Doe v. Nutter, McClennen & Fish

How courts have described this case

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

• affirming dismissal of chapter 93A claim and other state law claims based on litigation privilege
• explaining privilege applies even if “offensive statements are uttered maliciously or in bad faith”
• letter in which firm threatened to bring law suit against plaintiff protected by absolute privilege could not form basis of liability on any theory
• “the disciplinary rules provide standards of professional conduct of attorneys and do not in and of themselves create independent causes of action”
• privilege protects against invasion of privacy and violations of Civil Rights Act and G. L. c. 93A
• attorney furnished with case law demonstrating that no cause of action existed

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Kurker v. Hell
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1998-01-22· cited 195×
• Fisher v. Lint
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2007-06-19· cited 54×
• Van Christo Advertising, Inc. v. M/A-COM/LCS
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-01-12· cited 46×
• Bartle v. Berry
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2011-09-14· cited 43×
• In re Cobb
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2005-12-08· cited 36×
• Commonwealth v. Vao Sok
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2002-02-01· cited 27×
• McDermott v. Marcus, Errico, Emmer & Brooks, P.C.
  D. Massachusetts· 2012-11-20· cited 27×
• Taylor v. Swartwout
  D. Massachusetts· 2006-07-24· cited 23×
• Anderson v. Boston School Committee
  First Circuit· 1997-02-04· cited 20×
• Visnick v. Caulfield
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2009-03-10· cited 15×
• International Floor Crafts, Inc. v. Adams
  D. Massachusetts· 2007-02-28· cited 13×
• Psy-Ed Corp. v. Klein
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2004-09-23· cited 12×
• Meltzer v. Grant
  D. Massachusetts· 2002-03-28· cited 10×
• Korper v. Weinstein
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2003-02-24· cited 10×
• Bratcher v. Moriarty, Donoghue & Leja, P.C.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2002-03-04· cited 9×
• Telman v. Brink
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2009-08-18· cited 8×
• Northeast Line Construction Corp. v. J.E. Guertin Co.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2011-10-13· cited 8×
• Noone v. Town of Palmer
  D. Massachusetts· 2014-02-26· cited 8×
• Taupa Lithuanian Federal Credit Union v. Bajercius
  Mass. Dist. Ct., App. Div.· 1997-03-11· cited 8×
• Kimmel & Silverman, P.C. v. Porro
  D. Massachusetts· 2014-09-30· cited 5×

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Cooter & Gell v. Hartmarx Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1990-06-11· cited 4,510×
• Correllas v. Viveiros
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-06-05· cited 253×
• Fishman v. Brooks
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-01-30· cited 178×
• Kevin Frazier v. Edward N. Bailey
  First Circuit· 1992-02-24· cited 177×
• Nemeroff v. Abelson
  Second Circuit· 1980-03-17· cited 166×
• CRIBERG v. Raymond
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-04-08· cited 125×
• Robert L. Sullivan, D.D.S., P.C. v. Birmingham
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1981-02-13· cited 88×
• Mulgrew v. City of Taunton
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-07-11· cited 69×
• New England Allbank for Savings v. Rouleau
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1989-12-06· cited 28×
• Bird v. Bird
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1987-06-22· cited 20×
• Theran v. Rokoff
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-11-03· cited 13×
• Robinson v. Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc.
  D. Massachusetts· 1989-12-22· cited 12×
• Callahan v. Board of Bar Overseers
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1994-04-12· cited 11×
• Committe v. Dennis Reimer Co.
  D. Vermont· 1993-08-10· cited 8×
• Fifty-One Hispanic Residents v. School Committee
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1996-01-05· cited 3×