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Appeals Court Rejects DCF Social Worker’s Religious Exemption Claim Over COVID Vaccine Mandate: Jangl v. Secretary of EOHHS (AC 25-P-168, October 15, 2026)
Appeals Court affirms summary judgment upholding COVID-19 vaccine mandate for DCF social worker, holding that his unvaccinated presence would have created undue hardship by threatening public health and agency operations.
Latest Opinions
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Jangl v. Secretary of the Executive Office of Health and Human Services (AC-25-P-168, October 15, 2026)
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CRG Acquisition, LLC v. Planning Board of Appeals of Holliston (AC-25-P-915, October 14, 2026)
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Daikin Applied Americas Inc. v. Russo (SJC-13881, October 14, 2026)
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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)
Case Briefs
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Appeals Court Rejects DCF Social Worker’s Religious Exemption Claim Over COVID Vaccine Mandate: Jangl v. Secretary of EOHHS (AC 25-P-168, October 15, 2026)
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Planning Board Wins Warehouse Fight: CRG Acquisition v. Planning Board of Holliston (AC 25-P-915, October 14, 2026)
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SJC Rejects Automatic Irreparable-Harm Presumption in Trade Secrets Injunctions: Daikin v. Russo (SJC-13881, Oct. 14, 2026)
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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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Supreme Judicial Court
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Daikin Applied Americas Inc. v. Russo (SJC-13881, October 14, 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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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)
Appeals Court
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Jangl v. Secretary of the Executive Office of Health and Human Services (AC-25-P-168, October 15, 2026)
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CRG Acquisition, LLC v. Planning Board of Appeals of Holliston (AC-25-P-915, October 14, 2026)
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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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Clancy Holdout Juror’s First TV Interview: He Says He Answered the Questionnaire Truthfully. Why That Is the Part That Matters.
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Ex-Healey Aide LaMar Cook Charged With SNAP Fraud While on Bail. Why His State Bail Could Be Revoked.
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Farwell Trial Day 2: Trooper Says No Suicide Note Was Found at the Scene. Then the Defense Showed Him a 2017 Note.
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North Reading Crash: Driver Charged With Second-Degree Murder in Deaths of Andover Father and Daughter
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Why a Judge Released Mihail Lujan on $5,000 Bail Over the Hampden DA’s Objection
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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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