13 Massachusetts opinions name it 3 courts 2001–2025 2 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Massachusetts courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
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Commonwealth v. Watersgreen2 sentences2003The overarching principle is that “[t]he admissibility of photographic evidence is left to the discretion of the trial judge, and [an appellate court] will overturn the judge’s decision only where a defendant is able to bear the heavy burden of demonstrating an abuse of that discretion.” Commonwealth v. Waters, 399 Mass. 708, 715 (1987). 2002All of those principles inhere in the overarching principle that “[t]he admissibility of photographic evidence is left to the discretion of the trial judge, and we will overturn the judge’s decision only where a defendant is able to bear the heavy burden of demonstrating an abuse of that discretion.” Commonwealth v. Obershaw, 435 Mass. 794, 803 (2002), quoting from Commonwealth v. Waters, 399 Mass. 708, 715 (1987). | 2 | 2 |
Doe v. Chamberlingreen1 sentence2012Compare Doe v. Chamberlin, 299 F.3d 192, 196 (3d Cir. 2002) (“The final Dost factor simply puts again the underlying question: Is the exhibition lascivious?”). | 1 | 1 |
Salem Realty Co. v. Materagreen1 sentence2008See Salem Realty Co. v. Matera, 10 Mass. App. Ct. 571, 574-575 (1980), S.C., 384 Mass. 803 (1981). | 1 | 1 |
Salem Realty Co. v. Materagreen1 sentence2008See Salem Realty Co. v. Matera, 10 Mass. App. Ct. 571, 574-575 (1980), S.C., 384 Mass. 803 (1981). | 1 | 1 |
Green v. Board of Appeal of Norwoodgreen1 sentence2007Green v. Board of Appeals of Norwood, 358 Mass. 253, 258 (1970). | 1 | 1 |
Green v. Wyman-Gordon Co.green2 sentences2005L. c. 214, § 1C, ensures that all employees are protected against sexual harassment in the workplace, whether or not their employers fit within the definition in c. 151B.” Green v. Wyman-Gordon Co., 422 Mass. at 557 (emphasis original). 2005L. c. 214, § 1C, ensures that all employees are protected against sexual harassment in the workplace, whether or not their employers fit within the definition in c. 151B” (emphasis original), Green v. Wyman-Gordon Co., 422 Mass. at 557 , we determine as a matter of statutory application and construction that G. | 1 | 1 |
Commonwealth v. Sheagreen1 sentence2003Cf. Commonwealth v. Shea, 46 Mass. App. Ct. 196, 200 (1999) (emphasizing need for discretion in sentencing of juveniles). | 1 | 1 |
Commonwealth v. Vizcarrondogreen1 sentence2002See Commonwealth v. Vizcarrondo, 431 Mass. 360, 362-363 (2000). | 1 | 1 |
Commonwealth v. Obershawgreen1 sentence2002All of those principles inhere in the overarching principle that “[t]he admissibility of photographic evidence is left to the discretion of the trial judge, and we will overturn the judge’s decision only where a defendant is able to bear the heavy burden of demonstrating an abuse of that discretion.” Commonwealth v. Obershaw, 435 Mass. 794, 803 (2002), quoting from Commonwealth v. Waters, 399 Mass. 708, 715 (1987). | 1 | 1 |
Tri-County Youth Programs, Inc. v. Acting Deputy Director of the Division of Employment & Traininggreen1 sentence2002See also Tri-County Youth Programs, Inc. v. Acting Deputy Director of the Div. of Employment & Training, 54 Mass. App. Ct. 405, 407-408 (2002). | 1 | 1 |
Commonwealth v. Helfantgreen1 sentence2001Commonwealth v. Helfant, 398 Mass. 214, 224 (1986). | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
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| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Massachusetts. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
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Care & Protection of Charles
green
1 sentence2025In Care & Protection of Charles, 399 Mass. 324 (1987) (Charles), the court ruled that the overarching standard for approval of a homeschooling plan is the same as that statutorily provided for approval of a private school: the local school committee must be "satisfied that the instruction in all the studies required by law equals in thoroughness and efficiency, and in the progress made therein, that in the public schools in the same town." Id. at 331, quoting G. | 1 | 2025–2025 |
Commonwealth v. Hernandez
green
1 sentence2024Instead, we follow the overarching principle that guided the Supreme Judicial Court in Hernandez, 481 Mass. at 602 , that "[t]he record will accurately reflect the case as it was at the time of death; it will reflect the status quo." This we can do. | 1 | 2024–2024 |
Commonwealth v. Lucret
green
2 sentences2020L. c. 119, § 58 (b), plainly authorizes the sentencing judge to order that, in the event of a probation 7 violation, a youthful offender's DYS commitment and adult sentence be served either concurrently or consecutively as the situation may warrant, subject, of course, to the overarching requirement that the aggregate combination sentence not exceed the maximum adult sentence provided by law." Lucret, 58 Mass. App. Ct. at 629-630 .5 The decision whether to impose the adult sentence concurrently or consecutively was one which was for the sentencing "judge to determine, upon consideration of all 2020L. c. 119, § 58 (b), plainly authorizes the sentencing judge to order that, in the event of a probation 7 violation, a youthful offender's DYS commitment and adult sentence be served either concurrently or consecutively as the situation may warrant, subject, of course, to the overarching requirement that the aggregate combination sentence not exceed the maximum adult sentence provided by law." Lucret, 58 Mass. App. Ct. at 629-630 .5 The decision whether to impose the adult sentence concurrently or consecutively was one which was for the sentencing "judge to determine, upon consideration of all | 1 | 2020–2020 |
Kansallis Finance Ltd. v. Fern
green
1 sentence2018"This overarching principle" not only unifies the various rules of imputation but also "suggests [their] ... limitations." Id . at 665, 659 N.E.2d 731 . | 1 | 2018–2018 |
Silva v. Director of the Division of Employment Security
green
1 sentence2002In review of the board’s determination concerning § 2(c), we apply the overarching principle of administrative law that “[i]f the findings of the board are supported by substantial evidence, and if there is no error of law, the court must affirm the board.” See Silva, 398 Mass. at 611 . | 1 | 2002–2002 |
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.