Serreze v. YWCA of Western Massachusetts, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• applying statute to transitional housing program for battered women, even absent “classic ‘tenancy’ ”
• “[I]t is not a characteristic feature of summary process law that the landlord who seeks possession is without a speedy remedy”
• landlord may not use self-help eviction process to evict participants in a transitional living program where the participants manifest no social or behavioral disorders justifying substantive limitations on their living accommodations

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).