Harris v. Sannella

How courts have described this case

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

• “A void judgment is one which, from its inception, was a complete nullity and without legal effect”
• motion for relief from judgment \may not be used as a substitute for a timely appeal\
• judgment is void where it issues from a court that \lacked jurisdiction over the subject matter\
• “A void judgment is to be distinguished from an erroneous one, in that the latter is subject only to direct attack”
• distinction between void and voidable

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Kobrin v. Board of Registration in Medicine
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2005-08-11· cited 191×
• Colley v. Benson, Young & Downs Insurance
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1997-04-24· cited 42×
• O'Dea v. J.A.L., Inc.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1991-04-12· cited 35×
• O'Malley v. O'Malley
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1995-01-27· cited 34×
• Sarin v. Ochsner
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2000-01-07· cited 23×
• Wang v. Niakaros
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2006-08-17· cited 19×
• McIntire
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2010-11-05· cited 17×
• Commonwealth v. Martin
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2016-11-25· cited 13×
• Adoption of Rory
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2011-09-23· cited 13×
• Lumber Mutual Insurance v. Centore
  Mass. Dist. Ct., App. Div.· 1992-11-19· cited 12×
• Jones v. Boykan
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2011-05-11· cited 9×
• I.S.H. v. M.D.B.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2013-05-01· cited 8×
• Cohen v. Cohen
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-02-23· cited 7×
• BayBank v. Sullivan
  Mass. Dist. Ct., App. Div.· 1998-05-27· cited 7×
• Christakis v. Jeanne D'Arc Credit Union
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-05-06· cited 6×
• Gianareles v. Zegarowski
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-03-19· cited 6×
• Cadle Co. v. Rowe
  Mass. Dist. Ct., App. Div.· 2000-02-10· cited 6×
• M.M. v. D.A.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2011-04-04· cited 5×
• Commonwealth v. Marrero
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2014-06-09· cited 5×
• Mohamed Bin Bandar Mohamed Bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud v. Fast Forward, Inc.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1997-07-23· cited 4×

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Samuel Nemaizer, General Manager of the New York Coat, Suit, Dress, Rainwear and Allied Workers' Union I.L.G.W.U. v. Jack Baker, an Individual
  Second Circuit· 1986-06-05· cited 819×
• Hooks v. Hooks
  Sixth Circuit· 1985-08-23· cited 553×
• Robert James Lubben v. Selective Service System Local Board No. 27
  First Circuit· 1972-01-03· cited 253×
• Pentucket Manor Chronic Hospital, Inc. v. Rate Setting Commission
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-03-12· cited 92×
• Kansas City Southern Railway Company v. Great Lakes Carbon Corporation
  Eighth Circuit· 1980-06-16· cited 84×
• Drapek v. Drapek
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1987-02-17· cited 72×
• Jones v. Giles
  Ninth Circuit· 1984-08-21· cited 57×
• Geoffrey Honneus v. George Donovan
  First Circuit· 1982-09-20· cited 36×
• DuMont v. Godbey
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-01-06· cited 32×
• Wood v. Wood
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-02-03· cited 23×
• Slaughter v. McVey
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1985-09-16· cited 8×
• Rubin v. Rubin
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-05-07· cited 8×