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· 3/14/1978

Lincoln Street Realty Co. v. Green

Citations

  • 373 N.E.2d 1172
  • 374 Mass. 630
  • 1978 Mass. LEXIS 884

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that publicly-funded legal service organization that did not bill clients was not entitled to attorneys fees under contractual fee-shifting provision
  • in general, a prevailing party may not recover attorney's fees in the absence of statutory authorization or contractual provision
  • in general, a prevailing party may not recover attorney’s fees in the absence of statutory authorization or contractual provision
  • “when attorney’s fees are statutorily authorized legal service organizations are entitled to receive such awards”
  • enforcing attorney’s fees provision in lease contract

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Judges: Hennessey, Quirico, Braucher, Kaplan, Abrams

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