Leasefirst v. Decot Bros.’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Wright MacHine Corp. v. Seaman-Andwall Corp. · Shapiro Equipment Corp. v. Morris & Son Construction Corp. · McDade v. Moynihan · Cavanagh v. Cavanagh · 6 Mass. App. Ct. 455 - United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. N. J. B. Prime Investors
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a forum selection clause entailing contractual consent to the jurisdiction of any other court will not be enforced by a Massachusetts court which itself has competent jurisdiction and chooses to exercise the same. ... [S]uch clauses... [do] not compel initial action in the other court, or... require the dismissal or transfer of an action commenced in the courts of the Commonwealth.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.