Legal Opinion
Sheridan v. Gardner
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 6, 1964PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, C.J.
This bill for declaratory relief has been reported without decision by a judge of the Superior Court upon the pleadings and a statement of agreed facts amounting to a case stated. Further proceedings have been stayed, and the defendants enjoined from taking further steps to procure the attendance of the plaintiff as a witness, as hereinafter discussed. The prayer for declaratory relief is vague. It asks a binding declaration ‘ ‘ of the right, duty, status and other legal relations” of the parties.
Seven defendants are the members of the commission (sometimes called Massachusetts Crime…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Flemming v. NestorSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Sweezy v. New Hampshire Ex Rel. WymanSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Watkins v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- De Veau v. BraistedSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- United States v. RumelySupreme Court of the United States · 1953
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Commonwealth v. FavulliMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
- Opinion of the Justices to the House of RepresentativesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- School Committee of Boston v. Board of EducationMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
- Commonwealth v. GilesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1966
- Commonwealth v. SchnackenbergMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1969
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