Legal Opinion
SISTERS OF HOLY CROSS OF MASSACHUSETTS v. Brookline
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 13, 1964PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
347 Mass. 486 (1964)
198 N.E.2d 624
SISTERS OF THE HOLY CROSS OF MASSACHUSETTS
vs.
TOWN OF BROOKLINE & another (and a companion case[1]).
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.
February 5, 1964.
May 13, 1964.
Present: WILKINS, C.J., SPALDING, KIRK, SPIEGEL, & REARDON, JJ.
Claude B. Cross (John M. Reed & Phillip Cowin, Town Counsel, with him) for the defendants.
Charles F. Mahoney for the interveners.
Henry M. Leen for the plaintiff.
SPIEGEL, J.
The plaintiff, Sisters of the Holy Cross (Holy Cross), in one suit against the town of Brookline (the town) and the Building Commissioner of the town of…
2Cases cited36 opinions
- Pierce v. Society of SistersSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Everson v. Board of Ed. of EwingSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Zorach v. ClausonSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Engel v. VitaleSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Railway Express Agency, Inc. v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
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3Cited by15 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. HaseotesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1969
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