Boswell v. Zephyr Lines, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a claim for unjust enrichment “presupposes that no valid contract covers the subject matter of a dispute”
• noting that Massachusetts courts “attempt to construe [statutes] in harmony with other related statutes and rules so as to give rise to a consistent body of law”
• noting that courts should look to related statutes for interpretive guidance
• noting that courts should look to related statutes for interpretive guidance
• related statutes must be construed in harmony with one another “so as to give rise to a consistent body of law”
• courts should look to related statutes for interpretive guidance \so as to give rise to a consistent body of law\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• In re General Motors LLC Ignition Switch Litigation
  S.D. New York· 2017-06-30· cited 72×
• Okmyansky v. Herbalife International of America, Inc.
  First Circuit· 2005-07-15· cited 64×
• Ropes & Gray LLP v. Jalbert (In Re Engage, Inc.)
  First Circuit· 2008-10-06· cited 54×
• Casseus v. E. Bus Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2018-02-08· cited 52×
• Commonwealth v. Welch
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2005-04-25· cited 49×
• Malonis v. Harrington
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2004-10-18· cited 36×
• Global NAPs, Inc. v. Awiszus
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2010-08-09· cited 35×
• Marco v. Green
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1993-07-08· cited 34×
• Finard & Co. v. Sitt Asset Management
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2011-04-07· cited 34×
• Hopkins v. Medeiros
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2000-02-24· cited 32×
• Ropes & Gray LLP v. Jalbert
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2009-07-28· cited 30×
• Orbusneich Medical Co. v. Boston Scientific Corp.
  D. Massachusetts· 2010-03-18· cited 29×
• York v. Zurich Scudder Investments, Inc.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2006-06-26· cited 27×
• Eyssi v. City of Lawrence
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1993-08-26· cited 25×
• MCI WorldCom Communications, Inc. v. Department of Telecommunications & Energy
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2004-06-21· cited 24×
• PGR Management Co. v. Credle
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-06-11· cited 22×
• Craft v. Kane
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2001-05-24· cited 20×
• Curly Customs, Inc. v. Pioneer Financial
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2004-09-22· cited 19×
• Cohen v. Lindsey
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1995-01-05· cited 16×
• Smith v. Consalvo
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1994-08-22· cited 15×

Cites

18 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Board of Education v. Assessor of Worcester
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-08-18· cited 179×
• Industrial Finance Corp. v. State Tax Commission
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-04-09· cited 111×
• Kashmir Corp. v. Patterson
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1980-09-10· cited 42×
• Kashmir Corp. v. Patterson
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1979-11-05· cited 32×
• Rodriguez v. City of New York
  New York Court of Appeals· 1985-11-14· cited 31×
• Chemprene, Inc. v. X-Tyal International Corp.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1982-02-09· cited 28×
• Torphy v. Reder
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1970-04-03· cited 25×
• Kennedy v. B. A. Gardetto, Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1940-06-03· cited 24×
• Elbaum v. Sullivan
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1962-07-02· cited 22×
• Brown v. Fales
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1885-02-27· cited 18×
• Hahn v. Oregon Physicians' Service
  Ninth Circuit· 1985-11-27· cited 11×
• Democratic Central Committee of the District of Columbia v. The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Commission, D.C. Transit System, Inc., Intervenor
  D.C. Circuit· 1991-08-09· cited 10×
• Serlin v. Rotman
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-12-13· cited 8×
• Crabb v. Robert R. Anderson Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1969-12-05· cited 6×
• Nickel Rim Mines Ltd. v. Universal-Cyclops Steel Corp.
  D. New Jersey· 1962-02-09· cited 5×
• Aldrich v. Brown
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1870-01-15· cited 4×
• Gil-Wal Corp. v. Painewebber, Inc.
  D. Massachusetts· 1990-04-09· cited 3×
• Doherty v. Ginsburg
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1963-11-04· cited 3×