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Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 6/24/1993

Zora v. State Ethics Commission

Citations

  • 615 N.E.2d 180
  • 415 Mass. 640

How courts have described this case

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

  • noting that “bald assertions of error, lacking legal argument and authority,” do not “rise[] to the level of appellate argument”
  • referring to proceedings to adjudicate civil violations of G. L. c. 268A
  • \bald assertions of error\ in brief \lacking legal argument and authority . . . [do not] rise[] to the level of appellate argument\
  • bald assertions of error lacking legal argument and authority do not rise to level of appellate argument
  • briefs that include general \bald assertions of error\ devoid of legal arguments do not \rise[] to the level of appellate argument\
  • “When an agency ... is granted prosecutorial discretion to determine whether to institute formal adjudicatory proceedings, we will interfere with the exercise of that discretion only in cases presenting extraordinary circumstances”

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Judges: Liacos, Nolan, Lynch, O'Connor, Greaney

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Cites

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