Commonwealth v. Fidler

Decided January 30, 1979. Ruth Abrams wrote the opinion for the court.

385 N.E.2d 513 · Cited 158 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.

• People v. Hutchinson · 71 Cal. 2d 342
• People v. De Lucia · 20 N.Y.2d 275
• Clyde Mattox v. United States · 146 U.S. 140
• United States v. Hall · 424 F. Supp. 508
• Commonwealth v. Harrison · 331 N.E.2d 873
• McDonald v. Pless · 238 U.S. 264
• United States v. Narciso · 446 F. Supp. 252
• State v. Morgan · 485 P.2d 1371
• United States v. Driscoll · 276 F. Supp. 333
• United States v. Miller · 284 F. Supp. 220
• United States v. Winters · 434 F. Supp. 1181
• United States v. Sanchez · 380 F. Supp. 1260

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• Commonwealth v. Miller · 475 Mass. 212
• Commonwealth v. Laguer · 571 N.E.2d 371
• Commonwealth v. Tavares · 430 N.E.2d 1198
• Commonwealth v. Kincaid · 444 Mass. 381
• Commonwealth v. Solis · 553 N.E.2d 938
• Commonwealth v. Guisti · 434 Mass. 245
• Commonwealth v. McCowen · 458 Mass. 461
• Commonwealth v. Mahoney · 550 N.E.2d 1380
• Commonwealth v. Cuffie · 609 N.E.2d 437
• Commonwealth v. Semedo · 456 Mass. 1
• Globe Newspaper Co. v. Commonwealth · 556 N.E.2d 356
• Fitzpatrick v. Allen · 575 N.E.2d 750
• Commonwealth v. Dixon · 479 N.E.2d 159
• Markee v. Biasetti · 575 N.E.2d 1083
• Commonwealth v. Murphy · 86 Mass. App. Ct. 118
• Commonwealth v. Smith · 531 N.E.2d 556
• Commonwealth v. Sheehy · 588 N.E.2d 10
• McDonald v. Consolidated Rail Corp. · 502 N.E.2d 521
• Commonwealth v. Casey · 442 Mass. 1
• Commonwealth v. Blanchard · 88 Mass. App. Ct. 637
• Commonwealth v. Pytou Heang · 458 Mass. 827

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