Source: http://masslawyersweekly.com/2013/03/page/6/
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§21', '§35', '§2241', '§2255', '§2241', '§2241']

March 2013 – Page 6 – Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly
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Where cross-motions for summary judgment have been filed in a post-foreclosure summary process case, the borrowers’ motion must be allowed because the ‘Notice of Intention to Foreclose’ did not comply with the terms of the mortgage or with two statutes (G.L.c. 183, §21 and G.L.c. 244, §35A).
Where a political candidate has inquired whether his prior and ongoing employment and travel as an expert on health care affect travel undertaken while he is also a candidate for Governor, he shall be advised as to how each different scenario that he anticipates encountering in the months ahead would be treated under the campaign finance law.
Where the plaintiff claims that his arrest and detention violated his civil rights because (1) a Whitman police officer used excessive force to arrest him, lacked probable cause, violated his constitutional right to equal protection of the laws, and denied him necessary medical care in violation of due process and (2) the town of Whitman and its Chief of Police failed to properly supervise and train the officer, a motion for summary judgment by the officer and the town should be allowed in part, while the police chief’s motion must be allowed in its entirety.
Where the petitioner filed a 28 U.S.C. §2241 petition challenging the constitutionality of his guilty plea, the plea agreement and his sentence, that petition must be denied on the grounds that (1) there is no credible reason why a motion under §2255 would be ineffective or inadequate to make these challenges, (2) the petitioner has not raised any exceptional circumstances showing that it would be a complete miscarriage of justice if he was not permitted to bring a §2241 petition and (3) the savings clause does not permit the §2241 habeas petition in this case.
Immigration – Conditional residency – Marriage
Where a Dominican citizen’s conditional resident status was terminated, she failed to prove that she married a U.S. citizen in good faith.
Thornton to retire as clerk of court
The first woman to serve as clerk of court for the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts will step down at the end of March. After 18 years practicing law in Maine and 18 years of service to ...
Patent attorneys from Foley & Lardner and WilmerHale won major cases for Massachusetts companies in out-of-state courts this week. WilmerHale partners Vinita Ferrera and Wayne L. Stoner were part of a team that convinced a federal jury in the Eastern ...
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GPS evidence admissible despite lack of warrant
Evidence obtained as a result of a warrantless placement of a global positioning system device on a car could be admitted at trial, the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.
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