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I asked this many years ago, but was reminded of it just now, and thought I'd ask it again:

Without looking it up or having studied or practiced in New England—which is where the phrase seems to be used—what does "PPA" mean in a case caption (when it doesn't mean "phenylpropanolamine," the subject of a spate of litigation some years ago)?

Eugene Volokh is the Gary T. Schwartz Distinguished Professor of Law at UCLA and a Visiting Fellow (Senior Fellow starting May 2024) at the Hoover Institution (Stanford). Naturally, his posts here (like the opinions of the other bloggers) are his own, and not endorsed by any educational institution.