Legal Opinion
PETER N. GAINES v. ATTORNEY GENERAL & Others.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 4, 2025No. SJC-13661Published
1Opinion of the Court
SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT
PETER N. GAINES vs. ATTORNEY GENERAL & others.[1]
Docket:
SJC-13661
Dates:
February 4, 2025
Present:
County:
Keywords:
Supreme Judicial Court, Superintendence of inferior courts.
The petitioner, Peter N. Gaines, appeals from the judgment of a single justice of this court denying without a hearing his petition pursuant to G. L. c. 211, § 3, and subsequent motion for reconsideration, whereby Gaines sought recusal of the motion and hearing judge in a civil case brought against him in the Superior Court or, in the alternative, dismissal of the case with prejudice.
Background.[2] In…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Commonwealth v. FontanezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2019
- Commonwealth v. DuboisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2008
- Jones v. MannsMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1992
- Scott-Jones v. Qing LuMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2006
- Strahan v. Superior Court Department of the Trial CourtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2008