Commonwealth v. Gordon

How courts have described this case

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

• hearing available under c. 30A if constitutionally required, even though statute did not so provide
• affirming dismissal of equal protection challenge to licensing scheme governing street vendors
• “in a prosecution for violation of a licensing statute which is unconstitutional on its face, the issue of its validity is presented even in the absence of an application for a license”
• no constitutional right to hearing on application for hawking and peddling license
• no constitutional right to a hearing where licensing statute provides that director “may” grant a license for hawking and peddling under G.L.c. 101, §22 after police chief certifies that applicant is “of good repute for morals and integrity”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

17 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Konstantopoulos v. Town of Whately
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-07-27· cited 84×
• Commonwealth v. Johnson
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2011-12-02· cited 69×
• Doe v. Sex Offender Registry Board
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-07-24· cited 60×
• Powell v. Tompkins
  First Circuit· 2015-04-15· cited 41×
• Commonwealth v. Loadholt
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2011-10-11· cited 34×
• Roslindale Motor Sales, Inc. v. Police Commr. of Boston
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1989-05-22· cited 32×
• Massachusetts Outdoor Advertising Council v. Outdoor Advertising Board
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1980-05-29· cited 15×
• General Chemical Corp. v. Department of Environmental Quality Engineering
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1985-01-31· cited 12×
• Commonwealth v. Blackgammon's, Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-02-18· cited 8×
• Lynch v. Police Commissioner
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1997-07-07· cited 3×
• General Chemical v. Dept. of Envtl. Quality
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1985-01-31· cited 2×
• American Sign & Indicator Corp. v. Town of Framingham
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1980-01-22· cited 1×
• Fontaine v. McAvene
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 1996-06-21
• Cadle Co. v. Massachusetts Division of Banks
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 2006-11-17
• Commonwealth v. Lee
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 2011-02-25
• Commonwealth v. Philip J. Marquis
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2025-03-11
• Commonwealth v. Nathaniel Rodriguez
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2025-09-30

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• United States v. Raines
  Supreme Court· 1960-02-29· cited 1,174×
• Smith v. Cahoon
  Supreme Court· 1931-05-25· cited 395×
• Swan v. Justices of Superior Court
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1916-02-09· cited 142×
• Alegata v. Commonwealth
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1967-11-17· cited 116×
• Commonwealth v. Carpenter
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1950-03-29· cited 78×
• Milligan v. Board of Registration in Pharmacy
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1965-02-08· cited 65×
• Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination v. Colangelo
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1962-05-16· cited 51×
• MacKenzie v. School Committee of Ipswich
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1961-05-09· cited 47×
• Hall-Omar Baking Co. v. Commissioner of Labor & Industries
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1962-07-05· cited 42×
• Turnpike Amusement Park, Inc. v. Licensing Commission
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1962-01-05· cited 22×
• Howe v. Attorney General
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1950-02-03· cited 18×
• Nichols v. Dacey
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1953-01-02· cited 14×
• Moore v. Civil Service Commission
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1956-01-05· cited 7×