Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.

Holding that summary judgment is not appropriate if "the dispute about a material fact is ‘genuine,’ that is, if the evidence is such that a reasonable jury could return a verdict for the nonmoving party"

Celotex Corp. v. Catrett

Holding that a movant's summary judgment motion should be granted "against a [nonmovant] who fails to make a showing sufficient to establish the existence of an element essential to that party's case, and on which that party will bear the burden of proof at trial"

Morgan v. Family Dollar

Holding that sufficient evidence supported jury's determination that Family Dollar Store Managers were nonexempt employees

United Truck Leasing Corp. v. Geltman

Holding that defendant's motives in benefiting his customers and himself financially did not constitute improper interference

J.A. Sullivan Corp. v. Commonwealth

Holding that “[e]very phrase and clause must be presumed to have been designedly employed, and must be given meaning and effect, whenever practicable, when construed with all the other phraseology contained in the instrument”

Difiore v. American Airlines, Inc.

Applying the Tip Statute, M.G.L. c. 149 § 152A

Goodrow v. Lane Bryant, Inc.

Looking to FLSA regulations to interpret Massachusetts executive employee exemption

Lynch v. City of Boston

Ruling that a single decision by another court, applying precedent from outside this circuit, “is plainly insufficient” to overcome qualified immunity

Straube v. Larson

Finding that the plaintiff's conspiracy claim fails even where the defendants deprived the plaintiff of his staff privileges in the hospital

Taylor Woodrow Blitman, Etc. v. Southfield, Etc.

In Taylor Woodrow Blitman Const. Corp. v. Southfield Gardens Co., 534 F. Supp. 340 (D.Mass. 1982), the court held that "the credit-worthy nature of Southfield [the owner of the project] precludes recovery based on unjust enrichment."

Rule 56 - Summary Judgment

Holding a party may move for summary judgment on any part of any claim or defense in the lawsuit

Section 152 - Definitions

Defining a supervisor to include “any individual having authority . . . to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or discipline other employees, or responsibly to direct them, or to adjust their grievances, or effectively to recommend such action, if in connection with the foregoing the exercise of such authority is not of a merely routine or clerical nature, but requires the use of independent judgment”

Section 260:2A - Three years; actions of tort, contract to recover for personal injuries and replevin

Establishing three-year statute of limitations for tort claims

Section 149:150 - Complaint for violation of certain sections; defenses; payment after complaint; assignments; loan of wages to employer; civil action

Stating that "[a]n employee so aggrieved who prevails in such an action shall be awarded treble damages, as liquidated damages, for any lost wages and other benefits"

Section 260:2 - Six years

Section 149:152A - Payment to, or retention by, employer of tips to employees; contract for payment

Defining a "[t]ip" as "a sum of money, including any amount designated by a credit card patron, a gift or a gratuity, given as an acknowledgment of any service performed by a wait staff employee, service employee, or service bartender"

Section 150E:1 - Definitions

Providing for public-sector collective bargaining

Section 541.1 - Terms used in regulations

Requiring that an exempt employee's work "includes the customary and regular direction of the work of two or more other employees"