Begelfer v. Najarian

How courts have described this case

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

• finding that “defendants’ pursuit of their contractual and legal remedies” was not engaging in “trade or commerce,” and the demand for payment under a note did not constitute an “unfair or deceptive act”
• striking a default provision in a promissory note on public policy grounds, rather than voiding the entire contract
• finding defendants’ participation in transaction between independent parties not to have taken place in a “business context,” and stating criteria for determining liability under that test
• listing the factors that must be considered to determine whether a transaction took place in a commercial context
• establishing a multi-factor test to determine whether purportedly commercial parties were acting “in a business context” for the purposes of an action under Chapter 93A § 11
• transaction need not be in ordinary course of business so long as it takes place “in a business context”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).