· 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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