· 6/7/1971
Commonwealth v. Brasher
Citations
- 270 N.E.2d 389
- 359 Mass. 550
- 1971 Mass. LEXIS 854
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- construing the \stubborn child\ provision of § 53 as prohibiting defined acts of disobedience by a minor
- construing the “stubborn child” provision of § 53 as prohibiting defined acts of disobedience by a minor
- “[T]he State . . . has an interest in insuring the existence of harmonious relations between family members and between the family unit and the rest of the public society.”
- State may try minors for crime of being \stubborn children\
- State may try minors for crime of being “stubborn children”
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Tauro, Spalding, Cutter, Reardon, Quirico
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