Commonwealth v. Barboza, A.

How courts have described this case

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

• An order is final when “nothing more than a ministerial act remains to be done[.]”
• “[I]f nothing more than a ministerial act remains to be done ..., the decree is regarded as concluding the case and is immediately reviewable.”
• “[I]f nothing more than a ministerial act remains to be done, such as the entry of a judgment upon a mandate, the decree is regarded as concluding the case and is immediately reviewable.”
• “[I]f nothing more than a ministerial act remains to be done, such as the entry of a judgment upon a mandate, the decree is regarded as concluding the case and is immediately reviewable.”
• “The considerations that determine finality are not abstractions but have reference to very real interests—not merely those of the immediate parties, but more particularly, those that pertain to the smooth function‐ ing of our judicial system.”
• There is “[n]o self-enforcing formula defining when a judgment is ‘final[.]’”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).