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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 October 2, 2023

Bristol Asphalt Co., Inc. v. Rochester Bituminous Products, Inc.
SJC-13460   View Docket

SJC-13460

Summary: Anti-SLAPP Statute-- In this action involving the defendants’ challenges to the plaintiff’s attempt to obtain permits to construct a concrete plant, whether the Supreme Judicial Cort should revisit the legal framework for ruling on a special motion to dismiss under the anti-SLAPP statute.

Columbia Plaza Associates, Inc. v. Northeastern University
SJC-13405   View Docket

SJC-13405

Summary: Anti-SLAPP Statute-- In this action involving the development of property in Boston, whether the Supreme Judicial Cort should revisit the legal framework for ruling on a special motion to dismiss under the anti-SLAPP statute.

Commonwealth v. McDermott
SJC-13394   View Docket

SJC-13394

Summary: Criminal-- The defendant, whose 1982 first-degree murder conviction had been reduced to second-degree murder by the Supreme Judicial Court upon direct appeal, has moved for a new trial, alleging that the prosecutor engaged in homophobic cross-examination and improper closing argument.

Murphy v. Mici
SJC-13437   View Docket

SJC-13437

Summary: Medical Parole-- The Department of Correction is appealing a Superior Court order requiring it to conduct a hearing on a request for medical parole by a civilly committed sexually dangerous person.

Fairhaven Housing Authority v. Commonwealth
SJC-13412   View Docket

SJC-13412

Summary: Administrative Law-- This is an appeal of the dismissal of plaintiffs’ complaint claiming that Public Housing Notices issued by the Department of Housing and Community Development regarding employment contracts between local housing authorities and their executive directors exceeded the department’s statutory authority.

Commonwealth v. Scanlon
SJC-13375   View Docket

SJC-13375

Summary: Superintendence Petition-- In this superintendence petition, the Commonwealth is seeking to reverse a Superior Court decision disqualifying the prosecutor because the prosecutor’s life had been threatened by the defendant.


Wednesday October 4, 2023

Commonwealth v. Barlow-Tucker
SJC-13408   View Docket

SJC-13408

Summary: Criminal; Indictments -- Whether the Superior Court judge was correct in dismissing indictments for involuntary manslaughter on the basis of insufficiency of the evidence before the grand jury and improper evidence presented to the grand jury.

Commonwealth v. Tucker
SJC-13409   View Docket

SJC-13409

Summary: Criminal; Indictments -- Whether the Superior Court judge was correct in dismissing indictments for involuntary manslaughter on the basis of insufficiency of the evidence before the grand jury and improper evidence presented to the grand jury.

Sutton v. Jordan’s Furniture, Inc.
SJC-13382   View Docket

SJC-13382

Summary: Employment Law-- This case involves the proper calculation of a retail salesperson’s weekly sales commission.

Fallon Community Health Plan, Inc. v Dishnica
SJC-13440   View Docket

SJC-13440

Summary: Unemployment Benefits; COVID-19-- An employer is appealing an award of unemployment benefits to an employee, a home health aide, who was terminated for not obtaining a COVID-19 vaccination.

commonwealth vs. dante s. padilla
SJC-13411   View Docket

SJC-13411

Summary: Juvenile Law; Murder-- Among other issues, whether a juvenile charged with murder and detained pretrial should be kept in an adult detention facility, and if so, whether such detention is unconstitutional.

Commonwealth v. Marrero
SJC-13399   View Docket

SJC-13399

Summary: Criminal; DNA Evidence-- The defendant, having been convicted of murder in 1996, is entitled to a new trial on the ground of post-conviction DNA evidence.


Friday October 6, 2023

Commonwealth v. Noguera
SJC-13045   View Docket

SJC-13045

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

Commonwealth v. Honsch
SJC-12420   View Docket

SJC-12420

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





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Oct. 2023

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Sep. 2023

Open CaseCommonwealth v. McFarlane

Docket:
SJC-13430
Argued: 2023-09-11
Summary: Criminal-- The defendant, convicted of possession of a firearm without a license, is challenging his conviction because the Commonwealth failed to provide allegedly exculpatory evidence and because of a jury instruction regarding the burden of proving non-possession of a firearm license.
Open CaseCarroll v. Select Board of the Town of Norwell

Docket:
SJC-13410
Argued: 2023-09-11
Summary: Land Use-- The plaintiffs are appealing a Land Court decision denying their request that the defendant convey a vacant parcel of land to the Conservation Commission as per a town meeting vote.
Open CaseFurnas v. Cirone

Docket:
SJC-13429
Argued: 2023-09-11
Summary: Real Property-- This appeal arises out of a judgment for contempt for failure to comply with a court decree ordering partition of real estate held as joint tenants.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Robinson

Docket:
SJC-08464
Argued: 2023-09-11
Summary: Criminal-- The defendant, convicted of murder, is appealing the denial of his motion for new trial in which he argued ineffective assistance of counsel.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Guardado

Docket:
SJC-13315
Argued: 2023-09-11
Summary: Criminal-- Where the Supreme Judicial Court entered an order vacating the defendant’s conviction for unlawful possession of a firearm and remanded the case for entry of a judgment of not guilty because of an erroneous jury instruction regarding the burden of proving absence of a firearms license, whether the court should reconsider its order and remand the case for a new trial.
Open CaseGraham v. District Attorney for Hampden County

Docket:
SJC-13386
Argued: 2023-09-13
Summary: Superintendence Petition-- In this superintendence petition, the petitioners claim that the Hampden County District Attorney has failed to investigate a pattern of misconduct on the part of the Springfield Police Department involving criminal defendants.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. James

Docket:
SJC-13395
Argued: 2023-09-13
Summary: Criminal; Return of Property-- After a conviction of statutory rape, the defendant is seeking return of property seized by police that was not contraband or evidence of criminal activity, including his computer hard drive.
Open CaseGattineri v. Wynn MA, LLC

Docket:
SJC-13416
Argued: 2023-09-13
Summary: Contracts-- The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has certified a question to the Supreme Judicial Court regarding the enforceability of an agreement to sell property for the construction of a gaming casino.
Open CaseMatter of Mason

Docket:
SJC-13439
Argued: 2023-09-13
Summary: Decedents’ Estates; Medicaid-- MassHealth is appealing a decision of the Probate and Family Court invalidating a lien on a decedent’s real estate to recover Medicaid benefits and rejecting MassHealth’s claim against the decedent’s estate on the basis of the running of the statute of limitations.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Davidson

Docket:
SJC-13438
Argued: 2023-09-13
Summary: Subject Matter Jurisdiction-- Whether a civil action commenced in the Superior Court by the Attorney General alleging housing discrimination may be transferred to the Housing Court.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Troche

Docket:
SJC-12984
Argued: 2023-09-15
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of murder conviction.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Hart

Docket:
SJC-13217
Argued: 2023-09-15
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of murder conviction.

May. 2023

Open CaseMatter of Jablonski

Docket:
SJC-13397
Argued: 2023-05-01
Summary: Wills and Trusts-- Various issues involving the estate of a decedent, including disposition of decedent’s property where the sole beneficiary of her will was a pet trust where no pet was alive at the time of the decedent’s death.
Open CaseMatter of Slavin

Docket:
SJC-13393
Argued: 2023-05-01
Summary: Estate Administration-- Where a person was appointed as a voluntary personal representative of an estate of a decedent, whether a petition for formal probate is timely if filed more than three years after the death of the decedent.
Open CaseThe Judge Rotenberg Educational Center, Inc. v. Commissioners of the Department of Developmental Services

Docket:
SJC-13298
Argued: 2023-05-03
Summary: Consent Decree; Skin Shocks-- The Commissioner of the Department of Developmental Services is seeking to vacate a 1987 Probate and Family court consent decree that allowed a private residential service-provider to use skin shocks on individuals with developmental disabilities.
Open CaseRobinhood Financial LLC v. Secretary of the Commonwealth

Docket:
SJC-13381
Argued: 2023-05-03
Summary: Securities Law-- Whether the Secretary of the Commonwealth had the authority to promulgate a regulation known as the “Fiduciary Duty Rule.”
Open CaseCummings Properties, LLC v. Hines

Docket:
SJC-13406
Argued: 2023-05-03
Summary: Landlord-Tenant Law; Contracts-- Whether a rent acceleration clause in a commercial lease is enforceable as a liquidated damages provision where the landlord was able to relet the property after the tenant had defaulted.
Open CaseMetcalf v. BSC Group Inc.

Docket:
SJC-13407
Argued: 2023-05-03
Summary: Employment Law-- This case deals with application of the prevailing wage law to a private employer who hired surveyors in connection with public works construction projects.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Monteiro

Docket:
SJC-13305
Argued: 2023-05-03
Summary: Criminal; Disqualification of Counsel-- Where the defendant has moved for a new trial after a murder conviction, the Commonwealth is seeking to disqualify counsel for the defendant.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Fisher

Docket:
SJC-13340
Argued: 2023-05-05
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of murder conviction.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Sosa

Docket:
SJC-12166
Argued: 2023-05-05
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of murder conviction.

Apr. 2023

Open CaseCommonwealth v. Duguay

Docket:
SJC-13312
Argued: 2023-04-03
Summary: Criminal-- The defendant, convicted of murder in the first degree, is seeking a new trial based on DNA testing.
Open CaseMatter of Foster

Docket:
SJC-13360
Argued: 2023-04-03
Summary: Bar Discipline-- This matter involves disciplinary proceedings brought against attorneys who worked in the office of the Massachusetts Attorney General arising out of the withholding of evidence regarding drug tampering at a state drug laboratory.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. McNeil

Docket:
SJC-13379
Argued: 2023-04-03
Summary: Criminal; Sentencing-- Whether the defendant is subject to enhanced sentencing under the shoplifting statute.
Open CaseHill-Junious v. UTP Realty LLC

Docket:
SJC-13380
Argued: 2023-04-03
Summary: Negligence-- This damage action against a commercial landlord arising out of a death by shooting at a nightclub raises the issue whether a landlord’s duty to prevent foreseeable criminal acts includes a duty to learn of criminal acts that occurred prior the landlord having purchased the property.
Open CaseMarsh v. Massachusetts Coastal Railroad LLC

Docket:
SJC-13366
Argued: 2023-04-05
Summary: Employment Law-- This damage action by a former employee against a railroad alleging wage violations raises issues regarding federal preemption of Massachusetts wage laws.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Brum

Docket:
SJC-13383
Argued: 2023-04-05
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of conviction for assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, including the admissibility of testimony before a grand jury.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Pond

Docket:
SJC-13309
Argued: 2023-04-05
Summary: Criminal-- In a prosecution for attempted murder and other crimes, the Commonwealth is seeking review of a Superior Court judge’s order allowing the defendant’s motion to inspect areas of the victim’s residence where the alleged crimes occurred.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Souza

Docket:
SJC-13357
Argued: 2023-04-05
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of murder conviction, including what a jury may consider when the defendant claims self-defense on the basis that the victim was the first aggressor.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Smith

Docket:
SJC-13231
Argued: 2023-04-10
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of murder conviction.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Armstrong

Docket:
SJC-13134
Argued: 2023-04-10
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of murder conviction.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Shakespeare

Docket:
SJC-12898
Argued: 2023-04-10
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of murder conviction.

Mar. 2023

Open CaseCuddy v. Philip Morris USA Inc.

Docket:
SJC-13282
Argued: 2023-03-06
Summary: Torts; Wrongful Death-- This is an appeal of the dismissal of a wrongful death action against the manufacturer and seller of cigarettes based on expiration of the statute of limitations; although the plaintiff brought the action within three years of decedent’s death, an action by the decedent would have been barred at the time of the decedent’s death because the three-year personal injury statute of limitations had expired.
Open CaseFuller v. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

Docket:
SJC-13346
Argued: 2023-03-06
Summary: Torts; Wrongful Death-- This is an appeal of the dismissal of a wrongful death action against the manufacturer and seller of cigarettes based on expiration of the statute of limitations; although the plaintiff brought the action within three years of decedent’s death, an action by the decedent would have been barred at the time of the decedent’s death because the three-year personal injury statute of limitations had expired.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Gandia

Docket:
SJC-13341
Argued: 2023-03-06
Summary: Criminal-- In a drug prosecution, the Commonwealth is appealing a trial court order requiring it to disclose the identity of a confidential informant who provided the police with a tip regarding drug dealing in the area where the defendant was arrested.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Whitfield

Docket:
SJC-13323
Argued: 2023-03-06
Summary: Criminal-- In a drug prosecution, the Commonwealth is appealing a trial court order requiring it to disclose information about a confidential informant who provided the police with a tip that was used in support of a search warrant involving the defendant.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Pfeiffer

Docket:
SJC-13355
Argued: 2023-03-06
Summary: Criminal-- The Commonwealth is appealing a Superior Court decision allowing the defendant’s motion to reduce a conviction for second-degree murder to involuntary manslaughter.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Watt

Docket:
SJC-13279
Argued: 2023-03-08
Summary: Criminal-- The defendant, convicted of first degree murder, is seeking a new trial on the ground that he was deprived of his constitutional right to assistance of counsel because his trial counsel slept during portions of the trial.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. de los Santos

Docket:
SJC-13351
Argued: 2023-03-08
Summary: Criminal; Search and Seizure-- The defendant, convicted of a firearm violation, is claiming that his motion to suppress should have been allowed on the basis that he did not receive Miranda warnings in Spanish, the only language he understood.
Open CaseDunn v. Langevin

Docket:
SJC-13364
Argued: 2023-03-08
Summary: Employment Law; COVID-19 Order-- Whether the Supreme Judicial Court’s COVID-19 order suspending civil statutes of limitations is applicable to the statutory period applicable to the filing of complaints with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination.
Open CaseAdams v. Schneider Electric USA

Docket:
SJC-13352
Argued: 2023-03-08
Summary: Employment Law-- In this employment discrimination case, the plaintiff is claiming age discrimination in connection with termination of his employment as part of a reduction in workforce.
Open CaseGarcia v. Steele

Docket:
SJC-13378
Argued: 2023-03-08
Summary: Torts-- This case deals with liability arising out of personal injury to a pedestrian struck by a loaner vehicle owned by an automobile dealership.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Beatty

Docket:
SJC-13158
Argued: 2023-03-10
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of murder conviction.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Wittey

Docket:
SJC-13239
Argued: 2023-03-10
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of murder conviction.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Acevedo

Docket:
SJC-13131
Argued: 2023-03-10
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of murder conviction.

Feb. 2023

Open CaseCommonwealth v. Robinson

Docket:
SJC-09265
Argued: 2023-02-06
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of murder conviction, including whether the imposition of a life sentence without parole for a first-degree murder conviction a defendant who was age 18 through age 20 at the time of commission of the crime violates the Massachusetts Constitution.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Mattis

Docket:
SJC-11693
Argued: 2023-02-06
Summary: Criminal--Whether the imposition of a life sentence without parole for a first-degree murder conviction of a defendant who was age 18 through age 20 at the time of commission of the crime violates the Massachusetts Constitution.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Sullivan

Docket:
SJC-13353
Argued: 2023-02-06
Summary: Criminal-- Whether it was proper to dismiss an indictment charging the defendant with a single count of misleading investigators on the basis that the indictment alleged multiple acts that were part of a single pattern of conduct.
Open CaseHerrmann v. Attorney General

Docket:
SJC-13361
Argued: 2023-02-06
Summary: Ballot Initiative-- The plaintiff is challenging a decision of the Massachusetts Attorney General not to certify a ballot initiative petition that would have limited amounts that may be contributed to an independent expenditure political action committee.
Open CaseHume Lake Christian Camps, Inc. v. Planning Board of Monterey

Docket:
SJC-13365
Argued: 2023-02-06
Summary: Zoning-- Whether a planning board erred in denying a religious organization’s request to add a recreational vehicle park to property that the organization uses as a campground.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Dew

Docket:
SJC-13356
Argued: 2023-02-08
Summary: Criminal-- The defendant, an African American Muslim, is seeking a new trial after a criminal conviction on the ground that his court-appointed attorney had expressed bigoted and racist views in social media postings.
Open CaseDoucet v. FCA US, LLC

Docket:
SJC-13354
Argued: 2023-02-08
Summary: Civil Procedure; Personal Jurisdiction— In a product liability action arising out of a motor vehicle accident in New Hampshire, whether there is personal jurisdiction in Massachusetts over a non-Massachusetts manufacturer where the vehicle was initially sold at a Massachusetts dealership.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Desiderio

Docket:
SJC-13338
Argued: 2023-02-08
Summary: Criminal-- The defendant is seeking a new trial on the basis that jury instructions regarding joint venture liability involving a home invasion were erroneous.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. J.F.

Docket:
SJC-13334
Argued: 2023-02-08
Summary: Criminal-- The defendant is appealing the denial of his request to seal criminal records regarding charges where he was found not guilty.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Samia

Docket:
SJC-12023
Argued: 2023-02-10
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of murder conviction.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Gibson

Docket:
SJC-12649
Argued: 2023-02-10
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of murder conviction.

Jan. 2023

Open CaseCommonwealth v. Schoener

Docket:
SJC-13318
Argued: 2023-01-04
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues in connection with the defendant’s conviction as an accessory to a felony.
Open CaseImpounded Case

Docket:
SJC-13317
Argued: 2023-01-04
Summary: Unavailable
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Clinton

Docket:
SJC-13335
Argued: 2023-01-04
Summary: Criminal-- The Commonwealth is appealing the dismissal of an indictment for elder neglect arising out of the merger of dementia housing units at the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke, Massachusetts during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Open CaseDorchester Mutual Insurance Co. v. Brengle

Docket:
SJC-13308
Argued: 2023-01-04
Summary: Insurance Law-- This is a declaratory action to determine the applicability of an exclusion from coverage in a homeowner’s insurance policy for “Sexual Molestation, Corporal Punishment or Physical or Mental Abuse” where there was an assault and battery.
Open CaseGreene v. Philip Morris USA Inc.

Docket:
SJC-13330
Argued: 2023-01-04
Summary: Torts; Statutory Interest-- Various issues arising out of a multimillion damage judgment in connection with smoking of cigarettes, including whether the accrual of statutory interest at the rate of 12 percent per year is unconstitutional.
Open CaseBoston Firefighters Union Local 718 v. City of Boston

Docket:
SJC-13347
Argued: 2023-01-06
Summary: Labor Law; COVID-19-- The City of Boston is appealing a decision granting a union’s request to enjoin the city from enforcing a policy requiring vaccination against COVID-19 pending further proceedings in the case.
Open CaseCity of Chelsea v. New England Police Benevolent Association, Inc., Local 192

Docket:
SJC-13331
Argued: 2023-01-06
Summary: Arbitration— The City of Chelsea is appealing an arbitrator’s decision that a grievance is subject to arbitration pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement negotiated by a predecessor union.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Velazquez

Docket:
SJC-13345
Argued: 2023-01-06
Summary: Pretrial Detention-- This case deals with the calculation of the time period for pretrial detention on the basis of dangerousness.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Cuffee

Docket:
SJC-13333
Argued: 2023-01-06
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of a conviction for possession of a firearm, including whether the defendant was entitled to discovery of police reports that he argued were relevant to his claim that he was stopped as result of improper motivation on the basis of race.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Van Rader

Docket:
SJC-13329
Argued: 2023-01-06
Summary: Search and Seizure-- The defendant is appealing the denial of his motion to suppress, arguing that there was no reasonable suspicion for a pedestrian stop and that the stop was improperly motivated on the basis of race.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Fernandes

Docket:
SJC-11668
Argued: 2023-01-09
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of murder conviction.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Doughty

Docket:
SJC-13112
Argued: 2023-01-09
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of murder conviction.

Dec. 2022

Open CaseReagan v. Commissioner of Revenue

Docket:
SJC-13287
Argued: 2022-12-05
Summary: Taxation-- Taxpayers are appealing a decision of the Appellate Tax Board allowing the Commissioner of Revenue to impose a Massachusetts income tax on capital gain from the sale of an urban development project governed by Massachusetts G.L. c. 121A.
Open CaseChurch of the Holy Spirit of Wayland v. Heinrich

Docket:
SJC-13326
Argued: 2022-12-05
Summary: Contract Dispute; Cremated Human Remains-- This is a dispute between a church and families of deceased persons involving disinterring cremated human remains and moving them elsewhere.
Open CaseDacey v. Burgess

Docket:
SJC-13286
Argued: 2022-12-05
Summary: Landlord and Tenant-- In this case, a tenant brought a civil complaint against a landlord claiming sanitary code violations and subsequently a stipulation of the parties was entered as a court order that the tenant would vacate the premises; whether it was proper for the Housing Court to issue a judgment and execution for possession absent the commencement of a summary process action where the tenant did not vacate the premises.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Rainey

Docket:
SJC-13285
Argued: 2022-12-05
Summary: Probation Revocation-- The appellant is challenging the revocation of his probation where the hearing judge considered body camera evidence recorded by police responding to a domestic disturbance.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Dones

Docket:
SJC-13271
Argued: 2022-12-07
Summary: Juvenile Law; Sentencing-- In a case where the defendant was adjudicated as a youthful offender, whether the trial judge was authorized to sentence the defendant to the Department of Youth Services and then to suspend the commitment with terms of probation.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Hallinan

Docket:
SJC-13301
Argued: 2022-12-07
Summary: Criminal—The defendant is seeking to withdraw her admission to sufficient facts in a charge of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of liquor on the ground of misconduct by the Office of Alcohol Testing involving certain breathalyzer results.
Open CaseImpounded Case

Docket:
SJC-13295
Argued: 2022-12-07
Summary: unavailable
Open CaseBiping Huang v. Jing Ma

Docket:
SJC-13325
Argued: 2022-12-07
Summary: Contracts; Real Estate Brokers-- This is a suit by a broker alleging breach of contract involving an exclusive agency agreement to purchase real estate.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Martin

Docket:
SJC-13294
Argued: 2022-12-07
Summary: Criminal; Sentencing-- The defendant is appealing on double jeopardy grounds a resentencing by the Appellate Division of the Superior Court after it determined that an earlier sentence it imposed was illegal.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Davis

Docket:
SJC-13281
Argued: 2022-12-07
Summary: Double Jeopardy-- The defendant is contending that a third trial on charges of armed assault with intent to murder would violate principles of double jeopardy.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Miranda

Docket:
SJC-13225
Argued: 2022-12-09
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of murder conviction.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Bateman

Docket:
SJC-10079
Argued: 2022-12-09
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of murder conviction.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Ridley

Docket:
SJC-12751
Argued: 2022-12-09
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of murder conviction.

Nov. 2022

Open CaseCommonwealth v. Eagles

Docket:
SJC-13215
Argued: 2022-11-02
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of murder conviction, including the impact of hair comparison evidence submitted at trial.
Open CaseBarron v. Southborough Board of Selectmen

Docket:
SJC-13284
Argued: 2022-11-02
Summary: Municipal Law; Free Speech-- This is a challenge to a policy of the Board of Selectmen providing that remarks by the public during the board’s meeting must be respectful, courteous, and not rude or slanderous on the basis that the policy is an impermissible prohibition on free speech.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Smith

Docket:
SJC-13254
Argued: 2022-11-04
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of the allowance of the defendant’s motion for new trial in connection with his 1978 conviction of murder, including the constitutionality of a “locked” plea offer by which the prosecutor conditioned acceptance of a plea agreement on the willingness of a co-defendant to accept a plea agreement.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. DiBenedetto

Docket:
SJC-13253
Argued: 2022-11-04
Summary: Criminal-- Whether a “locked” plea offer by which a prosecutor conditions acceptance of a plea agreement on the willingness of a co-defendant to accept a plea agreement violates the defendant’s right to due process.
Open CaseKen’s Foods, Inc. v. Steadfast Insurance Co.

Docket:
SJC-13303
Argued: 2022-11-04
Summary: Insurance Law- The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has certified to the Supreme Judicial Court the question whether an insurance company has a duty to pay costs incurred by an insured party to prevent an imminent covered loss, even if the costs are not covered by the insurance policy.
Open CaseSmiley First, LLC v. Massachusetts Department of Transportation

Docket:
SJC-13300
Argued: 2022-11-04
Summary: Easements-- This case deals with the scope of an easement taken by eminent domain by the Department of Transportation involving the intended construction of a track to test subway cars for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
Open CaseU.S. Auto Parts Network, Inc. v. Commissioner of Revenue

Docket:
SJC-13283
Argued: 2022-11-04
Summary: Taxation-- Whether Massachusetts may require an internet seller of aftermarket automobile parts with no traditional physical presence in the state to collect sales or use taxes on internet sales to Massachusetts customers and remit them to Massachusetts.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. MacCormack

Docket:
SJC-13022
Argued: 2022-11-07
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of murder conviction.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Morris

Docket:
SJC-12835
Argued: 2022-11-07
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of murder conviction.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Kirkland

Docket:
SJC-11667
Argued: 2022-11-07
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of murder conviction.

 
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