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6 Massachusetts opinions name it 3 courts 1969–2020 0 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 |
|---|---|---|
Fairbairn v. Planning Board of Barnstablegreen2 sentences2006Batchelder v. Planning Bd. of Yarmouth, 31 Mass.App.Ct. 104, 106 (1991), citing Fairbairn v. Planning Bd. of Barnstable, 5 Mass.App.Ct. 171, 173 (1977). 1991Fairbairn v. Planning Board of Barnstable, 5 Mass. App. Ct. 171, 173 (1977). | 2 | 2 |
Ferman Shaliehsabou v. Hebrew Home of Greater Washington, Incorporatedgreen1 sentence2020In reaching this conclusion, the Fifth Circuit pointed out that it was important not to "overemphasize" the "performance of secular duties." Id. (rejecting the idea that the ministerial exception --------------------------- [28] Both before and after Hosanna-Tabor, while using a functional approach, many courts focused on the employee's "primary duties." See e.g., Petruska 462 F.3d at 304 n.6 ("As a general rule, an employee will be considered a minister if her primary duties include 'teaching, spreading the faith, church governance, supervision of a religious order, or supervision of particip | 1 | 1 |
Riegel v. Medtronic, Inc.green1 sentence2007Riegel v. Medtronic, Inc., 451 F.3d at 121-22 (breach of implied warranty and negligent design, testing, marketing and sale claims preempted because they did not rest on the premise that the particular device used deviated from the standards contained in the approved PMA application but rather on the premise that the device itself was in some way defective and requires modification). | 1 | 1 |
Batchelder v. Planning Board of Yarmouthgreen1 sentence2006Batchelder v. Planning Bd. of Yarmouth, 31 Mass.App.Ct. 104, 106 (1991), citing Fairbairn v. Planning Bd. of Barnstable, 5 Mass.App.Ct. 171, 173 (1977). | 1 | 1 |
Points East, Inc. v. City Councilgreen1 sentence1990Appellees, particularly, are entitled to the progress of appeals with reasonable dispatch and to some protection against purposeful stretching out of appellate proceedings.” Points East, Inc. v. City Council of Gloucester, 15 Mass. App. Ct. 722, 726 (1983). 5 The defendant’s delay cannot be characterized as excusable neglect simply because the clerk also failed to perform the duties required by the rule. | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Massachusetts. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
Philip Cannata v. Catholic Diocese of Austin, et a
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1 sentence2020In reaching this conclusion, the Fifth Circuit pointed out that it was important not to "overemphasize" the "performance of secular duties." Id. (rejecting the idea that the ministerial exception --------------------------- [28] Both before and after Hosanna-Tabor, while using a functional approach, many courts focused on the employee's "primary duties." See e.g., Petruska 462 F.3d at 304 n.6 ("As a general rule, an employee will be considered a minister if her primary duties include 'teaching, spreading the faith, church governance, supervision of a religious order, or supervision of particip | 1 | 2020–2020 |
Petruska v. Gannon University
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1 sentence2020In reaching this conclusion, the Fifth Circuit pointed out that it was important not to "overemphasize" the "performance of secular duties." Id. (rejecting the idea that the ministerial exception --------------------------- [28] Both before and after Hosanna-Tabor, while using a functional approach, many courts focused on the employee's "primary duties." See e.g., Petruska 462 F.3d at 304 n.6 ("As a general rule, an employee will be considered a minister if her primary duties include 'teaching, spreading the faith, church governance, supervision of a religious order, or supervision of particip | 1 | 2020–2020 |
Croteau
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1 sentence1969The withdrawal of an appeal is a “stage of the proceeding.” “The time when a decision is made to appeal ... or to prosecute the appeal is a time when the advice of counsel might prove to be of critical importance.” Croteau, petitioner, 353 Mass. 736, 738 . | 1 | 1969–1969 |
Williams v. Commonwealth
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1 sentence1969The rule imposes duties upon the judge when a defendant “appears in any court without counsel.” The judge’s duties under the rule are not finally discharged once a defendant “is able to obtain counsel” or once the judge has “assigned] counsel to represent him.” The rule operates and the judge’s duties continue “at every stage of the proceeding.” See Williams v. Commonwealth, 350 Mass. 732 . | 1 | 1969–1969 |
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.