Legal Opinion
Media Duplication Services, Ltd. v. Hdg Software, Inc., Joseph Wine
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 23, 1991No. 90-1495PublishedCited by 128 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOODLOCK, District Judge.
Trial counsel in this case, each separately pursuing a shortsighted and obfuscatory course, have together managed to suffuse a relatively modest piece of contract litigation with the mists of considerable confusion.
The confusion began at the inception of the action when the defendant disingenuously declined to acknowledge the efficacy of service by mail. Confronted by the defendant’s dissimulation regarding service, the plaintiff in turn never bothered to take the steps necessary to establish a perfected service.
The confusion continued through to the culmination of…
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