Commonwealth v. Vitello

Decided April 1, 1975. Benjamin Kaplan wrote the opinion for the court.

327 N.E.2d 819 · Cited 142 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.

• Commonwealth v. Cromer · 313 N.E.2d 557
• Sheppard v. Maxwell · 384 U.S. 333
• State v. Siegel · 292 A.2d 86
• United States v. King · 335 F. Supp. 523
• People v. Conklin · 522 P.2d 1049
• Askew v. American Waterways Operators, Inc. · 411 U.S. 325
• Commonwealth v. Beneficial Finance Company · 275 N.E.2d 33
• Commonwealth v. O'Brien · 305 Mass. 393
• Bloom v. City of Worcester · 293 N.E.2d 268
• Commonwealth v. Geagan · 159 N.E.2d 870
• Commonwealth v. Stevens · 283 N.E.2d 673
• Commonwealth v. Subilosky · 224 N.E.2d 197
• Commonwealth v. Fatalo · 191 N.E.2d 479
• Commonwealth v. Medeiros · 236 N.E.2d 642
• United States v. Escandar · 319 F. Supp. 295
• United States v. Scott · 331 F. Supp. 233
• In the Matter of Paul Pappas · 266 N.E.2d 297
• Halpin v. Superior Court · 495 P.2d 1295
• Commonwealth v. Snow · 298 N.E.2d 804
• Commonwealth v. Iannello · 184 N.E.2d 364
• Commonwealth v. Ries · 150 N.E.2d 527
• Commonwealth v. Hayes · 311 Mass. 21
• Commonwealth v. Pope · 241 N.E.2d 848
• Commonwealth v. Lussier · 305 N.E.2d 499
• Ramacorti v. Boston Redevelopment Authority · 170 N.E.2d 323

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• United States v. Gianelli · 585 F. Supp. 2d 150
• District Attorney for the Plymouth District v. New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. · 399 N.E.2d 866
• State v. Verdugo · 180 Ariz. 180
• State v. Calash · 212 Conn. 485
• Commonwealth v. Accaputo · 404 N.E.2d 1204
• State v. Minter · 561 A.2d 570
• State v. Bruce · 295 Kan. 1036
• State v. Williams · 617 P.2d 1012
• State v. Catania · 427 A.2d 537
• Commonwealth v. Thorpe · 424 N.E.2d 250
• Daniels v. State · 381 So. 2d 707
• Navarra v. Bache Halsey Stuart Shields Inc. · 510 F. Supp. 831
• O'Hara v. People · 271 P.3d 503
• Commonwealth v. Jarabek · 424 N.E.2d 491
• Commonwealth v. Westerman · 611 N.E.2d 215
• Commonwealth v. Tavares · 459 Mass. 289
• O'Sullivan v. Nynex Corp. · 426 Mass. 261
• New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. District Attorney for Norfolk District · 374 Mass. 569
• Commonwealth v. Williams · 393 N.E.2d 937
• New England Tel. & Tel. v. ATTORNEY FOR NORFOLK DIST. · 373 N.E.2d 960
• Reed v. State · 391 A.2d 364
• Commonwealth v. Blood · 507 N.E.2d 1029

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