Massachusetts Appeals Court· 12/31/2010
El Chaar v. Chehab
Citations
- 78 Mass. App. Ct. 501
- 941 N.E.2d 75
- 2010 Mass. App. LEXIS 1669
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Judges: Dreben, Kafker
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Cites
21 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- McLaughlin v. Board of SelectmenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1996-03-29· cited 219×
- Commonwealth v. RichardsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1996-07-15· cited 58×
- Rosenberg v. MeridaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-08-12· cited 51×
- Mattoon v. City of PittsfieldMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2002-09-27· cited 45×
- Larson v. LarsonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1990-03-07· cited 44×
- Ryan, Elliott & Co. v. Leggat, McCall & Werner, Inc.Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1979-11-15· cited 34×
- Ardizoni v. RaymondMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1996-07-18· cited 27×
- Murphy v. MurphyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-04-18· cited 23×
- Custody of a MinorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-08-13· cited 20×
- Aufiero v. AufieroMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1955-01-10· cited 19×
- Hernandez v. BranciforteMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2002-06-14· cited 13×
- Haas v. PuchalskiMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1980-04-10· cited 11×
- Schiereck v. SchiereckMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1982-09-08· cited 11×
- Akinci-Unal v. UnalMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2005-08-08· cited 10×
- Globe Newspaper Co. v. Commissioner of EducationMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2003-04-04· cited 9×
- Tolos v. TolosMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1981-04-17· cited 8×
- J.F. v. J.F.Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2008-10-09· cited 8×
- Delmolino v. NanceMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1982-07-21· cited 7×
- Khan v. SaminniMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2006-02-15· cited 6×
- Qiuyue Shao v. Yue MaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2007-02-22· cited 4×
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