Legal Opinion
Fitzpatrick v. Allen
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 6, 1991Published
1Opinion of the Court
410 Mass. 791 (1991)
575 N.E.2d 750
BRIAN FITZPATRICK & others[1]
vs.
JOEL W. ALLEN & others.[2]
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.
March 6, 1991.
August 6, 1991.
Present: LIACOS, C.J., WILKINS, ABRAMS, NOLAN, LYNCH, O'CONNOR & GREANEY, JJ.
Andrew C. Meyer, Jr. (Elizabeth N. Mulvey) with him for the plaintiffs.
Timothy P. O'Neill (Marcia K. Divoll with him) for Joel W. Allen.
Frank E. Reardon (Kimberly L. Nelson with him) for Stephen J. Sandler.
LIACOS, C.J.
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- Hasson v. Ford Motor Co.California Supreme Court · 1982
- Woodward v. LeavittMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871
- Commonwealth v. FidlerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- United States v. Solomon WeissCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1985
- Richards v. Overlake Hospital Medical CenterCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1990
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