Adams v. Hyannis Harborview, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that the Massachusetts securities laws “are substantially similar to the federal securities laws and therefore decisions construing the federal statutory language are applicable to the state statute as well”
• if the speaker broaches a particular subject, then the speaker has a duty to disclose relevant material information required to make statement not misleading
• Massachusetts securities laws “are substantially similar to the Federal securities laws and therefore decisions construing the Federal statutory language are applicable to the state statute as well”
• bank director acted within the scope of employment when he sold unregistered securities to plaintiff because his job duties included bringing in business to the bank
• bank director acted within the scope of employment when he sold unregistered securities to plaintiff because the bank director’s job duties included bringing in business to the bank
• nondisclosure alone does not give rise to a claim for negligent misrepresentation, but party that discloses partial information that is misleading has a duty to reveal material facts to avoid deceiving other party

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

24 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Marram v. Kobrick Offshore Fund, Ltd.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2004-06-10· cited 208×
• Stolzoff v. Waste Systems International, Inc.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2003-08-07· cited 52×
• Gohler v. Wood
  Utah Supreme Court· 1996-07-05· cited 43×
• Shafnacker v. Raymond James & Associates, Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-08-14· cited 33×
• Adams v. Zimmerman
  First Circuit· 1996-01-23· cited 29×
• Hays v. Ellrich
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-06-10· cited 22×
• Access Cardiosystems, Inc. v. Fincke (In Re Access Cardiosystems, Inc.)
  D. Massachusetts· 2009-04-17· cited 21×
• Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance v. Residential Funding Co.
  D. Massachusetts· 2012-02-14· cited 18×
• Amorim Holding Financeria, S.G.P.S., S.A. v. C.P. Baker & Co.
  D. Massachusetts· 2014-09-30· cited 15×
• Commonwealth Aluminum Corp. v. Baldwin Corp.
  D. Massachusetts· 1997-09-16· cited 14×
• Birch v. Choinski (In Re Choinski)
  First Circuit· 1997-11-18· cited 12×
• Sargent v. Tenaska, Inc.
  D. Massachusetts· 1996-02-14· cited 10×
• Chapman v. Finnegan
  D. Massachusetts· 2013-06-07· cited 10×
• Doyle v. Hasbro, Inc.
  D. Massachusetts· 1995-04-19· cited 9×
• Cohen v. State Street Bank & Trust Co.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2008-09-15· cited 9×
• Fenoglio v. Augat, Inc.
  D. Massachusetts· 1999-04-20· cited 8×
• Barden v. HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.
  D. Massachusetts· 1994-08-24· cited 6×
• Access Cardiosystems, Inc. v. Fincke (In Re Access Cardiosystems, Inc.)
  D. Massachusetts· 2010-10-14· cited 5×
• Weber v. Sanborn
  D. Massachusetts· 2007-11-06· cited 5×
• Rivera v. Clark Melvin Securities Corp.
  D. Puerto Rico· 1999-05-14· cited 3×

Cites

37 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Ernst & Ernst v. Hochfelder
  Supreme Court· 1976-05-19· cited 3,533×
• Basic Inc. v. Levinson
  Supreme Court· 1988-03-07· cited 3,007×
• TSC Industries, Inc. v. Northway, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1976-06-14· cited 2,447×
• D'Oench, Duhme & Co. v. Federal Deposit Insurance
  Supreme Court· 1942-03-30· cited 1,648×
• Securities and Exchange Commission v. W. J. Howey Co.
  Supreme Court· 1946-10-14· cited 1,616×
• Chiarella v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1980-03-18· cited 1,089×
• Tcherepnin v. Knight
  Supreme Court· 1967-12-18· cited 878×
• Pinter v. Dahl
  Supreme Court· 1988-06-15· cited 784×
• Securities & Exchange Commission v. C. M. Joiner Leasing Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1943-11-22· cited 680×
• Blue Sky L. Rep. P 72,496, Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 93,186 Thorburn Kennedy, Trustee v. Josephthal & Company, Inc., Edward M. Swartz and Fredric Swartz
  First Circuit· 1987-03-26· cited 280×
• Warren B. Sheinkopf v. John K.P. Stone Iii, Etc.
  First Circuit· 1991-03-07· cited 257×
• SHARP, Stanley L. v. COOPERS & LYBRAND, Appellant
  Third Circuit· 1981-06-05· cited 225×
• Nei v. Burley
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-03-04· cited 213×
• Danca v. Taunton Savings Bank
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-01-07· cited 193×
• Ladmer v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1982-02-22· cited 181×
• Barrett Associates, Inc. v. Aronson
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1963-05-31· cited 161×
• Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 95,389 Irving A. Backman v. Polaroid Corporation, Irving A. Backman v. Polaroid Corporation
  First Circuit· 1990-08-02· cited 159×
• Rebecca J. Schofield v. First Commodity Corporation of Boston, Rebecca J. Schofield v. First Commodity Corporation of Boston
  First Circuit· 1986-06-10· cited 151×
• United States v. Gold
  Eleventh Circuit· 1984-10-03· cited 139×
• Kannavos v. Annino
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1969-05-09· cited 115×