Significant Reported Cases

Over the course of her twenty-five year career, Ms. Durrell has handled numerous cases in a variety of areas at the trial and appellate levels. Her significant reported cases are listed below. Ms. Durrell has also handled several significant cases for which the opinions are unpublished, and she was the co-author and counsel of record on amici curiae briefs filed by 27 State Attorneys General in Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Delaware Valley Citizens' Council, 478 U.S. 546 (1986), and by 7 State Attorneys General in Webster v. Reproductive Health Services, 492 U.S. 490 (1989).

United States v. Real Property, Building and Appurtenances Located at 221 Dana Avenue, Hyde Park, MA, 261 F.3d 65 (1st Cir. 2001).

Friedman v. Shalala, 46 F.3d 115 (1st Cir. 1995), cert. denied, 515 U.S. 1127 (1995).

Fernandez v. Leonard, 963 F.2d 459 (1st Cir. 1992).

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, et al. v. Louis W. Sullivan, Secretary of Health and Human Services, 873 F.2d 1528 (1st Cir. 1989), affirmed on rehearing en banc, 899 F.2d 53 (1st Cir. 1990), cert. granted and vacated, 500 U.S. 949 (1991).

Rubie Rogers v. Robert Okin, 638 F. Supp. 934 (D. Mass. 1986), vacated and remanded, 821 F.2d 22 (1st Cir. 1987).

Chongris v. Board of Appeals, 811 F.2d 36 (1st Cir), cert. denied, 483 U.S. 1021 (1987).

Richard Cepulonis, et al. v. Michael V. Fair, et al., 563 F. Supp. 659 (D. Mass. 1983), aff'd in part, vacated and remanded in part, 732 F.2d 1 (1st Cir. 1984).

DiMura v. FBI, 823 F. Supp. 45 (D. Mass. 1993).

Rosario v. United States, 824 F. Supp. 268 (D. Mass. 1993).

Donald M. v. Matava (2 cases), 668 F. Supp. 703, 714 (D. Mass. 1987).

Construction Industries of Massachusetts v. Commissioner of Labor and Industries, 406 Mass. 162 (1989).

Waltham Tele-Communications v. O'Brien, 403 Mass. 747 (1989)

City of Springfield v. Civil Service Commission, 403 Mass. 612 (1988).

Pyramid Company of Hadley v. Architectural Barriers Board, 403 Mass. 126 (1988), 82 A.L.R. 4th 113.

Electronics Corporation of America v. Commissioner of Revenue, 402 Mass. 672 (1988).

Monsanto Co. v. Department of Public Utilities, 402 Mass. 564 (1988).

Gardner-Athol Area Mental Health Association v. Zoning Board of Appeals of Gardner, 401 Mass. 12 (1987).

Worcester Sand and Gravel Co. v. Board of Fire Prevention Regulations, 400 Mass. 464 (1987).

Fitzgerald v. Board of Registration in Veterinary Medicine, 399 Mass. 901 (1987).

Keigan v. Board of Registration in Medicine, 399 Mass. 719 (1987).

Towle v. Commissioner of Revenue, 397 Mass. 599 (1986).

Petition of the Department of Social Services to Dispense with Consent to Adoption, 396 Mass. 485 (1986).

Camoscio v. Board of Registration in Podiatry, 394 Mass. 1006 (1985).

Salem Hospital v. Rate Setting Commission, 26 Mass. App. Ct. 323 (1988).

Camoscio v. Smith, 26 Mass. App. Ct. 922 (1988).

Falmouth Hospital v. Commissioner of Public Welfare, 23 Mass. App. Ct. 545 (1987).

Tebo v. Board of Appeals of Shrewsbury, 22 Mass. App. Ct. 618 (1986).

Lapierre v. Maryland Casualty Co., 14 Mass. App. Ct. 248 (1982).

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