Creative Playthings Franchising, Corp. v. Reiser

How courts have described this case

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

• holding contractual limitations period shortening time within which claims must be brought from six years to one year or eighteen months was valid and enforceable under Massachusetts law
• looking to, among other things, the type of contract to determine whether the shortened limitations period was reasonable
• “Any contractual reduction in a limitations period that is unreasonable or not subject to negotiation by the parties, such as in a contract of adhesion, will be unenforceable.”
• involving limitations clause in commercial contract

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• In re Packaged Seafood Products Antitrust Litigation
  S.D. California· 2017-03-14· cited 48×
• Ajemian v. Yahoo!, Inc.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2013-05-07· cited 43×
• Machado v. System4 LLC
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-04-13· cited 42×
• Holcomb Condominium Homeowners' Ass'n v. Stewart Venture, LLC
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2013-04-04· cited 33×
• Sionyx, LLC v. Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.
  District of Columbia· 2018-07-24· cited 10×
• Brown v. Sav. Bank Life Ins. Co. of Mass.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-07-18· cited 3×
• Sanwan Trust v. Lindsay, Inc.
  D. Massachusetts· 2017-05-05· cited 2×
• Shahin v. I.E.S. Inc.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2013-05-31
• Mendoza v. BNY Mellon Trust Co.
  D. Massachusetts· 2015-09-02
• Timika Rayford v. American House Roseville I LLC
  Michigan Supreme Court· 2025-07-31

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• John Doe v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield United of Wisconsin and Aurora Health Care, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 1997-04-29· cited 436×
• Order of United Commercial Travelers of America v. Wolfe
  Supreme Court· 1947-06-09· cited 206×
• Patsos v. First Albany Corp.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-02-05· cited 87×
• Albrecht v. Clifford
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2002-05-07· cited 47×
• I v. Services of America, Inc. v. Inn Development & Management, Inc.
  First Circuit· 1999-06-28· cited 46×
• TAL Financial Corp. v. CSC Consulting, Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2006-03-31· cited 39×
• William C. Hays, Etc. v. Mobil Oil Corporation
  First Circuit· 1991-04-18· cited 37×
• Coverall North America, Inc. v. Commissioner of the Division of Unemployment Assistance
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2006-12-12· cited 37×
• Joslyn v. Chang
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2005-11-21· cited 32×
• Sisson v. Lhowe
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2011-10-06· cited 23×
• I v. Services of America, Inc. v. Inn Development & Management, Inc.
  D. Massachusetts· 1998-05-13· cited 22×
• Alcorn v. Raytheon Co.
  D. Massachusetts· 2001-11-21· cited 10×
• Cunningham Leather Co. v. American-Hawaiian Steamship Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1934-02-13· cited 1×