Legal Opinion
City of Boston v. Kouns
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided July 15, 1986PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWarner, J.
This is another dispute about the scope of the jurisdiction of the Housing Court Department of the Trial Court. It comes to us on an appeal by the plaintiffs from an order of a single justice of this court vacating a preliminary injunction entered by a judge of the Boston Division of the Housing Court Department. See G. L. c. 231, § 118. The single justice con- eluded that the Housing Court was without subject matter jurisdiction. 3
The jurisdictional question was first presented to the Housing Court judge on a motion by the defendants Kouns and Clifford to dismiss under Mass.R.Civ.P.…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Goes v. FeldmanMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1979
- Haas v. BretonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Harker v. City of HolyokeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Patry v. Liberty Mobilhome Sales, Inc.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 1983
- Tedford v. Massachusetts Housing Finance AgencyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
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3Cited by9 opinions
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- LeBlanc v. Sherwin Williams Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
- Worcester Heritage Society, Inc. v. TrussellMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1991
- Commonwealth v. LappasMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1995
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