Shapiro v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 7 Mass. App. Ct. 426 - Berube v. McKesson Wine & Spirits Co. · Murphy v. Administrator of the Division of Personnel Administration · Cullen Enterprises, Inc. v. Massachusetts Property Insurance Underwriting Ass'n · Scannell v. Ed. Ferreirinha & Irmao, Lda. · Chu Tai v. City of Boston
Most-quoted passages
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“resolution of motions for relief from judgment repose in the broad discretion of the motion judge. An appellate court will not reverse the motion judge’s decision ‘except upon a showing of a clear abuse of discretion.’ Scannell v. Ed. Ferreirinha & Irmao, Lda, 401 Mass. 155, 158 (1987). The standard is one of marked deference.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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