Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 3/29/1950
Commonwealth v. Carpenter
Citations
- 91 N.E.2d 666
- 325 Mass. 519
- 1950 Mass. LEXIS 1107
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Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- statute directing that “[n]o person shall, in a street . . . unreasonably saunter or loiter for more than seven minutes after being directed by a police officer to move on” forced both public and law enforcement officers to guess at meaning of “unreasonable”
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67 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Board of Appeals of Hanover v. Housing Appeals Comm.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1973-03-22· cited 134×
- Alegata v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1967-11-17· cited 116×
- Commonwealth v. BalthazarMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-11-01· cited 93×
- City of Seattle v. WebsterWashington Supreme Court· 1990-12-06· cited 87×
- Helbig v. Zoning Commission of Noank Fire DistrictSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1981-08-18· cited 85×
- Commonwealth v. MillerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1972-04-24· cited 84×
- City of Seattle v. PullmanWashington Supreme Court· 1973-09-27· cited 81×
- People v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court· 1988-08-22· cited 76×
- Leone v. DoranMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1973-01-22· cited 66×
- Commonwealth v. SepheusMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-05-19· cited 62×
- Commonwealth v. BohmerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-02-15· cited 59×
- Commonwealth v. JarrettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1971-05-12· cited 55×
- Wheeler v. GoodmanW.D. North Carolina· 1969-11-14· cited 53×
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-07-03· cited 44×
- Jaquith v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1954-06-04· cited 41×
- A JuvenileMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-01-31· cited 41×
- City of Columbus v. ThompsonOhio Supreme Court· 1971-02-03· cited 39×
- Hayes v. Municipal Court of Oklahoma CityCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 1971-07-28· cited 38×
- Care & Protection of CharlesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1987-03-02· cited 37×
- Mandel v. Municipal CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal· 1969-10-08· cited 33×
Cites
15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Connally v. General Construction Co.Supreme Court· 1926-01-04· cited 3,272×
- Lanzetta v. New JerseySupreme Court· 1939-03-27· cited 1,416×
- Winters v. New YorkSupreme Court· 1948-05-03· cited 1,240×
- Druzik v. Board of Health of HaverhillMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1949-04-04· cited 95×
- Pinkerton v. VerbergMichigan Supreme Court· 1889-12-28· cited 64×
- City of St. Louis v. GlonerSupreme Court of Missouri· 1908-03-17· cited 40×
- Commonwealth v. SlomeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1947-11-04· cited 33×
- Commonwealth v. GilfedderMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1947-06-02· cited 27×
- State of Arizona v. StarrArizona Supreme Court· 1941-05-16· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. PasconeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1941-04-05· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. AndersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1941-02-25· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. AkmakjianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1944-04-28· cited 9×
- Kennedy v. SaundersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1886-05-08· cited 5×
- City of Columbus v. AldrichOhio Court of Appeals· 1942-01-23· cited 4×
- City of Olathe v. LauckSupreme Court of Kansas· 1943-04-10· cited 3×
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