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15 Massachusetts opinions name it 3 courts 1862–2018 0 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 |
|---|---|---|
Commonwealth v. Dormadygreen1 sentence2012See Commonwealth v. Dormady, 423 Mass. 190, 197 (1996), and cases cited (“We have . . . upheld promises made by a district attorney . . . to a defendant who detrimentally relied on the promise”); Commonwealth v. Benton, 356 Mass. 447, 448-449 (1969) (Commonwealth’s promise to enter nolle prosequi as part of guilty plea enforced in accord with “highest degree of ethics”). | 1 | 1 |
Commonwealth v. Bentongreen1 sentence2012See Commonwealth v. Dormady, 423 Mass. 190, 197 (1996), and cases cited (“We have . . . upheld promises made by a district attorney . . . to a defendant who detrimentally relied on the promise”); Commonwealth v. Benton, 356 Mass. 447, 448-449 (1969) (Commonwealth’s promise to enter nolle prosequi as part of guilty plea enforced in accord with “highest degree of ethics”). | 1 | 1 |
Commonwealth v. Edwardgreen1 sentence2010See Commonwealth v. Edward, supra at 173 . | 1 | 1 |
Lambley v. Kamenygreen1 sentence2008By his interpretation of the agreement, the trial judge implicitly treated the complaint as a motion for clarification. “[T]he label attached to a pleading or motion is far less important than its substance.” Lambley v. Kameny, 43 Mass. App. Ct. 277, 280 (1997). | 1 | 1 |
Childs v. Shermangreen1 sentence2000See Warner v. Whitman, 353 Mass. 468, 471 (1968); Childs v. Sherman, 351 Mass. 450, 455 (1966), Gray v. Whittemore, 192 Mass. 367, 379 (1906); Fisher v. Fisher, 23 Mass.App.Ct. 205 , 207 n. 5 (1986). | 1 | 1 |
Warner v. Whitmangreen1 sentence2000See Warner v. Whitman, 353 Mass. 468, 471 (1968); Childs v. Sherman, 351 Mass. 450, 455 (1966), Gray v. Whittemore, 192 Mass. 367, 379 (1906); Fisher v. Fisher, 23 Mass.App.Ct. 205 , 207 n. 5 (1986). | 1 | 1 |
Sherman v. Pfefferkorngreen1 sentence1998Novelty Bias Binding Co. v. Shevrin, 342 Mass. 714, 717 (1961); Sherman v. Pfefferkorn, 241 Mass. 468, 474 (1922). | 1 | 1 |
Novelty Bias Binding Co. v. Shevringreen1 sentence1998Novelty Bias Binding Co. v. Shevrin, 342 Mass. 714, 717 (1961); Sherman v. Pfefferkorn, 241 Mass. 468, 474 (1922). | 1 | 1 |
Brewer v. Williamsgreen1 sentence1982Brewer v. Williams, 430 U.S. 387, 405 (1977). | 1 | 1 |
Wilson v. Caswellgreen1 sentence1958See Wilson v. Caswell, 272 Mass. 297 . | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Massachusetts. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
Sparrow v. Demonico
green
1 sentence2018The plaintiff responded by filing a motion to enforce the settlement agreement, which was allowed over Saade's objection. 5 "A settlement agreement is a contract and its enforceability is determined by applying general contract law." Sparrow v. Demonico , 461 Mass. 322 , 327 (2012). | 1 | 2018–2018 |
Commonwealth v. O'Brien
green
1 sentence2017Deliberations resumed the next day; at about 10:15 a.m. the jury sent a note, signed by the foreperson, stating, "So on behalf of the majority of the jury, we would like to know what the next steps will be if we cannot reach an agreement unanimously." The judge, with the agreement of the defense and the Commonwealth, determined that deliberations had not been so thorough as to warrant a Tuey - Rodriquez charge 2 and therefore brought in the jury and gave the instruction approved in Commonwealth v. O'Brien , 65 Mass. App. Ct. 291 , 297 (2005), directing the jury to continue deliberating. | 1 | 2017–2017 |
Incase Incorporated v. Timex Corporation
green
1 sentence2012This omission is of no consequence, however, because courts have found that the statutory and common-law claims are “essentially equivalent.” Incase Inc. v. Timex Corp., 488 F.3d 46 , 52 n.10 (1st Cir. 2007). | 1 | 2012–2012 |
BDO Seidman v. Hirshberg
green
1 sentence2008Id. at 388 . | 1 | 2008–2008 |
McFaden v. Nordblom
green
1 sentence2006There, unlike here, “the parties relied not upon the agreement alone but upon its performance.” Id. at 576 . | 1 | 2006–2006 |
Gray v. Whittemore
green
1 sentence2000See Warner v. Whitman, 353 Mass. 468, 471 (1968); Childs v. Sherman, 351 Mass. 450, 455 (1966), Gray v. Whittemore, 192 Mass. 367, 379 (1906); Fisher v. Fisher, 23 Mass.App.Ct. 205 , 207 n. 5 (1986). | 1 | 2000–2000 |
Fisher v. Fisher
green
1 sentence2000See Warner v. Whitman, 353 Mass. 468, 471 (1968); Childs v. Sherman, 351 Mass. 450, 455 (1966), Gray v. Whittemore, 192 Mass. 367, 379 (1906); Fisher v. Fisher, 23 Mass.App.Ct. 205 , 207 n. 5 (1986). | 1 | 2000–2000 |
Abrams v. Loew
green
1 sentence1971Although we do not feel we can invalidate this agreement under the rule because in its original form it antedated the rule, it has traditionally been within the power of this court to refuse to enforce a fee contract which we found was “excessive and unreasonable as matter of law.” Abrams v. Loew, 335 Mass. 96, 100 . | 1 | 1971–1971 |
Hunnewell's Case
green
1 sentence1916Hunnewell’s Case, 220 Mass. 351 . | 1 | 1916–1916 |
Hastings v. Dickinson
green
1 sentence1862Hastings v. Dickinson, 7 Mass. 153 . | 1 | 1862–1862 |
Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.
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.