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Summaries |
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12/06/2012 |
The summaries of cases for oral argument were prepared by Marc G. Perlin, Professor of Law at Suffolk University Law School. The summaries are not an official part of the court proceedings, and are presented so that those who access the website will have a general understanding of the legal issues in the cases set for oral argument. |
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SJC-11121
Impounded Case
Summary unavailable. |
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SJC-11214
Commonwealth v. Daniel
Search and Seizure-- In a firearms prosecution, the Commonwealth is appealing the allowance of a motion to suppress evidence where a police officer conducted an automobile search after smelling burnt marijuana. |
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SJC-11216
Commonwealth v. Pacheco
Criminal; Search and Seizure-- Whether sharing of a legal amount of marijuana for smoking purposes constitutes unlawful distribution of the drug; whether discovery of a legal amount of marijuana in an automobile justifies a search of the trunk of the automobile. |
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SJC-11225
Commonwealth v. Palmer
Criminal-- Whether the crime of cultivating an ounce or less of marijuana has been repealed by the decriminalization of possession of an ounce or less or marijuana. |
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SJC-11319
Commonwealth v. Jackson
Summary unavailable. |
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SJC-11140
Clark v. Board of Registration of Social Workers
Administrative Law-- A social worker is appealing a decision of the Board of Registration of Social Workers suspending her license |
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SJC-11166
City of Worcester v. College Hill Properties, LLC
(Reserve Case)
Housing Law-- Property owners are appealing a Housing Court order prohibiting them from allowing more than three unrelated adults to reside in the leased premises and are appealing contempt judgments; whether the property owners were operating unlicensed lodging houses. |
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