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Jones v. Gallagher

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided May 29, 2002No. 99-P-2052PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtMills, J.

At the time their personal relationship ended, the complainant Jones and defendant Gallagher were coworkers in a school system. After their break-up, Gallagher authored a *884poem with some violent imagery that expressed his emotional upheaval.1 The poem (which appears as an Appendix to this opinion) came into Jones’s possession and she, expressing fear for her safety, requested an ex parte abuse prevention order pursuant to G. L. c. 209A against Gallagher on August 6, 1998. Following a hearing, a one-year abuse prevention order was entered by a District Court judge on September 24, 1998, and…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Fabre v. WaltonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
  2. Frizado v. FrizadoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
  3. Commonwealth v. GordonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
  4. Mmoe v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
  5. Mains v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2000

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Iamele v. AsselinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2005
  2. Vittone v. ClairmontMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2005
  3. Mitchell v. MitchellMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2005
  4. Dollan v. DollanMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2002
  5. Lonergan-Gillen v. GillenMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2003

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