Bussie v. Allmerica Financial Corp.

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that favorable reaction of class to settlement, albeit not dispositive, constitutes strong evidence of fairness of proposed settlement
• suggesting that a court should “review[] the objectors’ stated concerns generously, as it would those presented by any pro se litigant”
• finding the class representative to be adequate because, “[l]ike the [c]lass overall, [the plaintiff] fell victim to [the defendant’s] alleged scheme and, as such, the representatives and the [c]lass share the same interest in seeking remediation for their injury”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Allmerica Financial Corp. v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2007-08-06· cited 71×
• Varacallo v. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance
  D. New Jersey· 2005-02-15· cited 48×
• Benchmark Bank v. Crumley (In Re Crumley)
  N.D. Texas· 2010-04-08· cited 33×
• In Re Tyco Intern., Ltd. Multidistrict Litigation
  D. New Hampshire· 2007-12-19· cited 32×
• Rolland v. Cellucci
  D. Massachusetts· 2000-01-10· cited 24×
• Bezdek v. Vibram USA Inc.
  D. Massachusetts· 2015-01-16· cited 21×
• Grove v. Principal Mutual Life Insurance
  S.D. Iowa· 2001-04-30· cited 15×
• New England Carpenters Health Benefits Fund v. First Databank, Inc.
  D. Massachusetts· 2009-03-17· cited 5×
• Allmerica Financial Corp. v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's, London
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2012-04-30· cited 3×
• Boynton v. Headwaters, Inc.
  W.D. Tennessee· 2008-08-26· cited 3×
• Milkman v. American Travellers Life Insurance
  Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas· 2002-03-28· cited 1×
• United States v. Massachusetts
  D. Massachusetts· 2012-06-18· cited 1×

Cites

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

• United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs
  Supreme Court· 1966-03-28· cited 13,852×
• Amchem Products, Inc. v. Windsor
  Supreme Court· 1997-06-25· cited 4,991×
• General Telephone Co. of Southwest v. Falcon
  Supreme Court· 1982-06-14· cited 4,068×
• Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Shutts
  Supreme Court· 1985-06-26· cited 1,691×
• Snyder v. Harris
  Supreme Court· 1969-05-05· cited 955×
• Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 98,755, Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 99,074 William B. Weinberger v. James C. Kendrick, Charles M. Coyne
  Second Circuit· 1983-01-26· cited 443×
• School District of Lancaster v. Lake Asbestos of Quebec, Ltd.
  Third Circuit· 1986-05-01· cited 291×
• Julia Prewitt Brown v. Trustees of Boston University
  First Circuit· 1990-01-24· cited 228×
• In Re Prudential Insurance Co. of America Sales Practices Litigation
  D. New Jersey· 1997-03-17· cited 180×
• Dura Corp. v. TWM Manufacturing Co.
  Supreme Court· 1986-10-06· cited 175×
• Coventry Sewage Associates v. Dworkin Realty Co.
  First Circuit· 1995-11-22· cited 166×
• Findley v. Blinken (In Re Joint Eastern & Southern District Asbestos Litigation)
  S.D. New York· 1991-06-27· cited 113×
• Guckenberger v. Boston University
  D. Massachusetts· 1997-01-28· cited 112×
• In re PaineWebber Ltd. Partnerships Litigation
  S.D. New York· 1997-03-20· cited 106×
• Flora Santana v. Jenaro Collazo Collazo, Flora Santana, and United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor v. Jenaro Collazo
  First Circuit· 1983-09-30· cited 62×
• Shields v. Keating
  D. Arizona· 1992-01-07· cited 44×
• Duhaime v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance
  D. Massachusetts· 1997-12-31· cited 43×
• Lake v. First Nationwide Bank
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1995-09-14· cited 27×
• States of NY and Md. v. Nintendo of America, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 1991-10-17· cited 22×
• M. Berenson Co. v. Faneuil Hall Marketplace, Inc.
  D. Massachusetts· 1987-06-01· cited 13×