Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 10/29/1970
Commonwealth v. Gillis
Citations
- 263 N.E.2d 437
- 358 Mass. 215
- 1970 Mass. LEXIS 714
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “Section 20 has been treated as creating a disqualification of both spouses to testify to private conversations and not merely a privilege which must be appropriately claimed and may be waived.” (emphasis added)
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Judges: Spalding, Cutter, Spiegel, Reardon, Quirico
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11 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. O'BRIENMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-04-06· cited 76×
- Green v. CosbyD. Massachusetts· 2016-02-11· cited 31×
- Gallagher v. GoldsteinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1988-06-07· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. SugrueMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1993-02-25· cited 14×
- United States v. MavroulesD. Massachusetts· 1993-02-17· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. BurnhamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2008-05-27· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. BlackMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1976-08-03· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. McCrearyMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1981-12-03· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. GarciaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2017-04-21· cited 3×
- Commonwealth v. GarciaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2016-02-16· cited 1×
- Anderson v. BarreraMassachusetts Superior Court· 1997-02-15
Cites
22 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. DascalakisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1923-06-20· cited 239×
- United States v. MitchellSecond Circuit· 1943-11-08· cited 116×
- United States v. WalkerSecond Circuit· 1949-07-25· cited 65×
- Commonwealth v. LePageMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1967-04-27· cited 61×
- Sampson v. SampsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1916-04-05· cited 50×
- Kaye v. NewhallMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1969-06-26· cited 31×
- People v. DanielsCalifornia Court of Appeal· 1969-11-03· cited 28×
- Commonwealth v. HamptonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1966-12-02· cited 27×
- Wheeler v. StateTennessee Supreme Court· 1967-04-21· cited 24×
- State v. AmerickWashington Supreme Court· 1953-04-28· cited 20×
- Coleman v. ColemanMissouri Court of Appeals· 1958-12-02· cited 20×
- Southwestern Bell Telephone Company v. NelsonSupreme Court of Oklahoma· 1963-07-16· cited 13×
- Cashin v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1904-05-18· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. CroninMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1904-02-25· cited 8×
- Sherry v. MooreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1928-11-27· cited 6×
- Mitchell v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1944-03-27· cited 5×
- Commonwealth v. JardineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1887-02-23· cited 4×
- Dowdy v. StateTennessee Supreme Court· 1952-07-11· cited 4×
- Clark v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1937-05-07· cited 3×
- Hetel v. Messier's Diner, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1967-03-02· cited 2×
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