· 12/5/2014
L.L., a juvenile v. Commonwealth
Citations
- 470 Mass. 169
- 20 N.E.3d 930
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that abuse of discretion occurs only where \the judge made 'a clear error of judgment in weighing' the factors relevant to the decision . . . such that the decision falls outside the range of reasonable alternatives\ (citation omitted)
- abuse of discretion occurs when there has been clear error of judgment in weighing relevant factors such that decision falls outside range of reasonable alternatives
- abuse of discretion consists of \clear error of judgment in weighing\ factors relevant to decision, such that decision falls outside range of reasonable alternatives [citation omitted]
- abuse of discretion is when decision falls outside of range of reasonable alternatives
- \a judge's discretionary decision constitutes an abuse of discretion where we conclude the judge made a clear error of judgment in weighing the factors relevant to the decision ... such that the decision falls outside the range of reasonable alternatives\ [quotation and citation omitted]
- reading statute's sections together to construe harmonious whole
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Gants, Spina, Botsford, Cordy, Hines
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