trial on the ground that a juror failed to disclose during voir dire that a family member had been convicted of a crime.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Mitchell

Docket:
SJC-13529
Argued: 2024-11-04
Summary: Criminal-- After a second-degree murder conviction, the defendant is seeking a new trial on the ground that a juror failed to disclose during voir dire that a family member had been convicted of a crime.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Mitchell

Docket:
SJC-13530
Argued: 2024-11-04
Summary: Criminal-- After a second-degree murder conviction, the defendant is seeking a new trial on the ground that a juror failed to disclose during voir dire that a family member had been convicted of a crime.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Moore

Docket:
SJC-13479
Argued: 2024-11-04
Summary: Criminal-- After two mistrials on indictments for murder and firearm violations, the defendant is seeking dismissal of the indictments on the ground of double jeopardy.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Sicellon

Docket:
SJC-13478
Argued: 2024-11-04
Summary: Criminal-- After two mistrials on indictments for murder and firearm violations, the defendant is seeking dismissal of the indictments on the ground of double jeopardy.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Read

Docket:
SJC-13663
Argued: 2024-11-06
Summary: Criminal-- Where the trial judge granted a mistrial on three indictments, the defendant is appealing the denial of a motion to dismiss two of the indictments, claiming that the jury had agreed to acquit the defendant on those two charges, even though there was no such verdict announced in open court.
Open CaseCumberland Farms, Inc. v. Town of Braintree Board of Health

Docket:
SJC-13613
Argued: 2024-11-06
Summary: Administrative Law-- This is a challenge to a Board of Health decision that a convenience store violated Massachusetts law by offering for sale flavored tobacco products.
Open CaseImpounded Case

Docket:
SJC-13625
Argued: 2024-11-06
Summary: Unavailable
Open CaseJohnson v. Energy Facilities Siting Board

Docket:
SJC-13622
Argued: 2024-11-06
Summary: Environmental Law-- This is an appeal of a decision of the Energy Facilities Siting Board allowing installation of electric transmission lines and construction of a substation to connect to an offshore wind farm in waters off the coast of Cape Cod.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Spaulding

Docket:
SJC-13615
Argued: 2024-11-06
Summary: Criminal-- This is an appeal of a conviction of a police captain for using his official position to obtain an unwarranted privilege in violation of Massachusetts conflict-of-interest laws.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Phillips

Docket:
SJC-13350
Argued: 2024-11-08
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of murder conviction.

Oct. 2024

Open CaseAttorney General v. Town of Milton

Docket:
SJC-13580
Argued: 2024-10-07
Summary: Municipal Law-- The Attorney General is suing the Town of Milton, a municipality within the MBTA’s service area, to require the town to have a zoning bylaw allowing multi-family housing.
Open CaseLuppold v. Hanlon

Docket:
SJC-13577
Argued: 2024-10-07
Summary: Medical Malpractice; Evidence-- Various issues arising out of a medical malpractice action, including whether the defendant should have been permitted to cross-examine a codefendant as to possible bias arising out of the codefendant’s “high-low” agreement with the plaintiff.
Open CaseTJR Services, LLC v. Hutchinson

Docket:
SJC-13617
Argued: 2024-10-07
Summary: Mortgage Foreclosure; Summary Process-- Whether the Housing Court may order the defendant in a summary process action to make use and occupancy payments during the pendency of an appeal from a Land Court judgment confirming the plaintiff’s title after a mortgage foreclosure.
Open CaseImpounded Case

Docket:
SJC-13614
Argued: 2024-10-07
Summary: unavailable
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Cruz

Docket:
SJC-13595
Argued: 2024-10-07
Summary: Criminal-- The defendant is contending that his conviction for threatening to commit a crime is violative of his First Amendment right to free speech.
Open CaseCubberley v. Commerce Insurance Co.

Docket:
SJC-13563
Argued: 2024-10-07
Summary: Automobile Insurance-- Whether the 2016 Massachusetts standard automobile insurance policy excludes coverage for the inherent diminished value of an automobile where the automobile was deemed repairable after an acident; if so, whether the Commissioner of Insurance properly approved the exclusion.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Strong

Docket:
SJC-13464
Argued: 2024-10-09
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of murder conviction.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Chism

Docket:
SJC-13161
Argued: 2024-10-09
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of murder conviction.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Rateree

Docket:
SJC-13599
Argued: 2024-10-11
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of conviction of crimes against the person and misleading a police officer, including whether the trial judge properly refused to admit evidence of violent acts committed by the victim.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Montgomery

Docket:
SJC-13594
Argued: 2024-10-11
Summary: Criminal; Voir Dire-- In this appeal of a murder conviction, the defendant is challenging questions posed to potential jurors by the prosecutor regarding their willingness to convict a defendant of a serious crime based solely on eyewitness testimony and without forensic evidence.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Vazquez

Docket:
SJC-13578
Argued: 2024-10-11
Summary: Criminal-- The defendant, convicted of second-degree murder, contends that his right to an impartial jury was violated because of an altercation between two jurors during jury deliberations.

Sep. 2024

Open CaseImpounded Case

Docket:
SJC-13566
Argued: 2024-09-06
Summary: Unavailable
Open CaseImpounded Case

Docket:
SJC-13598
Argued: 2024-09-06
Summary: Unavailable
Open CaseJohnson v. Settino

Docket:
SJC-13555
Argued: 2024-09-06
Summary: Family Law; Gifts-- Where a party terminated an engagement to marry and sought return of an engagement ring, whether the party is entitled to return of the ring without regard to consideration of fault.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Du

Docket:
SJC-13557
Argued: 2024-09-06
Summary: Search and Seizure-- Where an undercover police officer used his cellphone to make audio and video recordings of his conversation with the defendant and transmitted the recordings to other officers, whether a motion to suppress was properly allowed on the ground that this was an unlawful interception under the Massachusetts wiretap statute.
Open CaseMackie v. Joss

Docket:
SJC-13558
Argued: 2024-09-06
Summary: Torts; Sexually Dangerous Person-- In a tort action by a person who was found to be a sexually dangerous person against a psychologist who testified at trial as a qualified examiner, whether the case should be dismissed on the ground of immunity.
Open CaseMackie v. Rouse-Weir

Docket:
SJC-13554
Argued: 2024-09-06
Summary: Torts; Sexually Dangerous Person-- In a tort action against a psychologist who was retained by a district attorney to assess whether a person was a sexually dangerous person, whether the case should be dismissed on the ground of immunity.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Hullum

Docket:
SJC-13453
Argued: 2024-09-06
Summary: Criminal; Double Jeopardy-- Where the Appeals Court vacated the defendant’s convictions on the ground that the defendant did not validly waive his right to counsel at trial, whether double jeopardy precludes a retrial.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Mercado

Docket:
SJC-13548
Argued: 2024-09-09
Summary: Criminal-- After a murder conviction, the defendant is seeking a new trial on the basis of newly discovered scientific evidence involving eyewitness identification.
Open CaseMatter of Trusts u/w of Kline

Docket:
SJC-13579
Argued: 2024-09-09
Summary: Trusts-- Whether it was proper for a trustee to distribute to a beneficiary more than the net income of a trust pursuant to the Massachusetts Principal and Income Act.
Open CaseTrustees of Boston University v. Clerk-Magistrate of Cambridge District Court

Docket:
SJC-13551
Argued: 2024-09-09
Summary: Criminal Complaints; Show-Cause Hearings-- Where applications for criminal complaints against sex buyers were filed in a state district court, whether show-cause hearings conducted by the clerk-magistrate should be open to the public and whether the public is entitled to access to the applications for criminal complaints.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Donnell

Docket:
SJC-13561
Argued: 2024-09-09
Summary: Criminal; Firearms-- Whether a criminal charge of unlawful possession of a firearm while in Massachusetts is consistent with the Second Amendment where the defendant was a resident of New Hampshire and had the legal right to possess the firearm in New Hampshire.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Marquis

Docket:
SJC-13562
Argued: 2024-09-09
Summary: Criminal; Firearms-- Whether a criminal charge of unlawful possession of a firearm while in Massachusetts is consistent with the Second Amendment where the defendant was a resident of New Hampshire and had the legal right to possess the firearm in New Hampshire.
Open CaseGarcia v. Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities

Docket:
SJC-13513
Argued: 2024-09-09
Summary: Homeless Families; Housing-- Whether a line item in the fiscal year 2024 budget requires the state to provide temporary shelter to certain homeless families.
Open CaseTenants’ Development Corp. v. Amtax Holdings 227, LLC

Docket:
SJC-13564
Argued: 2024-09-09
Summary: Low-Income Housing Tax Credit-- This case deals with the proper calculation of the price for the purchase of property pursuant to the federal Low Income Housing Tax program.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Tse

Docket:
SJC-13344
Argued: 2024-09-11
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of murder conviction.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Roman

Docket:
SJC-13348
Argued: 2024-09-11
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of murder conviction.

May. 2024

Open CaseConservation Law Foundation v. Energy Facilities Siting Board

Docket:
SJC-13521
Argued: 2024-05-06
Summary: Environmental Law-- This is a challenge to the approval of a Certificate of Environmental Impact and Public Interest involving a proposal by Eversource Energy to build an electric substation in East Boston.
Open CaseKoussa v. Attorney General

Docket:
SJC-13559
Argued: 2024-05-06
Summary: Ballot Initiative Petition-- Whether the Attorney General properly certified initiative petitions and provided proper summaries for ballot initiatives involving the legal status of workers for rideshare and delivery companies.
Open CaseCraney v. Attorney General

Docket:
SJC-13572
Argued: 2024-05-06
Summary: Ballot Initiative Petition-- Whether the Attorney General properly certified an initiative petition that would give transportation network drivers the option to form a union.
Open CaseBodge v. Commonwealth

Docket:
SJC-13567
Argued: 2024-05-06
Summary: Employment Law-- Whether state employees covered by the Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave Act are entitled to accrue certain benefits while they are on family or medical leave.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Dilworth

Docket:
SJC-13547
Argued: 2024-05-06
Summary: Criminal. The Commonwealth is raising various issues arising out of the dismissal of indictments for firearm violations, including the appropriateness of discovery orders requiring the Commonwealth to disclose icons and user names used by police in the Youth Violence Strike Force to monitor Snapchat accounts.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Hinds

Docket:
SJC-13538
Argued: 2024-05-08
Summary: Criminal -- Various issues arising out of conviction for assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Rodriguez

Docket:
SJC-13540
Argued: 2024-05-08
Summary: Probation; GPS Monitoring-- After a conviction for assault and battery on a child, the defendant is challenging a probation condition requiring GPS monitoring.
Open CaseClark v. Attorney General

Docket:
SJC-13560
Argued: 2024-05-08
Summary: Ballot Initiative Petition-- Whether the Attorney General properly certified an initiative petition that would require minimum wages for tipped workers.
Open CaseHartnett v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board

Docket:
SJC-13568
Argued: 2024-05-08
Summary: Retirement Law-- The plaintiff, a retired public employee, is appealing a Superior Court decision involving the calculation of her retirement benefits.
Open CaseImpounded Case

Docket:
SJC-13536
Argued: 2024-05-08
Summary: Unavailable
Open CaseS&H Independent Premium Brands East, LLC v. Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission

Docket:
SJC-13541
Argued: 2024-05-08
Summary: Administrative Law; Alcoholic Beverages-- Whether plaintiffs, out-of-state companies that wholesale alcoholic beverages, are entitled to seek relief from the Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission with regard to termination of their distribution contracts.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Kelly-Griffin

Docket:
SJC-12728
Argued: 2024-05-10
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of murder conviction.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Baez

Docket:
SJC-12912
Argued: 2024-05-10
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of murder conviction.
Open CasePresentation of the Portrait of Chief Justice Gants

Docket:
SJC-900000
Argued: 2024-05-29
Summary unavailable.

Apr. 2024

Open CaseShoucair v. Zoning Board of Appeals of Boston

Docket:
SJC-13526
Argued: 2024-04-01
Summary: Zoning-- The plaintiff is appealing a Superior Court order requiring him to post a bond to appeal a decision of the Zoning Board of Appeals granting a conditional use permit to a company to operate a recreational marijuana dispensary adjacent to the plaintiff’s property.
Open CasePatel v. 7-Eleven, Inc.

Docket:
SJC-13485
Argued: 2024-04-01
Summary: Labor Law-- In a matter certified by the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit to the Supreme Judicial Court, whether the plaintiffs, franchisees of the defendant, should be classified as independent contractors or employees.
Open CaseImpounded Case

Docket:
SJC-13544
Argued: 2024-04-01
Summary: Unavailable
Open CaseImpounded Case

Docket:
SJC-13515
Argued: 2024-04-01
Summary: Unavailable
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Colina

Docket:
SJC-13260
Argued: 2024-04-01
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of murder conviction.
Open Casecamila davalos & others vs. baywatch inc.

Docket:
SJC-13534
Argued: 2024-04-03
Summary: Torts; Statute of Limitations -- In a matter certified by the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts to the Supreme Judicial Court involving a civil action by professional models against a strip club, whether material the defendants publicly posted on Facebook using the plaintiffs’ images without their consent is “inherently unknowable” for purposes of the statute of limitations discovery rule.
Open CaseImpounded Case

Docket:
SJC-13492
Argued: 2024-04-03
Summary: unavailable
Open CaseImpounded Case

Docket:
SJC-13493
Argued: 2024-04-03
Summary: unavailable
Open CaseZurich American Insurance Co. v. Medical Properties Trust, Inc.

Docket:
SJC-13535
Argued: 2024-04-03
Summary: Insurance Coverage-- In a matter certified by the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit to the Supreme Judicial Court, whether rainwater that accumulated on a roof of a hospital and inundated the interior constituted “surface waters” under the provisions of an insurance policy.
Open CaseVita v. New England Baptist Hospital

Docket:
SJC-13542
Argued: 2024-04-03
Summary: Massachusetts Wiretap Act; Website Browsing-- This is a civil action against Massachusetts hospitals in which the plaintiff claims that the defendants violated the Massachusetts Wiretap Act by collecting user data when the plaintiff engaged in browsing activity on the defendants’ public websites.
Open CaseCruz v. Commonwealth

Docket:
SJC-13503
Argued: 2024-04-03
Summary: Erroneous Convictions-- The Commonwealth is claiming that the plaintiff does not meet the criteria to obtain damages against the Commonwealth under the erroneous convictions statute.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Lacrosse

Docket:
SJC-13080
Argued: 2024-04-05
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of murder conviction.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Jeune

Docket:
SJC-13447
Argued: 2024-04-05
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of murder conviction.

Mar. 2024

Open CaseCommonwealth v. Brown

Docket:
SJC-12229
Argued: 2024-03-04
Summary: Criminal-- After the defendant was convicted of murder, the Commonwealth is appealing a decision allowing the defendant’s motion for new trial on the ground of ineffective assistance of counsel.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Morrison

Docket:
SJC-13527
Argued: 2024-03-04
Summary: Criminal-- This case deals with the requirements to prove the crime of aggravated kidnapping while armed with a dangerous weapon and involving serious bodily injury to a person.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Gaines

Docket:
SJC-13446
Argued: 2024-03-04
Summary: Criminal-- Where the defendant had been convicted of murder in 1976, the Commonwealth is appealing a decision allowing the defendant’s motion for new trial on the grounds of newly discovered evidence and failure of the Commonwealth to have produced exculpatory evidence.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. A Juvenile

Docket:
SJC-13505
Argued: 2024-03-04
Summary: Juvenile Law; Sentencing-- Where a juvenile was originally sentenced to incarceration and later resentenced and put on probation, whether the second sentence is unconstitutional if a probation violation may result in a disproportionate sentence.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Baez

Docket:
SJC-13467
Argued: 2024-03-04
Summary: Criminal-- Where the defendant was granted a new trial after having pleaded guilty and was subsequently deported and unable to return to the United States to be tried in person, whether he may appear remotely in the District Court for his retrial.
Open CaseBoston Teachers Union, Local 66 AFT, AFL-CIO v. Boston Public Schools

Docket:
SJC-13491
Argued: 2024-03-06
Summary: Arbitration -- Whether the Boston Teachers Union is entitled to confirmation of an arbitrator’s award under the applicable Massachusetts statute where there is no dispute alleged between the parties regarding the award.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Russo

Docket:
SJC-13531
Argued: 2024-03-06
Summary: Criminal-- The Commonwealth is appealing the allowance of the defendant’s motion to dismiss a complaint charging animal cruelty arising from the defendant’s refusal to euthanize her suffering terminally ill dog.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Rogers

Docket:
SJC-13450
Argued: 2024-03-06
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues involving the denial of the defendant’s motion for new trial and the allowance of a motion to reduce a verdict from first degree murder to second degree murder.
Open CaseFannie Mae v. Branch

Docket:
SJC-13510
Argued: 2024-03-06
Summary: Mortgage Foreclosure-- Various issues arising out of a post-foreclosure summary process action.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. O’Brien

Docket:
SJC-13078
Argued: 2024-03-08
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of murder conviction.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Souza

Docket:
SJC-13234
Argued: 2024-03-08
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of murder conviction.

Feb. 2024

Open CaseCommonwealth v. Scordino

Docket:
SJC-13474
Argued: 2024-02-05
Summary: Criminal-- This is an appeal of a District Court conviction for uttering a false check.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Oliver

Docket:
SJC-13486
Argued: 2024-02-05
Summary: Criminal-- This is an appeal of a District Court conviction for uttering a forged check.
Open CaseFrechette v. D’Andrea

Docket:
SJC-13497
Argued: 2024-02-05
Summary: Summary Process Appeals-- The defendant is appealing a Housing Court order requiring her to pay amounts for use and occupancy during the pendency of her appeal from a judgment of possession in a post-foreclosure summary process action.
Open CaseHanley v. New England Auto Max, Inc.

Docket:
SJC-13419
Argued: 2024-02-05
Summary: District Court Civil Practice-- In a District Court damage action, the defendant is appealing the denial of a motion to dismiss on the ground of improper amount of damages.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Campbell

Docket:
SJC-13504
Argued: 2024-02-05
Summary: Pretrial Detention-- In a rape prosecution, the defendant is appealing an order of pretrial detention based on dangerousness.
Open CaseBusiness Interiors Floor Covering Business Trust v. Graycor Construction Co., Inc.

Docket:
SJC-13507
Argued: 2024-02-07
Summary: Contracts-- Various issues arising out of a civil action by a subcontractor against a general contractor claiming failure to issue payments within the time periods required by the Prompt Pay Act.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Barros

Docket:
SJC-13506
Argued: 2024-02-07
Summary: Criminal-- Where the defendant pleaded guilty to a deportable offense in the District Court, whether the judge was obligated to conduct a colloquy to determine that the defendant understood the consequences of waiving his right to counsel prior to his guilty plea.
Open CaseFreiner v. Sudders

Docket:
SJC-13514
Argued: 2024-02-07
Summary: Administrative Law-- Whether MassHealth may deny a request for benefits involving nursing home expenses where the applicant for benefits did not submit financial information concerning his spouse.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Lora

Docket:
SJC-12887
Argued: 2024-02-09
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of murder conviction.

Jan. 2024

Open CaseCommonwealth v. Dunn

Docket:
SJC-13454
Argued: 2024-01-05
Summary: Search and Seizure-- In a prosecution for possession of child pornography, the defendant is appealing the denial of a motion to suppress digital evidence seized pursuant to a search warrant.
Open CaseGood v. Uber Technologies, Inc.

Docket:
SJC-13490
Argued: 2024-01-05
Summary: Torts; Arbitration-- In a tort action where the defendant was injured in an automobile accident while riding in an Uber vehicle, whether the defendant agreed to arbitration of the matter by having clicked on the relevant box in the Uber online application regarding terms of use.
Open CaseDoe v. Massachusetts Trial Court

Docket:
SJC-13470
Argued: 2024-01-05
Summary: Torts-- In a negligence action alleging that the plaintiff, a detainee held in custody, was sexually assaulted by a court officer, whether the Massachusetts Trial Court is immune from liability under the Massachusetts Tort Claims Act.
Open CaseImpounded Case

Docket:
SJC-13494
Argued: 2024-01-05
Summary: Unavailable
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Robinson

Docket:
SJC-09903
Argued: 2024-01-05
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of murder conviction.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Huacon

Docket:
SJC-13466
Argued: 2024-01-08
Summary: Juvenile Law-- Where the defendant was indicted as a youthful offender and held on dangerousness grounds, whether the Juvenile Court can require the defendant to engage in a competency remediation program after he was found not competent to stand trial.
Open CaseImpounded Case

Docket:
SJC-13476
Argued: 2024-01-08
Summary: Unavailable
Open CaseOutfront Media LLC v. Board of Assessors of Boston

Docket:
SJC-13489
Argued: 2024-01-08
Summary: Real Estate Taxation-- Whether the City of Boston may assess real estate taxes against advertising billboards owned by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority but managed by a for-profit business.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Jacques

Docket:
SJC-13461
Argued: 2024-01-08
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of conviction for sexual offenses, including the admissibility of evidence under the rape shield statute.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Hastings

Docket:
SJC-13495
Argued: 2024-01-08
Summary: Parole-- The defendant, convicted of second-degree murder in 2004, is seeking funds to hire a social services advocate to help him with his upcoming parole hearing.
Open CaseCommonwealth v Lepage

Docket:
SJC-12571
Argued: 2024-01-08
Summary: Unavailable

 
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