Kiley v. Dingwell’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “It is elementary that a trial judge ‘must pass upon pertinent requests for rulings of law.... in such a way as to make plain that he has not fallen into error,’ Home Savings Bank v. Savaransky, 307 Mass. 601, 603 (1940), and in ‘such a manner that the requesting party can ascertain, for purposes of appeal, whether the judge applied the correct principles of law in deciding the case.’ Petition of New Bedford Child & Family Serv. to Dispense with Consent to Adop., 385 Mass. 482, 491 (1982). A trial judge’s Rule 64[A] duty to rule on a parly’s requests is not satisfied by a general statement of assorted, possible request dispositions.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
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