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State Police Colonel’s Authority to Mandate Overtime Is Non-Delegable: Department of State Police v. State Police Association of Massachusetts (AC 25-P-321, October 13, 2026)
The colonel’s statutory power to order State Police troopers to work extra hours for public safety needs cannot be bargained away, even through a decades-old side letter agreement.
Latest Opinions
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Department of State Police v. State Police Association of Massachusetts (AC-25-P-321, October 13, 2026)
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Commonwealth v. Holbrook (SJC-13776, October 9, 2026)
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Commonwealth v. Goncalves (SJC-13880, October 6, 2026)
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Commonwealth v. Walrond (AC-24-P-710, October 6, 2026)
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Piper P. v. Barron B (SJC-13854, October 5, 2026)
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Bruno v. Alliance Rental Group, LLC (AC-25-P-383, October 5, 2026)
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Commonwealth v. Vihaan V., a juvenile (AC-25-P-500, September 30, 2026)
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Commonwealth v. Cotto (SJC-13583,-13584-&-13585, September 29, 2026)
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Walsh v. Hackett (AC-25-P-481, September 29, 2026)
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Executive Office of Health and Human Services v. Linda Manor Extended Care (AC-25-P-1194, September 29, 2026)
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Commonwealth v. Hayes (AC-25-P-347-&-25-P-607, September 24, 2026)
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Commonwealth v. Khadgi (AC-25-P-1208, September 24, 2026)
Case Briefs
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State Police Colonel’s Authority to Mandate Overtime Is Non-Delegable: Department of State Police v. State Police Association of Massachusetts (AC 25-P-321, October 13, 2026)
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New-Trial Motion Denied Despite Suppressed Emails: Commonwealth v. Holbrook (SJC-13776, October 9, 2026)
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SJC: Sending Nude Photo to Victim Alone Is Not ‘Dissemination’ Under Peeping Tom Law: Commonwealth v. Goncalves (SJC-13880, October 6, 2026)
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Intentionally Viewing Child Sexual Abuse Material on a Phone Is Possession: Commonwealth v. Walrond (AC 24-P-710, October 6, 2026)
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SJC Bars Expungement of Juvenile Harassment Order Despite Later Vacatur: Piper P. v. Barron B. (SJC-13854, October 5, 2026)
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Supreme Judicial Court
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Commonwealth v. Holbrook (SJC-13776, October 9, 2026)
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Commonwealth v. Goncalves (SJC-13880, October 6, 2026)
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Piper P. v. Barron B (SJC-13854, October 5, 2026)
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Commonwealth v. Cotto (SJC-13583,-13584-&-13585, September 29, 2026)
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Commonwealth v. Williams (SJC-12702, September 22, 2026)
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Marshfield v. Commonwealth (SJC-13840, September 18, 2026)
Appeals Court
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Department of State Police v. State Police Association of Massachusetts (AC-25-P-321, October 13, 2026)
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Commonwealth v. Walrond (AC-24-P-710, October 6, 2026)
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Bruno v. Alliance Rental Group, LLC (AC-25-P-383, October 5, 2026)
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Commonwealth v. Vihaan V., a juvenile (AC-25-P-500, September 30, 2026)
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Walsh v. Hackett (AC-25-P-481, September 29, 2026)
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Executive Office of Health and Human Services v. Linda Manor Extended Care (AC-25-P-1194, September 29, 2026)
Legal News & Trial Coverage
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Three States Sued Massachusetts in the U.S. Supreme Court to Kill Its Abortion Shield Law. What the Law Says and What Happens Next
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State Trooper Fired for ‘Offensive Language Towards Young People’ Was Still a Certified Cop the Next Day. Here’s How That Works
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Farwell Trial Day 1: First Officer Said It “Appears to Be a Suicide.” The Trooper the Defense Says Called It a Suicide Note Returns Wednesday
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A Lawyer Filed 20 Pages in Under Five Hours. About Half the Citations Were Wrong. A Boston Federal Judge Just Took Him Off the Case
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Prosecutors Told Jurors There Was No Suicide Note. Farwell’s Lawyers Say Their Own Trooper Called It “Absolutely a Suicide Note”
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He Claimed Two Hostages and Narrated the Police Response Live. There Were No Hostages. What Massachusetts Law Does to Swatting Callers
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Even Kevin Reddington Would Have to Walk Through the Metal Detector. The Court Plan Massachusetts Lawyers Have Until Wednesday to Fight
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Prosecutors Say Farwell’s Lawyer Told Jurors About Texts That Don’t Exist, and Got the Law Wrong Twice. What They Want the Judge to Say Tuesday
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Farwell’s Lawyer Told the Jury He Was “a Man Who Had an Affair.” Prosecutors Now Want Three Other Women to Testify He Never Wore a Mask
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“Drop the Gun, Drop the Gun”: Stoughton Police Kill a Man the DA Says Tried to Run Down Pedestrians. The Law That Will Judge the Shooting
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Police Say a Cape Cod Juvenile Was Building Ghost Guns With a 3D Printer. The Law That Makes That a Crime Is on Your Ballot
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Brigham Nurses Postponed the Strike to Vote on a “Final Offer.” What Patients Need to Know, and the Rights You Have Either Way
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The Brigham Says It Will Run Normally During the Nurses Strike. Under a Massachusetts Rule, That Could Let 4,000 Striking Nurses Collect Unemployment
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“I Went There to Break Up With Her”: Farwell’s Own Lawyer Put Him at the Scene. The Evidence Rule That Decides Whether Jurors Hear the Rest
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Your Child Probably Already Has a Trump Account. The $1,000 Only Shows Up If You Claim It. A Massachusetts Parent’s Guide
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The House Voted to End Clock Changes. Massachusetts Still Falls Back on November 1. Here’s Why the State Can’t Stop It on Its Own
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“Happy and Excited” or “Freaking Out”: The Two Sandra Birchmores the Farwell Jury Met on Day One, and What the Government Has to Prove
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Ryan Hanafin Now Faces a Murder Warrant in His Mother’s Death, on Top of 15 Gun-Storage Counts and a Ghost Gun. What Massachusetts Law Says