Legal Opinion
Cormier v. Carty
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 1, 1980PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAbrams, J.
We granted plaintiff Pulcherie Cormier’s application for further appellate review to consider her claim that “[t]he Appeals Court decision leaves Massachusetts case law in the stance of . . . endorsing the propriety of trial judges’ requesting counsel for the prevailing party to prepare findings [of fact], after an apparent decision has been made.” See Cormier v. Carty, 8 Mass. App. Ct. 401, 401 n.1 (1979). But see Markell v. Sidney B. Pfeifer Foundation, Inc., 9 Mass. App. Ct. 412, 414-418 (1980).
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- Photo Electronics Corporation v. John M. England, Trustee in Bankruptcy for Ferrex Corporation, Photo Electronics Corporation v. Ferrex CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978
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