Debarment penalty for failure to maintain workers' compensation insurance applies automatically when stop work order issues, without requiring proof of employer intent to avoid premium payments.
Whether a teacher's maternity leave interrupted her service for purposes of professional teacher status is an arbitrable question, not a judicial one.
Initiative petition to authorize one additional slots parlor license near horse racing tracks properly certified; not barred by local matters exclusion despite narrow specifications; not substantially identical to prior ballot measure.
Swallowing suspected heroin to prevent police seizure constitutes misleading a police officer under G.L. c. 268, § 13B.
Settlement agreement during divorce trial is binding despite subsequent clarification of law affecting alimony obligations. Reversed.
Homeless defendant's trespass convictions vacated where he presented sufficient evidence of necessity defense based on exposure danger and lack of lawful shelter alternatives during winter months.
Prosecutor's closing argument improperly bolstered complainant's credibility based on willingness to testify, attributed sexual knowledge to defendant without excluding other sources, and implied uncalled corroborating witnesses.
Vehicle stop unlawful where officer testified speed was unreasonable but provided no articulable facts supporting that conclusion. Suppression order affirmed.
Fish and game club held easement by estoppel over paper street despite non-construction; pipeline facility blocking easement constitutes continuing trespass.
Property owners challenged comprehensive permit approval for affordable housing in industrial zone. Court held abutters had standing and Housing Appeals Committee properly weighed planning concerns against regional housing need.
