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· 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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