Massachusetts Appeals Court· 7/27/1988
Commonwealth v. Hart
Citations
- 525 N.E.2d 1345
- 26 Mass. App. Ct. 235
- 1988 Mass. App. LEXIS 472
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “It is the status of the way, not the status of the driver, which the statute defines”
- characteristics included “intersecting streets, general use by the public, a broad category of business visitors, and only occasional closing off [if any]” of the way
- presence of businesses along the side of private way support its inclusion within scope of the drunk-driving statute
- public way found despite presence of “a sign [a little bigger than a standard no parking sign which also adorned the pole] that read: ‘Private Property/Chomerics Employees and Authorized Persons Only’ ”
- private way extension of a public road abutted by business outlets is a way to which members of the public have right of access as invitees or licensees
- invitees or licensees in question were “[e]mployees, customers, service personnel, vendors, deliverymen, and other callers with a business purpose [who] used the private stretch of [road] to reach their destinations”
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Cutter, Grant, Kass
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13 cases in this archive cite this case.
- State v. PraterNebraska Supreme Court· 2004-09-24· cited 37×
- Commonwealth v. Angelo Todesca Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2006-03-01· cited 29×
- Commonwealth v. GeorgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-02-14· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. SmithsonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1996-10-31· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. BelliveauMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2010-06-01· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. CallahanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1989-06-15· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. BrownMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2001-05-30· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. MuiseMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1990-03-28· cited 8×
- Commonwealth v. KissMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2003-09-09· cited 8×
- Commonwealth v. StoddardMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2009-04-30· cited 8×
- Commonwealth v. CabralMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2010-08-05· cited 5×
- Commonwealth v. VirgilioMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2011-05-24· cited 3×
- Commonwealth v. LohanMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-12-11
Cites
8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-08-07· cited 1,893×
- Commonwealth v. KelleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-04-15· cited 184×
- Commonwealth v. SevieriMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1986-03-27· cited 40×
- Commonwealth v. PacciaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1958-10-29· cited 29×
- Commonwealth v. CharlandMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1959-04-02· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. MaraMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1926-10-13· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. ColbyMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1987-03-24· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. SavoyMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1986-01-28· cited 6×
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