Shareholders suing over inadequate merger consideration must bring derivative claims on behalf of the corporation, not direct claims against directors, under Massachusetts law.
Bail forfeiture reversed where defendants satisfied bail conditions with no default. Judge lacked authority to forfeit and apply bail to restitution without proper evidentiary hearing.
Court affirms convictions for murder, armed robbery, and weapons charges. Warrantless stop justified by reasonable suspicion based on temporal and geographic proximity to fatal shooting, unusual lack of activity, and suspicious vehicle behavior.
Federal regulations permit the Department to petition for termination of parental rights of unaccompanied refugee minors to enable adoption, even when parents live in the United States.
Parents retain standing to participate in remand hearing on posttermination visitation following termination of parental rights when visitation was part of original proceeding.
Police witnessed suspected drug transaction in parking lot, approached defendants at their cars, separated them, and asked brief investigative questions. Encounter was Terry stop, not custodial interrogation requiring Miranda warnings.
Officers lawfully entered home for water emergency. Warrantless entry into closed basement room violated Fourth Amendment. However, defendant's assault on officer created independent probable cause for arrest, dissipating illegality's taint.
Convictions vacated where trial judge erred in refusing to instruct jury on self-defense, voluntary manslaughter, and involuntary manslaughter in fatal shooting case.
Affirmed convictions for malicious burning of property. Cellular location records properly obtained under probable cause standard; phone and credit card records properly admitted; evidence sufficient.
Defendants attempted to defraud One Fund Boston of approximately two million dollars by falsely claiming a deceased aunt was injured in the Boston Marathon bombing. Court vacates identity fraud conviction but affirms attempted larceny and conspiracy convictions.
