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3 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 14 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Spence v. Boston Edison Co..

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1 Spence v. Boston Edison Co. Anchor
mass · 1983
green “courts have deliberately avoided setting down a clear definition of conduct constituting a violation of g.l.c. 93a.” 7
2 Wasserman v. Agnastopoulos
massappct · 1986
green “it has been held, generally, that for conduct to violate the standard of 2(a), (1) it must fall 'within at least the penumbra of some common-law, statutory, or other established concept of fairness,' (2) it must be unethical or unscrupulous, and (3) it must cause substantial inj…” 4
3 DeSantis v. Commonwealth Energy System
massappct · 2007
green “the judge's task, 'taking into account all of the evidence in its aspect most favorable to the plaintiff, is to determine whether, without weighing the credibility of the witnesses or otherwise considering the weight of the evidence, the jury reasonably could return a verdict fo…” 3

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