COMMONWEALTH v. MARITIME UNDERWATER SURVEYS, INC.


403 Mass. 501 (1988)

531 N.E.2d 549

COMMONWEALTH vs. MARITIME UNDERWATER SURVEYS, INC.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Barnstable.

December 12, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carolyn V. Wood, Assistant Attorney General, for the Commonwealth.

Allan H. Tufankjian (James P. McMahon with him) for the defendant.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., WILKINS, ABRAMS, NOLAN, & LYNCH, JJ.


LYNCH, J.

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