Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 12/1/1964
Commonwealth v. Lawton
Citations
- 202 N.E.2d 824
- 348 Mass. 129
- 1964 Mass. LEXIS 683
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “[i]f the facts known to the officer reasonably permitted a conclusion that probable cause existed for [one charge], the arrest should be treated as legal even though he at first assigned another ground”
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Judges: Wilkins, Spalding, Whittemobe, Cutter, Kirk, Spiegel, Reardon
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27 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- People v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court· 1972-05-19· cited 257×
- Klingler v. United StatesEighth Circuit· 1969-04-03· cited 190×
- Alegata v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1967-11-17· cited 116×
- Commonwealth v. RigginsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-07-25· cited 62×
- State v. ZitoSupreme Court of New Jersey· 1969-06-26· cited 53×
- Commonwealth v. SalernoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1970-01-30· cited 50×
- Commonwealth v. BallouMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1966-06-03· cited 45×
- Commonwealth v. BrownMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-02-14· cited 45×
- Commonwealth v. RoyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1965-05-10· cited 35×
- Commonwealth v. SweezeyMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2000-09-08· cited 32×
- Commonwealth v. WilsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1971-12-07· cited 31×
- Commonwealth v. MillerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-11-14· cited 31×
- Commonwealth v. AndrewsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1971-02-25· cited 26×
- Commonwealth v. BreenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1970-05-05· cited 26×
- Commonwealth v. BowlenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1967-02-03· cited 24×
- Commonwealth v. PerezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1970-04-15· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. PetersMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1999-09-30· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. MitchellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1967-12-29· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. ClaiborneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1996-07-25· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. DottinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1968-01-03· cited 10×
Cites
14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Brinegar v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1949-10-10· cited 6,013×
- Rhinelda M. Bell v. United StatesD.C. Circuit· 1958-03-04· cited 170×
- Commonwealth v. BinkiewiczMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1961-06-09· cited 66×
- Commonwealth v. LehanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1964-03-06· cited 54×
- Commonwealth v. HolmesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1962-06-11· cited 39×
- James W. Robinson v. United States of America, Thomas F. Dawson v. United States of America, Howard H. Williams v. United StatesD.C. Circuit· 1960-11-30· cited 38×
- Edward J. Ellis v. United StatesD.C. Circuit· 1959-05-18· cited 33×
- Bell v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1958-11-10· cited 12×
- Raymond A. Campbell, Jr. v. United StatesD.C. Circuit· 1961-03-30· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. McLaughlinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1869-11-15· cited 6×
- Dawson v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1961-02-27· cited 3×
- Williams v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1961-02-27· cited 3×
- Ellis v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1959-05-18· cited 2×
- Robinson v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1960-12-12· cited 2×
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