Webber v. Napolitano’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “The decree is supported by the findings of material facts. These facts are not mutually inconsistent, nor are they plainly wrong or incompatible with the pleadings. They are not incompatible with the admission by the plaintiff of ‘the alleged demands’ by the defendant for the license or with the plaintiff’s admission that he re[ ]tained possession of the license and refused to turn it over to the defendant. The admitted facts, which did not include the terms of the employment of the plaintiff by the defendant or the period of retention of the license by the plaintiff, did not require a finding that the plaintiff retained the license ‘unreasonably, maliciously and without right.’ This is true whether or not the plaintiff had any right under [the Massachusetts attorney’s lien statute].”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ropes & Gray, LLP v. Jalbert (In Re Engage Inc.)

2. “the plaintiff received from the licensing board a lodging house license which he obtained from the licensing commission for the benefit of his client the defendant, but I do not find that he retained said license unreasonably, maliciously and without right.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ropes & Gray, LLP v. Jalbert (In Re Engage Inc.)

3. “unreasonably, maliciously, and without right”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Venincasa