Legal Opinion
Burno v. Commissioner of Correction
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 21, 1987PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtO’Connor, J.
Thomas F. Bumo commenced this action for injunctive and declaratory relief on February 5, 1985. Bumo sought immediate release from his confinement at Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Concord, and a declaration of his right to the benefit of certain deductions from his sentence of imprisonment. The case was argued on a statement of agreed facts, and a judge of the Superior Court ordered that judgment be entered for the defendants. This appeal followed. 2 The Statutory Scheme for Deductions from Sentence.
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2Cases cited11 opinions
- Nelson v. Commissioner of CorrectionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Chalifoux v. Commissioner of CorrectionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Pina v. Superintendent, Massachusetts Correctional InstitutionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Hennessy v. SUPERINTENDENT, MASS. CORRECTIONAL INST.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Manning v. Superintendent, Massachusetts Correctional InstitutionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Commonwealth v. AzarMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2005
- Veiga v. McGeeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1994
- McNeil v. Commissioner of CorrectionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994
- Connery v. Commissioner of CorrectionMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1992
- Haverty v. Commissioner of CorrectionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2003
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