Amicus Announcement
SJC-10859
THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT IS SOLICITING AMICUS BRIEFS OR MEMORANDA FROM INTERESTED PARTIES IN THE FOLLOWING MATTER PENDING BEFORE THE COURT
ARGUMENT IS TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 2011
AMICUS SUBMISSIONS ARE DUE NO LATER THAN TWO WEEKS BEFORE
THE FIRST DAY OF THE SITTING IN WHICH THE CASE IS SCHEDULED FOR ARGUMENT
SJC-10859
Smaland Beach Association, Inc. v. Arthur Genova & another; Allen Bartlett & others, interveners
In circumstances in which a party to litigation asserts an advice of counsel defense to an abuse of process claim, whether the attorney who gave the advice is a necessary witness and thus disqualified from representing the party at trial; what is the scope of allowable changes to deposition testimony by errata sheets pursuant to Mass. R. Civ. P. 30(e).
Interested parties may file their briefs in the Office of the Clerk for the Commonwealth, John Adams Courthouse, Suite 1-400, Pemberton Square, Boston MA 02108-1724 (Telephone 617-557-1020). Parties filing amicus briefs are expected to comply with the requirements of Rules 17, 19 and 20 of Mass. Rules of Appellate Procedure. Amicus briefs, to assist the court, should focus on the ramifications of a decision and not solely on the interests of the parties filing such briefs.
| Susan Mellen, Clerk |
February 14, 2011