CLAIR v. CLAIR

No. SJC-11256.

464 Mass. 205 (2013)

CLAIRE M. CLAIR, executrix, & another v. JOSEPH P. CLAIR & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

January 25, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William P. Breen, Jr. , for 2003 Clair, LP, & others.

Nicholas D. Stellakis ( Harry L. Manion, III , Jennifer B. Furey, & David M. Fox with him) for Claire M. Clair.

Present: IRELAND, C.J., SPINA, CORDY, BOTSFORD, GANTS, DUFFLY, & LENK, JJ.


SPINA, J.

This case arises from a family dispute among the owners of twenty-six business entities (collectively, companies) that were established in connection with the operation of the Clair Auto Group, a chain of automobile dealerships. When the family patriarch, James E. Clair, Sr., died in 2004, his four sons — James E. Clair, Jr.; Mark J. Clair; Joseph P. Clair; and Michael S. Clair (collectively, Clair brothers) — held approximately equal ownership...

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