Scannell v. Ed. Ferreirinha & Irmao, Lda.

How courts have described this case

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

• discussing question whether Mass.R.Civ.R 54[c], 365 Mass. 820 [1974], goes to the jurisdiction of the court or merely states a procedural constraint
• Reviewing court will not substitute its own judgment for that of the trial judge
• “Appellate courts have discretion to consider issues not argued below where injustice might otherwise result”
• “[W]e will only overturn a judge’s decision [on a motion to vacate judgment under Rule 60(b)] ‘upon a showing of a clear abuse of discretion.’”
• “[W]e will only overturn a judge’s decision [on a Rule 60(b) motion] ‘upon a showing of a clear abuse of discretion’”
• raising but not deciding question

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