Commonwealth v. Lucas

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that a requirement for the detrimental reliance element is that the plaintiffs “acted upon [the false representation] to their damage” (citation omitted)
• holding law violated cognate provision in the Massachusetts Constitution
• right of free speech is \fundamental\ and protected by art. 16 of the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights
• invalidating law under a cognate provision of the Massachusetts Constitution
• striking down Massachusetts’ law, which was similar to Ohio’s
• striking down Massachusetts’ law, which was similar to Ohio’s

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

13 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Susan B. Anthony List v. Driehaus
  Sixth Circuit· 2016-02-24· cited 29×
• D.B.S. v. M.S.
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 1995-01-27· cited 15×
• Commonwealth v. Bigelow
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2016-09-27· cited 13×
• Wendy Rogers v. Hon. mroz/pamela Young
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2022-02-01· cited 10×
• Magda v. Ohio Elections Comm.
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2016-07-21· cited 2×
• Dunkin' Donuts Franchising LLC v. C3WAIN Inc.
  Third Circuit· 2017-02-03· cited 1×
• In Re DBS
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 1995-01-27
• Susan List v. Steven Driehaus
  Sixth Circuit· 2016-02-24
• Johnson v. Frei
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-05-16
• Boston Globe Media Partners, LLC v. Retirement Board
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 2016-03-09
• Barron v. Kolenda
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2023-03-07
• Commonwealth v. Arrington
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2024-02-20
• ANDOVER EDUCATION ASSOCIATION v. COMMONWEALTH EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS BOARD & Another.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2025-09-09

Cites

74 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Younger v. Harris
  Supreme Court· 1971-02-23· cited 14,568×
• New York Times Co. v. Sullivan
  Supreme Court· 1964-03-09· cited 8,531×
• Gregg v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1976-07-22· cited 7,936×
• Buckley v. Valeo
  Supreme Court· 1976-02-27· cited 4,982×
• United States v. O'Brien
  Supreme Court· 1968-05-27· cited 3,604×
• Ward v. Rock Against Racism
  Supreme Court· 1989-08-30· cited 3,406×
• Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire
  Supreme Court· 1942-03-09· cited 2,706×
• New York v. Ferber
  Supreme Court· 1982-07-02· cited 2,505×
• Virginia State Board of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1976-05-24· cited 2,355×
• Marks v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1977-03-01· cited 2,149×
• R. A. v. v. City of St. Paul
  Supreme Court· 1992-06-22· cited 2,052×
• Garrison v. Louisiana
  Supreme Court· 1964-11-23· cited 1,859×
• Anderson v. Celebrezze
  Supreme Court· 1983-04-19· cited 1,828×
• Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
  Supreme Court· 2010-01-21· cited 1,732×
• Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission
  Supreme Court· 1994-08-24· cited 1,695×
• United States v. Williams
  Supreme Court· 2008-05-19· cited 1,677×
• Burdick v. Takushi
  Supreme Court· 1992-06-08· cited 1,446×
• United States v. Stevens
  Supreme Court· 2010-04-20· cited 1,327×
• Reed v. Town of Gilbert
  Supreme Court· 2015-06-18· cited 1,319×
• Boos v. Barry
  Supreme Court· 1988-03-22· cited 1,104×