Legal Opinion
Clinton Hospital Association v. The Corson Group, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 11, 1990No. 89-1813PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROSENN, Circuit Judge.
This diversity case raises a difficult question under the consumer protection law of Massachusetts as to when actions and transactions alleged to constitute unfair or deceptive practices occurred primarily and substantially within the Commonwealth. Mass. Gen. Laws Ann. (MGLA) ch. 93A, § 11 (West 1989) (ch. 93A). The resolution of the question has serious implications for commercial and consumer transactions in the Massachusetts marketplace. Relying in part on that statute, the Clinton Hospital Association (Hospital), a Massachusetts charitable corporation, sued the…
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