State Supreme Court / Mass.

Commonwealth v. Thomas

Decided March 2, 1971. Richard Amni Cutter wrote the opinion for the court.

267 N.E.2d 489 · Cited 70 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. Murphy · 233 N.E.2d 5
Jones v. United States · 362 U.S. 257
Sabbath v. United States · 391 U.S. 585
People v. Terry · 454 P.2d 36
Commonwealth v. Frye · 433 Pa. 473
Commonwealth v. Ballou · 217 N.E.2d 187
Commonwealth v. Dirring · 238 N.E.2d 508
State v. Dias · 470 P.2d 510
United States v. St. Clair · 240 F. Supp. 338
United States v. Lewis · 227 F. Supp. 433
McCarthy v. Isenberg Bros. · 321 Mass. 170
United States v. Perkins · 286 F. Supp. 259
Hurst v. People of State of California · 211 F. Supp. 387
United States v. Buchner · 164 F. Supp. 836
People v. Seals · 263 Cal. App. 2d 575
Thurlow v. Crossman · 143 N.E.2d 812
Carlisle v. Department of Public Utilities · 353 Mass. 722
Mikaloros v. Stamatouras · 206 N.E.2d 62
Harris v. Ellis Realty, Inc. · 350 Mass. 520

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Chilton v. State · 611 P.2d 53
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United States v. Legault · 323 F. Supp. 2d 217
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Commonwealth v. Dinnall · 314 N.E.2d 903
Commonwealth v. Pietrass · 467 N.E.2d 1368
Sullivan v. District Court of Hampshire · 429 N.E.2d 335
Commonwealth v. Battle · 313 N.E.2d 554
Commonwealth v. Therrien · 269 N.E.2d 687
Commonwealth v. McCarthy · 428 Mass. 871
Commonwealth v. Cadoret · 445 N.E.2d 1050
Commonwealth v. Fiore · 9 Mass. App. Ct. 618
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