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9 Massachusetts opinions name it 3 courts 1981–2014 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 |
|---|---|---|
Smith v. Ariens Co.green2 sentences2014Burns first described his wanting “to make sure that the managers that were involved in making the hiring decision were going to be making that hiring decision based on skills and the skill sets needed to fill the position and to document it” and that he wanted the hiring decision documented in writing “[i]n the event that we ever needed to review that circumstance, they would be well-documented, given the fact that I knew that an action had been taken against the company by Ms. Kiely.” See Smith v. Ariens Co., 375 Mass. 620, 627-628 (1978) (“[T]he better procedure in a case in which it is a c 2011If the judge then decides that the jury’s verdict cannot stand, a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict may be allowed.” Smith v. Ariens Co., 375 Mass. 620, 627-628 (1978). | 8 | 8 |
Soares v. Lakeville Baseball Camp, Inc.green1 sentence1999If the judge then decides that the jury’s verdict cannot stand, a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict may be allowed.” Smith v. Ariens Co., 375 Mass. 620, 627 (1978), citing Soares v. Lakeville Baseball Camp, Inc., 369 Mass. 974, 975 (1976). | 1 | 1 |
Feltch v. General Rental Co.green1 sentence1999See generally Feltch v. General Rental Co., 383 Mass. 603, 611 (1981) (“The better procedure ‘in a case in which it is a close question whether the standard for granting a directed verdict is met is to allow the matter to go to the jury. | 1 | 1 |
Abraham v. City of Woburngreen1 sentence1986See Abraham v. Woburn, 383 Mass. 724 , 727 n.3 (1981). “[I]n a case in which it is a close question whether the standard for granting a directed verdict is met [the better procedure] is to allow the matter to go to the jury. | 1 | 1 |
Swartz v. General Motors Corp.green1 sentence1985See Swartz v. General Motors Corp., 375 Mass. 628, 629-631 (1978). 4 “We take this opportunity to reiterate the principle that the better procedure in a case in which it is a close question whether the standard for granting a directed verdict is met is to allow the matter to go to the jury. | 1 | 1 |
Hayesgreen1 sentence1981See Nugent v. Classic Car Corp., supra. The better procedure “in a *612 case in which it is a close question whether the standard for granting a directed verdict is met is to allow the matter to go to the jury. | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Massachusetts. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
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Yalenezian v. City of Boston
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1 sentence1981If the judge then decides that the jury's verdict cannot stand, a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict may be allowed.'" Feltch v. General Rental Co., ante 603, 611-612 (1981), quoting from Smith v. Ariens Co., 375 Mass. 620, 627 (1978). [4] General Laws c. 269, § 8, as amended by St. 1965, c. 647, § 3, provides: "If property of the value of fifty dollars or more is destroyed or if property is injured to that amount by five or more persons who are riotously or tumultuously assembled, the town within which the property was situated shall, if the owner of such property uses all reason | 1 | 1981–1981 |