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7 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 40 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 Kurker v. Hell.

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1 Kurker v. Hell Anchor
massappct · 1998
green “key to this cause of action is a defendant's substantial assistance, with the knowledge that such assistance is contributing to a common tortious plan.” 14
2 Bartle v. Berry
massappct · 2011
green “an underlying tortious act in which two or more persons acted in concert and in furtherance of a common design or agreement.” 10
3 Go-Best Assets Ltd. v. Citizens Bank
mass · 2012
green “actively participated in or substantially assisted in the commission of the tort.” 4
4 Kurker v. Hell
massappct · 1998
green “a common plan to commit a tortious act.” 4
5 Office One, Inc. v. Lopez
mass · 2002
green “unfair or deceptive acts or practices 'in the conduct of any trade or commerce.” 3
6 Kurker v. Hell
massappct · 1998
green “the element of coercion has been required only if there was no independent basis for imposing tort liability - where the wrong was in the particular combination of the defendants rather than in the tortious nature of the underlying conduct.” 3
7 Massachusetts Laborers' Health & Welfare Fund v. Philip Morris, Inc.
mad · 1999
green “a defendant may be held liable for actions done by others pursuant to a common design or with the defendant's substantial assistance or encouragement” 2

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