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5 Massachusetts opinions name it 2 courts 2005–2026 1 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Massachusetts courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
Psy-Ed Corporation v. KLEIN HIRSCHgreen1 sentence2026See Psy-Ed Corp. v. Klein, 459 Mass. 697, 713 (2011) ("ulterior purpose element is not satisfied merely by a showing that a person commenced litigation knowing it was groundless"). | 1 | 1 |
Blanchard v. Steward Carney Hospital, Inc.green2 sentences2019See also Blanchard , 477 Mass. at 151 , 75 N.E.3d 21 ("Ulterior motives ... do not bear on the petitioning nature of the statements"). *519 Even if the counterclaim lacks merit, an issue we need not decide, a meritless claim alone is insufficient to warrant relief under the anti-SLAPP statute. 2019See also Blanchard , 477 Mass. at 151 , 75 N.E.3d 21 ("Ulterior motives ... do not bear on the petitioning nature of the statements"). *519 Even if the counterclaim lacks merit, an issue we need not decide, a meritless claim alone is insufficient to warrant relief under the anti-SLAPP statute. | 1 | 1 |
Lily Transportation Corp. v. Royal Institutional Services, Inc.green1 sentence2011Corp. v. Royal Institutional Servs., Inc., 64 Mass.App.Ct. 179, 204 (2005) (“[A]s matter of law [sic] even a consumer plaintiffs claim of violation of c. 93A based solely on an underlying but meritless claim for common-law fraud is itself without merit. . .”). | 1 | 1 |
Mcconnell v. Critchlowgreen1 sentence2010See, e.g., McConnell v. Critchlow, 661 F.2d 116, 119 (9th Cir. 1981) (“Pursuit of a meritless claim is not justified by the client’s desire to do so”); Quiroga v. Hasbro, Inc., supra at 347 (counsel, “as a trained lawyer, should have known better” than to pursue a frivolous appeal, wasteful of the resources of the opposing party and the court, and should have “an affirmative obligation” to prevent frivolous appeals [citations omitted]). | 1 | 1 |
Fernandes v. Rodriguegreen1 sentence2005Corp., 40 Mass. App. Ct. 755, 760 (1996), because it “is absorbed in and vanishes with the [meritless] misrepresentation claim.” Fernandes v. Rodrigue, 38 Mass. App. Ct. 926, 928 (1995). | 1 | 1 |
Macoviak v. Chase Home Mortgage Corp.green1 sentence2005Corp., 40 Mass. App. Ct. 755, 760 (1996), because it “is absorbed in and vanishes with the [meritless] misrepresentation claim.” Fernandes v. Rodrigue, 38 Mass. App. Ct. 926, 928 (1995). | 1 | 1 |
Slaney v. Westwood Auto, Inc.green1 sentence2005L. c. 93A, § 9, see Slaney v. Westwood Auto, Inc., 366 Mass. 688, 703 [1975]), as matter of law even a consumer plaintiff’s claim of violation of c. 93A based solely on an underlying but meritless claim for common-law fraud is itself without merit, Macoviak v. Chase Home Mort. | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Massachusetts. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.