Legal Opinion
Wagenmann v. Adams
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 9, 1987No. Nos. 86-1475 to 86-1478PublishedCited by 339 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
It was early in the seventeenth century when George Herbert wrote:
“Marry your son when you will; your daughter when you can.”
The sagacity of that advice, suspect in any era, was called into grave doubt some three hundred fifty years later in Worcester, Massachusetts. In the process, bitterly-fought litigation ensued. These lawsuits have now wended their rancorous way to our doorstep. Because the underlying circumstances border on the chimerical, we set out an exegetic account.
I. TRAVEL OF THE CASES
The father of the daughter in question, plaintiff-appellee Ronald E.…
2Cases cited93 opinions
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- Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Hensley v. EckerhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Anderson v. CreightonSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
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3Cited by339 opinions
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- Data General Corp. v. Grumman Systems Support Corp.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1994
- Correa v. Hospital San FranciscoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1995
- Higazy v. TempletonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2007
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