Legal Opinion

Beninati v. Beninati

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided September 12, 1984PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtKass, J.

Although the full flavor of the lawyer-judge confrontation which provoked this appeal is best savored from the unabridged record of the proceedings below, a proper concern for concision moves us to summarize.

The libretto begins with a complaint for divorce filed March 23, 1983, by Theresa Beninati (the wife) alleging irretrievable breakdown of the marriage and requesting a divorce in accordance with G. L. c. 208, § IB. There followed a temporary order for support of the wife, a request for production of documents by the wife, her motion for leave to file in excess of thirty interrogatories,…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Offutt v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  2. Davis v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
  3. Castellucci v. United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
  4. Rice v. RiceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
  5. Bianco v. BiancoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976

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3Cited by20 opinions

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  5. Curtis v. JJ. Duffy Adjustment Service, Inc.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 1991

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