State Supreme Court / Mass.

Commonwealth v. Makarewicz

Decided February 15, 1956. Edward Augustine Counihan Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

132 N.E.2d 294 · Cited 77 times

Official text

We don’t host opinion text or publish a summary of this ruling — read the official public-domain text for the court’s holding and reasoning, and verify against the primary source.

Precedents cited

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.

Commonwealth v. Mabey · 299 Mass. 96
Commonwealth v. Noxon · 319 Mass. 495
Commonwealth v. Farrell · 322 Mass. 606
Commonwealth v. Clark · 292 Mass. 409
Commonwealth v. Beal · 314 Mass. 210
Commonwealth v. Boris · 317 Mass. 309
Commonwealth v. Sheppard · 313 Mass. 590
Commonwealth v. Galvin · 323 Mass. 205
Commonwealth v. Granito · 95 N.E.2d 539
Commonwealth v. Smith · 109 N.E.2d 120
Commonwealth v. Shea · 323 Mass. 406
Commonwealth v. McGarty · 323 Mass. 435
Jackson v. Anthony · 282 Mass. 540
Commonwealth v. Gray · 314 Mass. 96
Holton v. Boston Elevated Railway Co. · 303 Mass. 242
Commonwealth v. Sherman · 294 Mass. 379
Flynn v. Growers Outlet, Inc. · 307 Mass. 373
Commonwealth v. Coggins · 324 Mass. 552
Lovasco v. Parkhurst Marine Railway Co. · 322 Mass. 64
Baxter v. Bourget · 311 Mass. 490

Cited by

Later opinions in our collection that cite this decision.

State v. Atkinson · 167 S.E.2d 241
Commonwealth v. Bys · 348 N.E.2d 431
Commonwealth v. Heffernan · 213 N.E.2d 399
Commonwealth v. Chase · 217 N.E.2d 195
Commonwealth v. Harrison · 173 N.E.2d 87
State v. Jenkins · 268 S.E.2d 458
State v. Duguay · 178 A.2d 129
Calvanese v. WW Babcock Co., Inc. · 412 N.E.2d 895
Commonwealth v. Corliss · 470 Mass. 443
Commonwealth v. Murphy · 254 N.E.2d 895
City of Shelbyville v. MORTON, ETC. · 208 N.E.2d 705
Commonwealth v. Underwood · 265 N.E.2d 577
Commonwealth v. Sandler · 335 N.E.2d 903
Myers v. Commonwealth · 298 N.E.2d 819
Commonwealth v. Caine · 318 N.E.2d 901
Commonwealth v. Cruz · 369 N.E.2d 996
Commonwealth v. Harris · 358 N.E.2d 982
Commonwealth v. Rhoades · 401 N.E.2d 342
Commonwealth v. Jones · 287 N.E.2d 599
Griffin v. General Motors Corp. · 403 N.E.2d 402
Commonwealth v. Daniels · 321 N.E.2d 822
Commonwealth v. Jackson · 386 N.E.2d 15
Commonwealth v. Allen · 480 N.E.2d 630
Commonwealth v. Johnson · 313 N.E.2d 571
Commonwealth v. Binkiewicz · 175 N.E.2d 473

Explore from here

Edward Augustine Counihan Jr.’s Judicial Record · Mass. · How we source opinions

Source: opinion metadata, authorship, and citation counts from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data (public domain). Data last verified 2026-07-09. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).