Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 4/9/1990
Commonwealth v. Gomes
Citations
- 552 N.E.2d 101
- 407 Mass. 206
- 1990 Mass. LEXIS 134
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- hearing required to determine whether defendant’s default was wilful or “solid”
- imposition of default costs permitted only when default is wilful
- imposition of default costs permitted only when default is wilful
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Liacos, Abrams, Nolan, Lynch, O'Connor
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10 cases in this archive cite this case.
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- Commonwealth v. HenryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2016-08-08· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. CleggMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2004-05-19· cited 14×
- City of Worcester v. SigelMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1994-12-29· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. PayneMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1992-11-10· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. PereiraMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-04-13· cited 4×
- Commonwealth v. Bruno-O'LearyMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-09-19
- Commonwealth v. AgostoMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-02-22
- Commonwealth v. A.Z.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2024-01-25
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Cites
40 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court· 1938-05-31· cited 10,545×
- Brewer v. WilliamsSupreme Court· 1977-05-16· cited 2,626×
- Bearden v. GeorgiaSupreme Court· 1983-05-24· cited 1,941×
- Tate v. ShortSupreme Court· 1971-03-02· cited 837×
- Phillip Morris v. Hiram Schoonfield, WardenSupreme Court· 1970-06-29· cited 131×
- United States v. Lewis D. AllenTenth Circuit· 1990-02-06· cited 118×
- Boyd v. DuttonSupreme Court· 1972-02-22· cited 115×
- Commonwealth v. CavanaughMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-09-07· cited 87×
- State v. De BonisSupreme Court of New Jersey· 1971-04-08· cited 82×
- Osborne v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-05-15· cited 62×
- Commonwealth v. SitkoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-04-04· cited 48×
- Andrew A. Sanchez v. Eloy Mondragon, Warden, Southern N.M. Correction Facility Attorney General of the State of New MexicoTenth Circuit· 1988-10-06· cited 43×
- Williams v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1966-05-17· cited 34×
- Commonwealth v. BartlettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-04-05· cited 34×
- Commonwealth ex rel. Benedict v. CliffSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-05-04· cited 33×
- Ariel Santiago v. United StatesFirst Circuit· 1989-11-20· cited 32×
- State v. DukeCourt of Appeals of Kansas· 1985-05-02· cited 24×
- Commonwealth v. FrancisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-04-05· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. CoughlinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-06-22· cited 16×
- Johnson v. StateWyoming Supreme Court· 1975-03-05· cited 15×
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