Williams v. O'Brien

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that correctional officers' labeling plaintiff \a snitch\ in front of other inmates constituted \deliberate acts that placed [the plaintiff] in jeopardy\
• finding that the trial judge “correctly dismissed [the MCRA] claim against the Commonwealth on summary judgment because the Commonwealth, including its agencies, is not a ‘person’ subject to suit pursuant to G.L. e. 12 § 11H.”
• “[T]he Commonwealth, including its agencies, is not a ‘person’ subject to suit pursuant to G.L. c. 12, § 11H.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Canales v. Gatzunis
  D. Massachusetts· 2013-10-28· cited 30×
• Doucette v. Massachusetts Parole Board
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2014-10-29· cited 23×
• Maraj v. Massachusetts
  D. Massachusetts· 2011-12-13· cited 16×
• Santiago v. Keyes
  D. Massachusetts· 2012-03-08· cited 9×
• Reid v. City of Boston
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2019-07-12· cited 3×
• Horan v. Cabral
  D. Massachusetts· 2017-09-29· cited 3×
• Greene v. Cabral
  District of Columbia· 2018-06-15· cited 1×
• Gelfi Diaz v. Department of Correction and john/jane Does
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 2025-02-10
• DARIUS GIBSON v. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION & Others.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2025-10-22

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Will v. Michigan Department of State Police
  Supreme Court· 1989-06-15· cited 14,197×
• Anderson v. Creighton
  Supreme Court· 1987-06-25· cited 12,768×
• Augat, Inc. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-05-14· cited 450×
• Swanset Development Corp. v. City of Taunton
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1996-08-01· cited 136×
• Howcroft v. City of Peabody
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2001-05-17· cited 118×
• Duarte v. Healy
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1989-05-10· cited 114×
• Commonwealth v. ELM Medical Laboratories, Inc.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1992-07-24· cited 49×
• Ciszewski v. Industrial Accident Board
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-03-11· cited 44×
• DiPietro v. Sipex Corp.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2007-05-14· cited 24×
• Ryan v. Pepe
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2006-03-31· cited 8×