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· 3/29/1990

Puckett v. Commissioner of Correction

Citations

  • 551 N.E.2d 1228
  • 28 Mass. App. Ct. 448
  • 1990 Mass. App. LEXIS 180

How courts have described this case

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

  • “rule of reason . . . dictates the point beyond which awaiting action status lawfully may not be continued”
  • “The rule of reason ... dictates the point beyond which awaiting action status lawfully may not be continued under the applicable regulations.”
  • plaintiffs confinement in awaiting action status for over five months without review held unreasonable as a matter of law
  • “The defendants’ attempt to appeal from the denial of their motion for summary judgment need not be addressed, the order of denial being interlocutory, unreported, and not the subject of [a] Mass.R.Civ.P. 54(b) judgment . . .”

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Judges: Brown, Dreben, Jacobs

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