Legal Opinion
Sydney v. Commissioner of Corporations & Taxation
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 3, 1976PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKaplan, J.
After commencing the present action for a declaratory judgment by filing a complaint in the Superior Court, the plaintiffs moved for preliminary injunctive relief. On the defendants’ suggestion at the hearing that the court lacked jurisdiction of the subject matter, the judge, acting under Mass. R. Civ. P. 12 (h) (3), 365 Mass. 754 (1974) ,2 entered judgment of dismissal. We took the case for direct review on our own initiative under G. L. c. 211A, § 10 (A). For the reasons given below, we reverse and remand the case to the Superior Court for a discretionary determination on a better record…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- East Chop Tennis Club v. Massachusetts Commission Against DiscriminationMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- Madden v. State Tax CommissionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1956
- Hogan v. HoganMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1947
- Leto v. Board of Assessors of WilmingtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1964
- Meenes v. GoldbergMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1954
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3Cited by37 opinions
- Assuncao's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Keniston v. Board of AssessorsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- First Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. State Tax CommissionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- New England Legal Foundation v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1996
- McKenney v. Commission on Judicial ConductMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
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