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Chavoor v. Lewis

Citations

  • 422 N.E.2d 1353
  • 383 Mass. 801
  • 1981 Mass. LEXIS 1318

How courts have described this case

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

  • “As a general principle, we apply to our rules of civil procedure the construction given to cognate Federal rules”
  • “Relief from judgment may not be granted under rule 60(b) (6) unless the reason relied on is not a possible ground for relief under rule 60(b) (l)-(5).”
  • the “one-year time limit cannot be extended”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Hennessey, Braucher, Wilkins, Liacos, Nolan

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