7 Massachusetts opinions name it 3 courts 1971–2008 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. Clint C.green1 sentence2008Commonwealth v. Kenney, 449 Mass. at 851 ; Commonwealth v. Clint C., 430 Mass. 219, 226 (1999). | 1 | 1 |
Sullivan v. Raytheon Companygreen1 sentence2005See Sullivan, 262 F.3d at 48, citing Lehman v. Prudential Ins. | 1 | 1 |
Bongaards v. Millengreen2 sentences2003See Bongaards v. Millen, supra at 57 & n.14. 2003See Bongaards v. Millen, supra at 57 & n.14. | 1 | 1 |
Sullivan v. Burkingreen1 sentence2003Sullivan, supra at 867 (rule applies to assets in trust created by spouse “as to which the deceased spouse alone retained the power during his or her life to direct the disposition of those trust assets for his or her benefit, as, for example, by the exercise of a power of appointment or by revocation of the trust”). | 1 | 1 |
Sullivan v. Town of Brooklinegreen2 sentences1995See Sullivan , note 2. 1995See Sullivan , note 2. | 1 | 1 |
Stone v. Essex County Newspapers, Inc.green1 sentence1985In defamation cases governed by the New York Times Co. v. Sullivan standard, we are under a constitutional obligation to determine “whether the jury would be warranted in concluding that malice was proved by clear and convincing evidence.” Stone v. Essex County Newspapers, Inc., 367 Mass. 849, 870 (1975). | 1 | 1 |
PAUL SARDELLA CONSTR. v. Braintree Hous. Auth.green1 sentence1978Co. v. Braintree Housing Authy., 3 Mass. App. Ct. at 333-334, because the trial judge specifically found that Sullivan’s objection to Hope "was not in good faith, ... but was a stubborn insistence, in the first instance, on using its own people, or somewhat vindictively, when not allowed to so do, to select the highest of all the metal window subbidders.”* *** 8 Therefore, in light of the facts that (1) the defendant is a private contractor rather than a public agency, (2) the plaintiff would have received the contract 9 but for the bad faith objection of the defendant, and (3) there is a need | 1 | 1 |
Hubrite Informal Frocks, Inc. v. Kramergreen1 sentence1971See Hubrite Informal Frocks, Inc. v. Kramer, 297 Mass. 530, 533-535 . | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Massachusetts. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
Commonwealth v. Kenney
green
1 sentence2008Commonwealth v. Kenney, 449 Mass. at 851 ; Commonwealth v. Clint C., 430 Mass. 219, 226 (1999). | 1 | 2008–2008 |
Kerwin v. Donaghy
green
2 sentences2003A more expansive rationale for reaching the result urged by the plaintiff has been advanced by the amicus, the Women’s Bar Association of Massachusetts. 6 That rationale, although echoing some of the Sullivan court’s reasons for overruling Kerwin v. Donaghy, supra, should not be extended in the far-reaching and literal manner now suggested. 2003A more expansive rationale for reaching the result urged by the plaintiff has been advanced by the amicus, the Women’s Bar Association of Massachusetts. 6 That rationale, although echoing some of the Sullivan court’s reasons for overruling Kerwin v. Donaghy, supra, should not be extended in the far-reaching and literal manner now suggested. | 1 | 2003–2003 |
Bose Corp. v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc.
green
1 sentence1985On appeal “those portions of the record which relate to the actual-malice determination must be independently assessed.” Bose Corp. v. Consumers Union of U.S., Inc., 466 U.S. 485 , 514 n.31 (1984). | 1 | 1985–1985 |
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.