Legal Opinion

In re Shoe Manufacturers Protective Ass'n

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided September 9, 1936PublishedCited by 36 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtQua, J.

This is a petition brought by the Attorney General setting forth certain activities of the respondent corporation which it is contended constitute the practice of law and violate the provisions of G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 221, § 46, as amended by St. 1935, c. 346, § 1. The petition prays that this court make such order as it may deem expedient prohibiting the respondent from continuing such activities. G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 221, § 46B, inserted by St. 1935, c. 346, § 2.

*370A corporation cannot lawfully practise law. Opinion of the Justices, 289 Mass. 607, 612-613. Matter of Maclub of America, Inc.,…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. People Ex Rel. Illinois State Bar Ass'n v. Peoples Stock Yards State BankIllinois Supreme Court · 1931
  2. Matter of Co-Operative Law Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1910
  3. Opinion of the Justices to the SenateMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
  4. People v. . AlfaniNew York Court of Appeals · 1919
  5. Fitchette v. TaylorSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1934

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3Cited by36 opinions

  1. Lowell Bar Ass'n v. LoebMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
  2. West Virginia State Bar v. EarleyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1959
  3. People Ex Rel. Chicago Bar Ass'n v. GoodmanIllinois Supreme Court · 1937
  4. McMurdo v. GetterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
  5. State Ex Rel. Norvell v. Credit Bureau of Albuquerque, Inc.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1973

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