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· 5/15/1809

Getchell v. Clark

Citations

  • 5 Mass. 309

How courts have described this case

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

  • describing a circuit court's failure to follow a binding precedent as \a clear departure from the essential requirements of law\
  • finding a miscarriage in such circumstances even where \the likelihood of another court committing a similar error . . . is speculative\
  • “The circuit court [engaged in profound] error by . . . fail[ing] to follow binding precedent of a sibling court.”

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