· 4/4/1972
Sweenor v. 162 State Street, Inc.
Citations
- 281 N.E.2d 280
- 361 Mass. 524
- 1972 Mass. LEXIS 919
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “[S]erving liquor to one already drunk may well . . . enhance the possibility of irrational acts. It is equally true that liquor impairs the individual’s sense of balance”
- rare case that it can be ruled as a matter of law that defendant’s burden of proof has been satisfied
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Judges: Cutter, Spiegel, Reardon, Quirico, Braucher
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