Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 5/1/1969
Commonwealth v. Baird
Citations
- 247 N.E.2d 574
- 355 Mass. 746
- 1969 Mass. LEXIS 870
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- declining to consider an Eighth Amendment challenge where the defendant had not yet been sentenced for a crime
- severing unconstitutional statutory provision making it a crime to exhibit items used to prevent conception, which violated First Amendment, from other provisions that prohibited giving away such articles
- defendant’s arrest and prosecution demonstrated actual controversy such that Act would have been available
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Judges: Wilkins, Spalding, Whittemore, Cutter, Kirk, Spiegel, Reardon
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20 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Eisenstadt v. BairdSupreme Court· 1972-03-22· cited 1,851×
- In the Matter of Paul PappasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1971-01-29· cited 61×
- Mobil Oil Corp. v. Attorney GeneralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1972-03-15· cited 55×
- Lowell v. KowalskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-05-14· cited 50×
- G & M Employment Service, Inc. v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1970-12-17· cited 38×
- Bunker Hill Distributing, Inc. v. District AttorneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-08-11· cited 36×
- Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group v. Secretary of CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-04-20· cited 34×
- Keniston v. Board of AssessorsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-06-19· cited 32×
- Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders v. Attorney GeneralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2002-02-21· cited 25×
- Robinson Ex Rel. Robinson v. BradleyD. Massachusetts· 1969-06-20· cited 22×
- Norcisa v. Board of Selectmen of ProvincetownMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-06-19· cited 22×
- William R. Baird v. Thomas S. Eisenstadt, as He is Sheriff of Suffolk County, MassachusettsFirst Circuit· 1970-07-06· cited 19×
- Sturgis v. Attorney GeneralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1970-06-29· cited 14×
- Murphy v. Commissioner of the Department of Industrial AccidentsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1994-07-06· cited 7×
- Baird v. EisenstadtD. Massachusetts· 1970-03-20· cited 5×
- Hathaway v. Worcester City HospitalD. Massachusetts· 1972-04-06· cited 1×
- Murphy v. COMMR. OF THE DEPT. OF INDUS. ACCIDENTSMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1994-07-06
- (1971)Wisconsin Attorney General Reports· 1971-05-26
- Commonwealth v. RuscittiMassachusetts Superior Court· 2008-02-08
- Commonwealth v. Ethan IsertMassachusetts Superior Court· 2024-01-02
Cites
28 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Griswold v. ConnecticutSupreme Court· 1965-06-07· cited 4,329×
- United States v. O'BrienSupreme Court· 1968-05-27· cited 3,604×
- Meyer v. NebraskaSupreme Court· 1923-06-04· cited 3,363×
- Roth v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1957-06-24· cited 3,255×
- Dombrowski v. PfisterSupreme Court· 1965-04-26· cited 2,255×
- Cox v. LouisianaSupreme Court· 1965-01-18· cited 1,449×
- Schenck v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1919-03-03· cited 1,079×
- Whitney v. CaliforniaSupreme Court· 1927-05-16· cited 1,054×
- A Book Named \John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure\ v. Attorney General of MassachusettsSupreme Court· 1966-03-21· cited 892×
- Brown v. LouisianaSupreme Court· 1966-02-23· cited 466×
- Herndon v. LowrySupreme Court· 1937-04-26· cited 420×
- Alegata v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1967-11-17· cited 116×
- Sperry & Hutchinson Co. v. Director of the Division on the Necessaries of LifeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1940-11-26· cited 76×
- Coffee-Rich, Inc. v. Commissioner of Public HealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1965-02-02· cited 57×
- Hall-Omar Baking Co. v. Commissioner of Labor & IndustriesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1962-07-05· cited 42×
- Attorney General v. Book Named \Tropic of Cancer.\Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1962-07-17· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. CorbettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1940-09-17· cited 30×
- Commonwealth v. GardnerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1938-05-26· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. GilfedderMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1947-06-02· cited 27×
- Pedlosky v. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1967-03-02· cited 20×
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