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· 7/24/1980

Gopen v. American Supply Co., Inc.

Citations

  • 407 N.E.2d 1255
  • 10 Mass. App. Ct. 342

How courts have described this case

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

  • the rule against retroactive application of statutes affecting substantive rights “takes on additional significance where ... relationships created by a contract antedating the statute are challenged”
  • false representation of net worth of subsidiary corporation’s assets by agent of parent corporation held matter susceptible of actual knowledge and one in which parent corporation would have had superior knowledge because of its control over subsidiary
  • satellite corporate shells of cab company penetrated

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Judges: Grant, Greaney, Dreben

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