Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Labadie
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 5, 2014PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGants, J.
The issue presented in this case, before the court on further appellate review, is whether an employee of a credit union “authorized by federal law” may be found guilty under G. L. c. 266, § 52 (§ 52), of embezzlement of the credit union’s funds, and, if not, whether the employee may be found guilty of larceny by embezzlement, in violation of G. L. c. 266, § 30 (§ 30). Because the Commonwealth must prove beyond a reasonable doubt under § 52 that the victim was a “bank, as defined in [G. L. c. 167, § 1],” and because a Federal credit union is not a “bank” within this definition, we conclude…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Watters v. Wachovia Bank, N. A.Supreme Court of the United States · 2007
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Silkwood v. Kerr-McGee Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
- United States v. LanzaSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Commonwealth v. PennMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2015
- Commonwealth v. St. HilaireMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2015
- Commonwealth v. GarrettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2015
- Commonwealth v. BruneauMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2015
- Nasif v. Palladino (In re Palladino)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · 2016
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