Legal Opinion
Messere v. Murphy
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided February 7, 1992PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The plaintiff was convicted of murder in the second degree by a jury on June 17, 1981, and is now incarcerated at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Cedar Junction. The defendants Murphy and Rafferty are law enforcement officers who investigated the crime for which the plaintiff was convicted. The Cerasulos were witnesses for the prosecution at the plaintiffs criminal trial. The plaintiff brought three separate actions (each against a different defendant or defendants) in the Superior Court, combined for purposes of this appeal, all of which alleged the same basic facts and theories…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Wilson v. IsemingerSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
- Mulvey v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
- Anderson v. Phoenix Investment Counsel of Boston, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Flynn v. Associated PressMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1988
- Cioffi v. GuentherMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Mitchell v. City of BostonDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 2001
- Don J. Gonsalves v. Peter FlynnCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1992
- Govan v. Trustees of Boston UniversityDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1999
- Cormier v. DerenMassachusetts Superior Court · 1997
- Batiste v. City of BostonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1994
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