Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2/28/1969
Commonwealth v. Matthews
Citations
- 244 N.E.2d 908
- 355 Mass. 378
- 1969 Mass. LEXIS 793
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “We are of opinion that it was reasonable for the officer to stop and briefly interrogate a man who, while carrying a bag with a department store label, was walking at two fifty in the morning in an area where there had recently been several incidents of breaking and entering.”
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Judges: Wilkins, Spalding, Whittemore, Spiegel, Reardon
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24 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. SilvaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-11-14· cited 300×
- Baity v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1970-04-22· cited 117×
- Commonwealth v. BaconMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-10-16· cited 106×
- Commonwealth v. OwensMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1993-03-12· cited 84×
- Commonwealth v. AndersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-11-14· cited 71×
- Commonwealth v. CantalupoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-03-19· cited 55×
- Commonwealth v. JewettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-06-11· cited 41×
- Commonwealth v. DiGeronimoMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1995-07-13· cited 39×
- Commonwealth v. HaskellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2003-03-10· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. WilsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1971-12-07· cited 31×
- Commonwealth v. NavarroMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1974-05-01· cited 30×
- Commonwealth v. HawkesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1973-01-10· cited 22×
- Iser Electric Co. v. Fossier Builders, Ltd.Appellate Court of Illinois· 1980-05-16· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. MarreroMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1992-10-20· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. BattleMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1973-12-04· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. HarrisMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1975-06-13· cited 5×
- Commonwealth v. MedeirosMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1998-07-28· cited 5×
- Commonwealth v. RuizMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2001-04-13· cited 4×
- Commonwealth v. NickersonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2011-06-08· cited 4×
- Commonwealth v. WarrenMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2015-06-10· cited 2×
Cites
7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court· 1968-06-10· cited 37,942×
- Sibron v. New YorkSupreme Court· 1968-06-10· cited 4,326×
- Lolos v. BerlinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1958-10-30· cited 148×
- Alegata v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1967-11-17· cited 116×
- Commonwealth v. LehanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1964-03-06· cited 54×
- Commonwealth v. BallouMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1966-06-03· cited 45×
- Commonwealth v. RoyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1965-05-10· cited 35×
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