Legal Opinion
Chicopee Lions Club v. DIST. ATTORNEY FOR HAMPDEN DIST
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 18, 1985PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, C.J.
The plaintiff, Chicopee Lions Club (the club), brought a civil rights action against the district attorney for the Hampden District, Hampden County, and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. All three defendants moved under Mass. R. Civ. P. 12 (b) (6), 365 Mass. 754 (1974), to dismiss the plaintiff’s complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted. A Superior Court judge granted the defendants’ motion on February 13, 1984, and ordered the plaintiff’s complaint dismissed. We granted the plaintiff’s application for direct appellate review.
In its complaint, the club sought…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Yaselli v. GoffCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1926
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