Legal Opinion
Go-Best Assets Ltd. v. Citizens Bank
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided May 12, 2011No. 08-P-1235PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRubin, J.
This action arises from what the plaintiff, Go-Best Assets Limited (Go-Best), alleges was a Ponzi scheme perpetrated by now-disbarred Massachusetts attorney Morris M. Goldings, who at the relevant time was a partner in the law firm of Mahoney, Hawkes & Goldings, LLP (MHG).2 Go-Best brought this action against Citizens Bank of Massachusetts *475(Citizens Bank) and several of Goldings’s former partners in MHG (the partners) for their alleged role in this scheme.3 Citizens Bank moved to dismiss the amended complaint. As the judge considered materials outside the pleadings in ruling on the motion, it…
2Cases cited35 opinions
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- Mullins v. Pine Manor CollegeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Jupin v. KaskMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2006
- United States v. Guy Giovannetti and Nicholas JanisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
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