Legal Opinion

Lipman v. Massachusetts

District Court, D. Massachusetts

Decided August 1, 1972No. Civ. A. Nos. 70-502-C, 70-552-CPublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

CAFFREY, Chief Judge.

The above-captioned cases, which were consolidated for trial, are both civil actions brought by “free lance” court reporters against the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the Clerk for Criminal Business of the Suffolk Superior Court. A second defendant originally named in Civil Action No. 70-552, the Honorable James A. Boyle, Justice of the District Court of Dukes County, was dismissed from that case on motion of plaintiffs. The basic facts which underlie this controversy are set out in an opinion previously filed in Lipman v. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, D.C.,…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Hans v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
  2. Barr v. MatteoSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
  3. Gregoire v. BiddleCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1949
  4. Parden v. Terminal Railway of Alabama State Docks DepartmentSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  5. In Re AyersSupreme Court of the United States · 1887

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Morrow v. IgleburgerDistrict Court, S.D. Ohio · 1974
  2. Sidney R. Lipman v. Commonwealth of MassachusettsCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1973
  3. Sidney R. Lipman v. Commonwealth of MassachusettsCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1973

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