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SILVA v. RENT-A-CENTER, INC.

454 Mass. 667 (2009)

JOY SILVA & another v. RENT-A-CENTER, INC., & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

September 10, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Seth R. Lesser, of New York (Matthew E. Miller & Christopher Weld, Jr., with him) for the plaintiffs.

Beth I. Z. Boland (Ron DeMoss with her) for the defendants.

The following submitted briefs for amici curiae:

John Pagliaro, Martin J. Newhouse, & Jo Ann Shotwell Kaplan for New England Legal Foundation & another.

Stuart T. Rossman for National Consumer Law Center & others.

Edward L. Winn, III, of Texas, for Association of Progressive Rental Organizations & another.

Present: MARSHALL, C.J., IRELAND, SPINA, COWIN, CORDY, BOTSFORD, & GANTS, JJ.

MARSHALL, C.J.

From children's musical instruments, dormitory refrigerators, and furniture used to stage prospective homes, to seasonal sporting equipment, televisions, and other consumer goods, the modern economy offers consumers diverse opportunities for leasing a variety of products. See Rohner, Leasing Consumer Goods: The Spotlight Shifts to the Uniform Consumer Leases Act, 35 Conn. L. Rev. 647, 649 (2003). A judge of the United States District Court for the District...

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