Legal Opinion
Rutanen v. Ballard
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 15, 1997PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFried, J.
The income beneficiaries of the Antonia Quevillon Trust commenced this action in the Probate and Family Court against the trustees of that trust for breach of their fiduciary duties to the trust in that they did not sell unproductive property of the trust. The remaindermen of the trust intervened on the side of the income beneficiaries. The judge made findings that the trustees violated their fiduciary duty and awarded damages. The trustees appealed arguing that their actions were protected by an exculpatory clause in the trust instrument, that the judge’s findings of breach of trust were in…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Cormier v. CartyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Louis Dreyfus & Cie. v. Panama Canal CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
- Mazzola v. MyersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- Ashley v. WinkleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
- McMahon v. KrapfMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1948
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Rutanen v. BaylisCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2002
- Shear v. GabovitchMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1997
- Rutanen v. Baylis (In Re Baylis)Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2000
- Rutanen v. Baylis (In Re Baylis)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · 1998
- IN THE MATTER OF THE COLECCHIA FAMILY IRREVOCABLE TRUST.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 2021
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