Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 9/22/1975
Commonwealth v. MacKenzie
Citations
- 334 N.E.2d 613
- 368 Mass. 613
- 1975 Mass. LEXIS 1026
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding father but not mother criminally responsible for birth of illegitimate child violates equal protection
- the law could not pun ish unwed fathers, while exempting mothers from punishment for the act of begetting: decision before ERA
- “At common law, the father of an illegitimate child had no duty to contribute to the support of his child whereas the mother did have such a duty.”
- “statutes obligating a father to support his illegitimate child eliminated a sex-based discrimination” [emphasis supplied]
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47 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. KingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-12-12· cited 93×
- Commonwealth v. GalvinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-03-04· cited 87×
- C.C. v. A.B.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-02-21· cited 70×
- Arp v. Workers' Compensation Appeals BoardCalifornia Supreme Court· 1977-05-05· cited 61×
- Commonwealth v. BeausoleilMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-04-03· cited 61×
- Thomas E. Meloon v. Raymond A. Helgemoe, Warden, New Hampshire State PrisonFirst Circuit· 1977-10-31· cited 57×
- Attorney General v. Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Ass'nMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-07-02· cited 54×
- G.E.B. v. S.R.W.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1996-02-26· cited 51×
- Lowell v. KowalskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-05-14· cited 50×
- Gubernat v. DeremerSupreme Court of New Jersey· 1995-05-11· cited 50×
- G.F.C. v. S.G.District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1997-01-24· cited 50×
- Department of Revenue v. JarvenpaaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1989-02-23· cited 45×
- Commonwealth v. One 1972 Chevrolet VanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-02-04· cited 44×
- Cc v. AbMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-02-21· cited 39×
- Secretary of the Commonwealth v. City Clerk of LowellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-08-04· cited 39×
- Commonwealth v. SawickiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-12-29· cited 38×
- Globe Newspaper Co. v. Superior CourtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-02-26· cited 37×
- Michael M. v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court· 1979-11-05· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. EdgerlyMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1982-05-21· cited 30×
- Silvia v. SilviaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1980-03-05· cited 28×
Cites
24 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Stanley v. IllinoisSupreme Court· 1972-04-03· cited 5,889×
- Roe v. WadeSupreme Court· 1973-01-22· cited 5,581×
- Taylor v. LouisianaSupreme Court· 1975-01-21· cited 2,446×
- Reed v. ReedSupreme Court· 1971-11-22· cited 1,968×
- Frontiero v. RichardsonSupreme Court· 1973-05-14· cited 1,487×
- F. S. Royster Guano Co. v. VirginiaSupreme Court· 1920-06-07· cited 1,251×
- Weinberger v. WiesenfeldSupreme Court· 1975-03-19· cited 928×
- Geduldig v. AielloSupreme Court· 1974-06-17· cited 505×
- Stanton v. StantonSupreme Court· 1975-04-15· cited 414×
- Kahn v. ShevinSupreme Court· 1974-04-24· cited 364×
- Schlesinger v. BallardSupreme Court· 1975-03-03· cited 361×
- Danny Ray Lamb v. Lozier BrownTenth Circuit· 1972-04-14· cited 127×
- Commonwealth v. ButlerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-10-16· cited 108×
- Commonwealth v. BalthazarMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-11-01· cited 93×
- United States Ex Rel. Robinson v. YorkD. Connecticut· 1968-02-28· cited 49×
- Commonwealth v. HallMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1948-03-31· cited 37×
- Ex Parte MatthewsCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1973-01-03· cited 31×
- Doe v. DoeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-07-03· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. StaubSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-04-02· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. BaxterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1929-06-07· cited 23×
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