State Supreme Court / Mass.

Commonwealth v. DeCotis

Decided September 12, 1974. Herbert P. Wilkins wrote the opinion for the court.

316 N.E.2d 748 · Cited 175 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Federal Trade Commission v. R. F. Keppel & Bro. Inc. · 291 U.S. 304
Fields v. Othon · 313 Mass. 115
Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education · 402 U.S. 1
Federal Trade Commission v. Standard Education Society · 302 U.S. 112
State of West Virginia v. Chas. Pfizer & Co. · 314 F. Supp. 710
All Stainless, Inc. v. Colby · 308 N.E.2d 481
Securities & Exchange Commission v. Texas Gulf Sulphur Co. · 312 F. Supp. 77
Kagan v. United Vacuum Appliance Corp. · 260 N.E.2d 208
North Easton Co-operative Bank v. MacLean · 300 Mass. 285
Nigro v. Conti · 319 Mass. 480
Bleck v. East Boston Co. · 302 Mass. 127
Seder v. Kozlowski · 304 Mass. 367
Cooperstein v. Bogas · 317 Mass. 341
Berkwitz · 323 Mass. 41
Welch v. Mayor of Taunton · 179 N.E.2d 890

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