28 Mass. App. Ct. 780 - Christopher v. Duffy’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 2 district · 12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Foman v. Davis · Payton v. Abbott Labs · Castellucci v. United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co. · Goulet v. Whitin MacHine Works, Inc. · Beeck v. Aquaslide 'N' Dive Corp.
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“We assume, as did the judge below, that permission to amend turns, in discretion, on whether the opposing party will be unduly prejudiced by allowance of the amendment, recognizing however, that delay may contribute and even contribute seriously to cause the prejudice....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[t]he policies which support the extinguishment of claims after limitations periods speak against allowing such amendments against new defendants.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“We need not consider whether undue delay in seeking amendment can on occasion be itself sufficient to warrant a court's denying the leave”
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.