Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Slip Opinions
6/1/2010 - 6/30/2010
SLIPS: Appeals Court | Supreme Judicial Court | Superior Court

February 11, 2010 - June 3, 2010	PHILIP DeMORANVILLE(1) vs. COMMISSIONER OF REVENUE
Taxation, Income tax, Classification amendment, Capital gain, Abatement, Interest and penalties, Declaratory relief. Constitutional Law, Taxation. Statute, Validity. Administrative Law, Exhaustion of remedies. Declaratory Relief. Practice, Civil, Declaratory proceeding, Dismissal.
February 11, 2010 - June 4, 2010	JOHN DOE, SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY BOARD NO. 3974 vs. SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY BOARD
Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification Act. Waiver. Practice, Civil, Waiver. Jurisdiction, Administrative matter. Administrative Law, Failure to raise issue before agency.
February 9, 2010 - June 4, 2010	GLORIA HERMANSON vs. MARK SZAFAROWICZ
Judgment, Default, Relief from judgment. Practice, Civil, Default, Entry of judgment, Damages, Complaint, Affidavit, Relief from judgment, Attorney's fees. Rules of Civil Procedure. Rules of the Superior Court.
March 1, 2010 - June 9, 2010	COMMONWEALTH vs. JOSEPH JAMES MARZILLI
Attempt. Indecent Assault and Battery.
June 9, 2010	STEFANO PICCIOTTO & others(1) vs. APPEALS COURT (No. 1).
Practice, Civil, Relief in the nature of certiorari, Disqualification of judge.
June 9, 2010	STEFANO PICCIOTTO & others(1) vs. APPEALS COURT (No. 2).
Supreme Judicial Court, Appeal from order of single justice. Practice, Civil, Relief in the nature of certiorari.
February 12, 2010 - June 10, 2010	COMMONWEALTH vs. CALLUM A. MILLER
Homicide. Malice. Practice, Criminal, Capital case, Instructions to jury, Argument by prosecutor, Lesser included offense. Assault and Battery.
March 5, 2010 - June 10, 2010	COMMONWEALTH vs. JOHN J. HINDS
Homicide. Assault with Intent to Murder. Assault and Battery by Means of a Dangerous Weapon. Practice, Criminal, Instructions to jury, Jury and jurors, Voir dire, Challenge to jurors. Jury and Jurors.
March 2, 2010 - June 11, 2010	MARILYN LeBLANC & another(1) vs. COMMONWEALTH & another.(2)
Massachusetts Tort Claims Act. Office of Chief Medical Examiner. Negligence, Public employee, Public officer.
February 9, 2010 - June 15, 2010	COMMONWEALTH vs. QUINTOS Q., a juvenile.
Delinquent Child. Resisting Arrest. Arrest.
February 9, 2010 - June 15, 2010	COMMONWEALTH vs. LUZANDER MONTOYA
Resisting Arrest. Arrest. Evidence, Flight.
June 15, 2010	COMMONWEALTH vs. DENNIS C. REDDY
Habitual Offender. Practice, Criminal, Indictment, Dismissal, Promise by prosecutor.
February 11, 2010 - June 16, 2010	DOUGLAS GODFREY vs. GLOBE NEWSPAPER COMPANY, INC.
Anti-Discrimination Law, Termination of employment, Handicap. Employment, Discrimination, Termination. Handicapped Persons. Practice, Civil, Summary judgment. Words, "Qualified handicapped person," "Essential functions."
February 8, 2010 - June 18, 2010	COMMONWEALTH vs. KEVIN E. GRANNUM
Practice, Criminal, Admission to sufficient facts to warrant finding.
March 2, 2010 - June 25, 2010	COMMONWEALTH vs. WASHINGTON W., a juvenile
Juvenile Court, Delinquent child. Practice, Criminal, Juvenile delinquency proceeding, Discovery. Selective Prosecution. Evidence, Selective prosecution, Relevancy and materiality.
June 25, 2010	MINDY HOFFER vs. BOARD OF REGISTRATION IN MEDICINE
Board of Registration in Medicine. Doctor, License to practice medicine. Moot Question.
March 4, 2010 - June 30, 2010	GYMETTA BRANTLEY vs. HAMPDEN DIVISION OF THE PROBATE AND FAMILY COURT DEPARTMENT & others.(1)
Practice, Civil, Standing. Supreme Judicial Court, Superintendence of inferior courts. Probate Court. Due Process of Law. Evidence, Hearsay. Department of Children & Families.
January 8, 2010 - June 30, 2010	COMMONWEALTH vs. LORD HAMPTON
Telephone. Arrest. Jury and Jurors. Criminal Offender Record Information. Constitutional Law, Jury, Access to criminal records. Practice, Criminal, Motion to suppress, Jury and jurors, Investigation of jurors.