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· 6/19/1975

Rollins Environmental Services, Inc. v. Superior Court

Citations

  • 330 N.E.2d 814
  • 368 Mass. 174
  • 1975 Mass. LEXIS 983

How courts have described this case

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

  • stating that when construing the Massachusetts Rules of Civil Procedure, courts are to follow the construction given the Federal Rules
  • involving effort by litigant to obtain “piecemeal appellate review” of a nonappealable trial court ruling
  • dismissing effort by plaintiff to obtain piecemeal appellate review of interlocutory order
  • “In construing our rules, we follow the construction given to the Federal rules ‘absent compelling reasons to the contrary or significant differences in content’ ”
  • “[T]he adjudged construction theretofore given to the Federal rules is to be given to our rules, absent compelling reasons to the contrary or significant differences in content”
  • “The standard under Rule 11 . . . is bad faith”

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Judges: Tauro, Reardon, Quirico, Kaplan, Wilkins

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