Massachusetts Electric Co. v. Athol One, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• summarizing holding of First Nat. Ins. Co. of Am. v. Commonwealth, 376 Mass. 248, 251 (1978)
• requiring waiver of sovereign immu nity for suits against the Commonwealth
• first step in statutory reach and apply action is to \show the existence of a debt owed\
• sovereign immunity bars suits against the Commonwealth unless statute waives immunity expressly or by necessary implication
• \creditor can reach and apply in payment of any 'debt' a variety of a debtor's interests that are unavailable for ordinary attachment or levy\
• statute did not waive Commonwealth's immunity from reach and apply action

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).