Commonwealth v. Brown

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• learned profession is characterized by need of unusual learning, existence of confidential relations and adherence to standard of ethics higher than that of market place
• learned profession is characterized by need of unusual learning, existence of confidential relations and adherence to standard of ethics higher than that of market place

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Lowell Bar Ass'n v. Loeb
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1943-12-08· cited 189×
• Webster v. Board of Dental Examiners
  California Supreme Court· 1941-03-06· cited 67×
• Slome v. Chief of Police of Fitchburg
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1939-10-26· cited 53×
• Merit Oil Co. v. Director of the Division on the Necessaries of Life
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1946-03-06· cited 53×
• Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination v. Colangelo
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1962-05-16· cited 51×
• Kaplan v. Bowker
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1956-01-19· cited 49×
• Commonwealth v. Ferris
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1940-02-14· cited 32×
• United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Sheehan
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1941-02-24· cited 14×
• Fournier v. Troianello
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1955-06-03· cited 13×
• Collins v. Commonwealth
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1943-12-01· cited 13×
• Forziati v. Board of Registration in Medicine
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1955-09-19· cited 8×
• Silverman v. Board of Registration in Optometry
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1962-04-09· cited 8×
• Perlow v. Board of Dental Examiners
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1955-06-09· cited 4×
• Machado v. Committee for Public Counsel Services
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1995-08-24· cited 4×
• Johnston v. Board of Dental Examiners, D. C.
  District of Columbia· 1943-01-18· cited 4×

Cites

35 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Nebbia v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1934-03-05· cited 1,848×
• Carter v. Carter Coal Co.
  Supreme Court· 1936-05-18· cited 680×
• Semler v. Oregon State Board of Dental Examiners
  Supreme Court· 1935-04-01· cited 410×
• Old Dearborn Distributing Co. v. Seagram-Distillers Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1936-12-07· cited 349×
• Pacific States Box & Basket Co. v. White
  Supreme Court· 1935-11-18· cited 296×
• Packer Corp. v. Utah
  Supreme Court· 1932-02-23· cited 144×
• Graves v. Minnesota
  Supreme Court· 1926-11-22· cited 105×
• Kneeland v. Emerton
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1932-10-25· cited 80×
• Horton v. Attorney General
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1929-12-31· cited 74×
• Menici v. Orton Crane & Shovel Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1934-03-26· cited 74×
• Commonwealth v. Pentz
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1924-02-25· cited 73×
• Forbes v. Gordon & Gerber, Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1937-07-02· cited 61×
• McMurdo v. Getter
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1937-09-20· cited 59×
• United States v. Laws
  Supreme Court· 1896-05-18· cited 57×
• Commonwealth v. Foster
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1877-03-03· cited 48×
• Commonwealth v. Libbey
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1914-01-09· cited 47×
• Commonwealth v. Hull
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1937-01-02· cited 42×
• Commonwealth v. Kimball
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1938-02-02· cited 29×
• In re Cohen
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1928-01-03· cited 26×
• Broabhurst v. City of Fall River
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1932-01-25· cited 24×