SJC upholds minimum age of twenty-one for firearms licenses, finding the restriction consistent with founding-era tradition of supervised militia service and parental supply of arms to minors.
Supreme Judicial Court affirms denial of extraordinary relief where tenant had adequate alternative remedies through direct appeal and interlocutory review under G. L. c. 231, § 118.
The SJC affirms denial of extraordinary relief under G.L. c. 211, § 3, where petitioner failed to show why direct appeal from a civil contempt judgment would not suffice.
Appeals Court affirms involuntary manslaughter conviction where jury could rationally find defendant did not know coventurer had knife during fatal beating, despite video and eyewitness testimony showing no visible weapons.
Appeals Court holds that G. L. c. 269, § 10H requires proof that defendant knew firearm was loaded. Evidence too thin to support conviction where defendant carried pistol on hip but no proof of actual knowledge.
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.
An 800,000-square-foot warehouse is not allowed as of right under a bylaw permitting wholesale offices with warehouse facilities; it requires a special permit as a general industrial use over 15,000 square feet.
SJC holds that trade-secrets plaintiffs must prove irreparable harm for a preliminary injunction; no presumption flows from likelihood of success on the merits, consistent with traditional equity principles.
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.
SJC affirmed denial of new-trial motion in first-degree murder case, finding no prejudice from prosecutors' failure to disclose victim's e-mails to third-party suspect and no ineffective assistance of counsel.
