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Coveney v. President & Trustees of the College of the Holy Cross
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 19, 1983PublishedCited by 149 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, C.J.
The plaintiffs, Leo J. Coveney and his son, Thomas R. Coveney (Coveney), commenced this action for damages and specific performance against the President and Trustees of the College of the Holy Cross (college) alleging that the college had wrongfully expelled Coveney during the last semester of his senior year. A judge of the Superior Court granted the college’s motion for summary judgment pursuant to Mass. R. Civ. P. 56, 365 Mass. 824 (1974). We granted the plaintiffs’ application for direct appellate review. The plaintiffs argue on appeal that the judge erred in granting the college’s…
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