Tax assessment of holding company with securitized student loans upheld; apportionment formula passes internal consistency test under dormant commerce clause.
Retroactive application of parole supermajority requirement violated Ex Post Facto Clause as applied to juvenile lifer who received sufficient votes under earlier law.
Assault pay for state employees injured by patients or prisoners ceases upon separation from employment, even if workers' compensation continues.
Defendant indicted for cocaine trafficking and school-zone drug crimes sought interlocutory appeal after judge denied suppress motion. Single justice denied leave to appeal; defendant appealed that denial. Appeal dismissed; no right to full-court review of single-justice denials.
Defendant's guilty pleas not invalidated where Annie Dookhan tested substances after plea accepted, since misconduct postdating pleas cannot retroactively induce them.
Petition to stay reinstated sentences pending U.S. Supreme Court certiorari petition denied; Appeals Court, not Supreme Judicial Court, has jurisdiction.
Attorney's superintendence petition regarding fee dispute dismissals denied where direct appeal and interlocutory review provided adequate alternative remedies.
Restitution must account for defendant's ability to pay and cannot justify extended probation. Retail theft damages measured by replacement value unless Commonwealth proves items would have sold.
Discretionary trust interest held too speculative for division in divorce; trustee discretion over open beneficiary class prevents fixed enforceable right.
Land Court lacked jurisdiction to quiet title to railroad easement; abandonment requires compliance with federal procedures under 1973 Act or federal agency certification.
