Legal Opinion
Richard L. Sandstrom, Etc. v. Chemlawn Corporation
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 17, 1990No. 89-2196PublishedCited by 192 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
Having learned to his dismay that the grass is not always greener in some more convenient venue, plaintiff-appellant Richard L. Sandstrom asks that we rescue him from an inhospitable legal landscape. After carefully reviewing the record and the arguments advanced, we find the forestation to have been planted largely by Sand-strom’s own hand. We therefore decline to disturb the district court’s order of dismissal.
1. ROOTS OF THE DISPUTE
The seeds of this controversy were sown some time ago in Connecticut (where the Sandstrom family was living). Plaintiff’s son and ward,…
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