Mass Lawyers Weekly 5/13/22: In long-running fight over Wayland cremains, latest round goes to loved ones. As the result of a recent Appeals Court ruling, cremated human remains in a Wayland churchyard will lay undisturbed for now. But attorneys for two different churches say they hope that resting place is anything but final.

Boston Herald 8/6/22: Appeals Court tackles grave issue, cites dictionary in ruling ‘forever’ means eternity. Even the dead have rights, the state’s highest court has ruled. This is a case about contract law, property law, trust law — and above all — “common decency,” the federal Appeals Court stated.

An earlier article on the case from 2016 is online here.

Webmaster note: The Court’s decision is online here.