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· 4/15/1987

Hull Municipal Lighting Plant v. Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Co.

Citations

  • 506 N.E.2d 140
  • 399 Mass. 640
  • 1987 Mass. LEXIS 1224

How courts have described this case

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

  • affirming \preliminary injunction ordering [plaintiff] to continue making payments to [defendant] as required by [their contracts]\
  • affirming \preliminary injunction ordering [plaintiff] to continue making payments to [defendant] as required by [their contracts]\
  • affirming preliminary injunction, and holding that failure to make required monthly payments pending arbitration constituted irreparable harm because it threatened “very existence” of moving party’s business
  • preliminary injunction upheld requiring contractual payments to continue while dispute is arbitrated pursuant to court order
  • “Economic harm alone, however, will not suffice as irreparable harm unless ‘the loss threatens the very existence of the movant’s business’ ”
  • preliminary relief appropriate because a “recoverable monetary loss may constitute irreparable harm where the loss threatens the very existence of the movant’s business”

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Judges: Hennessey, Liacos, Nolan, Lynch, O'Connor

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