Commonwealth v. Hilton

How courts have described this case

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

• selectmen of a town may prohibit the digging of clams by nonresidents of the town
• it is not to be assumed that the Legislature would grant exclusive fishing rights except to promote the public interest
• it is not to be assumed that the Legislature would grant exclusive fishing rights except to promote the public interest
• fish, including shellfish, are protectable natural resources of the citizens of Massachusetts and of each community therein
• Legislature may grant exclusive fishing rights

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

24 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Harper v. Galloway
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1909-06-15· cited 75×
• McDowell v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1989-12-22· cited 66×
• Davis v. Zoning Board of Chatham
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2001-08-27· cited 53×
• Takahashi v. Fish & Game Commission
  California Supreme Court· 1947-10-17· cited 46×
• Commonwealth v. Tart
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-08-08· cited 25×
• Commonwealth v. City of Newport News
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1932-06-16· cited 23×
• Alsos v. Kendall
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1924-06-17· cited 20×
• Town of Wellfleet v. Glaze
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1988-07-20· cited 18×
• State v. Norton
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1975-02-26· cited 16×
• State v. Lemar
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1952-04-10· cited 15×
• Lee v. City of Lynn
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1916-03-01· cited 10×
• Dapson v. Daly
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1926-10-13· cited 9×
• State v. Ashman
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1910-12-15· cited 9×
• Barlow v. Town of Wareham
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1988-01-06· cited 8×
• Toomer v. Witsell
  E.D. South Carolina· 1947-09-13· cited 8×
• State v. Alley
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1971-03-05· cited 7×
• Commonwealth v. Howes
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1930-01-16· cited 7×
• People v. Setunsky
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1910-06-06· cited 7×
• Brownsville Shrimp Co. v. Miller
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1947-11-20· cited 5×
• Commonwealth v. Bragg
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1952-01-31· cited 3×

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Blake v. McClung
  Supreme Court· 1898-12-12· cited 262×
• McCready v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1877-04-30· cited 261×
• Corfield v. Coryell
  U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Pennsylvania· 1823-04-15· cited 214×
• Manchester v. Massachusetts
  Supreme Court· 1891-03-23· cited 170×
• Wharton v. Wise
  Supreme Court· 1894-04-23· cited 44×
• Burnham v. Webster
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1809-05-15· cited 41×
• Commonwealth v. Vincent
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1871-11-15· cited 30×
• Proctor v. Wells
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1869-11-15· cited 13×
• Nickerson v. Brackett
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1813-06-15· cited 11×