Legal Opinion
Merles v. Lerner
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 16, 1984PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLynch, J.
This case raises the same issue as our opinion in DiLuzio v. United Elec., Radio & Mach. Workers, Local 274, ante 211 (1984), namely whether the denial by a judge of a party’s pro hac vice motion for the admission of out-of-State counsel amounted to an abuse of discretion.
The procedural context of this case is, however, somewhat different. We transferred the case to this court on our own motion, following certification of an interlocutory appeal by a single justice of the Appeals Court. The appeal was taken from a Superior Court judge’s denial of the defendants’ motion for admission and his…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Davis v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
- In Re Matter of Seymour A. Gopman. United States of America v. Seymour A. GopmanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- In the Matter of RocheMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Bresnahan v. PromanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
- Charles O. Ross v. Honorable Frank Reda, Judge, Franklin County Municipal CourtCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1975
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