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· 5/9/1980

Packaging Industries Group, Inc. v. Cheney

Citations

  • 405 N.E.2d 106
  • 380 Mass. 609

How courts have described this case

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

  • concluding that “[w]hat matters as to each party is not the raw amount of irreparable harm the party might conceivably suffer, but rather the risk of such harm in light of the party’s chance of success on the merits”
  • stating that “the fact that an appeal may be taken as of right ... does not prohibit a party from seeking discretionary relief from a single justice”
  • Indicating that the risk of irreparable harm must always be considered “in light of the [moving] party’s chance of success on the merits”
  • indicating that the risk of irreparable harm must always be considered “in light of the [moving] party’s chance of success on the merits”
  • stating that where the state legislature enacts a statute following a federal statute, state courts should follow adjudged construction of the federal statute by federal courts
  • noting that “what matters as to each party is not the raw amount of irreparable harm the party might conceivably suffer, but rather the risk of such harm in light of the party’s chance of success on the merits”

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Judges: Hennessey, Braucher, Kaplan, Liacos, Abrams

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