Legal Opinion

First National Bank v. Haufler

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided February 1, 1979PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.

The issue properly presented in this appeal, which prompted us to grant the plaintiff bank’s request for direct appellate review, is moot, and we therefore do not reach it. The bank presses us to resolve a different issue which, in light of changed circumstances, is now of importance to it. We decline to pass on the new issue either, because it is not ripe for appellate review.

The bank’s appeal is an interlocutory one, pursuant to G. L. c. 231, § 118, as appearing in St. 1977, c. 405, and, in its original posture, challenged the denial of the bank’s motion for a preliminary injunction. The…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Southern Pacific Terminal Co. v. Interstate Commerce CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
  2. Royal Indemnity Co. v. BlakelyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
  3. Superintendent of Worcester State Hospital v. HagbergMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
  4. Blake v. Massachusetts Parole BoardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
  5. Wolf v. Commissioner of Public WelfareMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975

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3Cited by24 opinions

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  5. Simon v. Weymouth Agricultural & Industrial SocietyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983

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