Taylor v. Beaudry’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Anderson v. City of Bessemer City · Faretta v. California · Lindsey v. Normet · Lassiter v. Department of Social Services · International Fidelity Insurance v. Wilson
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“by its 'unambiguous' language the statute does not require landlords to return security deposits only when threatened with litigation. . . . Rather, [in Taylor I] we said that the statute requires landlords to follow its 'clear' terms and return security deposits within thirty days of the termination of tenancy or risk suits like this one for treble damages.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the cause of action under G. L. c. 186, § 15B(7), for failure to return a security deposit to a tenant as required by § 15B(6)(e) arises when the landlord 'fails to return to the tenant the security deposit . . . within thirty days after termination of the tenancy.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“that a subsequent, late payment of the security deposit by the landlord in response to a demand by the tenant does not entitle the landlord to dismissal of the tenant's complaint.”
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.