Commonwealth v. Brugmann

How courts have described this case

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

• insufficient showing that there were no alternatives or that pursuit of them would be futile
• insufficient showing that there were no alternatives or that pursuit of them would be futile
• “it is up to the defendant to make himself aware of any available lawful alternatives, ‘or show them to be futile in the circumstances’ ”
• trespass would automatically close down nuclear power plant, thereby stopping alleged radiation leaks
• trespass would automatically close down nuclear power plant, thereby stopping alleged radiation leaks
• “At [the] root [of the necessity defense] is an appreciation that there may be circumstances where the value protected by the law is, as a matter of public policy, eclipsed by a superseding value which makes it inappropriate and unjust to apply the usual criminal rule”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).