Legal Opinion

Sinai v. Plymouth Division of Probate & Family Court Department

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided July 9, 1997PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

With respect to his “two appeals,” the petitioner failed to allege, let alone demonstrate, that the errors he claimed in the proceedings below could not adequately have been remedied through the normal appellate process or by other available means. It was his obligation to demonstrate the absence or inadequacy of other remedies. Hines v. Commonwealth, 423 Mass. 1004, cert, denied, 117 S. Ct. 439 (1996). McGuinness v. Commonwealth, 420 Mass. 495, 497 (1995). The petitioner also failed to develop a factual record before the single justice substantiating his claims of error. It was his…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. McGuinness v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
  2. Hines v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1996
  3. Barnoski v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
  4. Allen v. ChristianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Gorod v. TabachnickMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
  2. Russell v. NicholsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2001
  3. Milton v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
  4. Driscoll v. T.R. White Company, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004
  5. Callahan v. Superior Court Department of the Trial CourtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2000

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