State Supreme Court / Mass.

Commonwealth v. Sellon

Decided March 25, 1980. Ruth Abrams wrote the opinion for the court.

402 N.E.2d 1329 · Cited 167 times

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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. Rondeau · 392 N.E.2d 1001
Commonwealth v. Saferian · 315 N.E.2d 878
Commonwealth v. Adams · 375 N.E.2d 681
Commonwealth v. McLaughlin · 303 N.E.2d 338
Commonwealth v. Rhoades · 401 N.E.2d 342
Commonwealth v. Hampton · 221 N.E.2d 766
Commonwealth v. Freeman · 227 N.E.2d 3
Commonwealth v. Satterfield · 364 N.E.2d 1260
Commonwealth v. Amazeen · 375 N.E.2d 693
Commonwealth v. Vanderpool · 328 N.E.2d 833
Commonwealth v. D'AGOSTINO · 182 N.E.2d 133
Commonwealth v. Ross · 282 N.E.2d 70
Commonwealth v. Brown · 390 N.E.2d 1107
Commonwealth v. Ross · 296 N.E.2d 810
Commonwealth v. Peters · 361 N.E.2d 1277
Commonwealth v. Godin · 371 N.E.2d 438
Sawyer & Co. v. Southern Pacific Co. · 238 N.E.2d 357

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Commonwealth v. Giguere · 420 Mass. 226
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