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6 Massachusetts opinions name it 3 courts 1968–2023 1 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 |
|---|---|---|
Rogers v. Commissioner of the Department of Mental Healthgreen1 sentence2007L. c. 123, § 15 (b), at Bridgewater prior to the hearing. 29 He also asserts that his hearing was inadequate because the judge refused to order the production of Brown’s Bridgewater medical records and the tape recording of the District Court hearing held pursuant to Rogers v. Commissioner of the Dep’t of Mental Health, 390 Mass. 489, 494-499 (1983) (Rogers hearing), see note 7, supra, for use at the competency hearing. | 1 | 1 |
Travenol Laboratories, Inc. v. Zotal, Ltd.green1 sentence2004DISCUSSION “(A) motion to stay proceedings is ordinarily a matter addressed to the sound discretion of the trial judge.” Travenol Lab., Inc. v. Zotal, Ltd., 394 Mass. 95, 97 (1985). | 1 | 1 |
Commonwealth v. McHoulgreen2 sentences1968Proposed Official Draft £19623 p. 66, § 4.01) along with the words of the classic Rogers test (Commonwealth v. Rogers, 7 Met. 500 , 501-502), as to make manifest to the jury, what we later held in Commonwealth v. McHoul, 352 Mass. 544, 551-553, 555 , that the Code test is “an evolutionary restatement of our rule rather than a substantively new rule.” The judge instructed that the defendant, to be held responsible ■under the stated cognitive test (knowing right from wrong) “must have substantial capacity to appreciate the wrongfulness of his act,” and to be held responsible under the stated tes 1968Proposed Official Draft £19623 p. 66, § 4.01) along with the words of the classic Rogers test (Commonwealth v. Rogers, 7 Met. 500 , 501-502), as to make manifest to the jury, what we later held in Commonwealth v. McHoul, 352 Mass. 544, 551-553, 555 , that the Code test is “an evolutionary restatement of our rule rather than a substantively new rule.” The judge instructed that the defendant, to be held responsible ■under the stated cognitive test (knowing right from wrong) “must have substantial capacity to appreciate the wrongfulness of his act,” and to be held responsible under the stated tes | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Massachusetts. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
Jones v. Boykan
green
1 sentence2023P. 55 (a), did not relieve the judge of this obligation, which is designed "to protect the integrity of the litigation process and to advance the goal of fair treatment to all parties." Jones, supra. Rogers's claim is neither "frivolous" nor an "end run" and merits a remand for a fair determination of damages. | 1 | 2023–2023 |
Dahms v. Cognex Corp.
green
1 sentence2001This court (Garsh, J.) granted Rogers’s motion for summary judgment as to Counts II and VI on November 20, 2000 [ 12 Mass. L. | 1 | 2001–2001 |
Commonwealth v. Cox
green
2 sentences1968But on this record there is shown the possibility, if not the probability, that had our construction of the Rogers rule been already declared, as it later was in the McHoul opinion, there would have been, as in the Cox case, “unanimous medical opinion” ( 327 Mass. at 615 ) that the defendant was not criminally responsible. 2 This we deem in justice to require a new trial. 1968But on this record there is shown the possibility, if not the probability, that had our construction of the Rogers rule been already declared, as it later was in the McHoul opinion, there would have been, as in the Cox case, “unanimous medical opinion” ( 327 Mass. at 615 ) that the defendant was not criminally responsible. 2 This we deem in justice to require a new trial. | 1 | 1968–1968 |
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.