Legal Opinion
Weaver v. Wood
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 19, 1997PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, J.
Two members of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston (Church)3 seek to challenge decisions of the directors of the Church and its publishing arm, The Christian Science Publishing Society (Publishing Society), to expand the Publishing Society’s activities in the electronic media. The plaintiffs claim that the defendants failed to abide by the Church’s relevant governing documents when they authorized major investments in television ventures in the late 1980’s and the early 1990’s in violation, it is alleged, of the defendants’ fiduciary duties. The defendants moved for summary…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Eyal v. Helen Broadcasting Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1991
- Eustace v. DickeyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
- Dittemore v. DickeyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1924
- Jessie v. BoyntonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Burbank v. BurbankMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1890
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3Cited by23 opinions
- T.W. Nickerson, Inc. v. Fleet National BankMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2010
- General Convention of the New Jerusalem in the United States of America, Inc. v. MacKenzieMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2007
- McHale v. Boulder Capital LLC (In Re 1031 Tax Group, LLC)United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · 2010
- Maffei v. Roman Catholic ArchbishopMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2007
- Estate of Moulton v. PuopoloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2014
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