Commonwealth v. Murphy

How courts have described this case

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

• “[I]t has been almost universally held that the legislature may regulate and limit the mode of carrying arms.” (collecting cases)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

13 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Depina
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2010-03-10· cited 52×
• Commonwealth v. Davis
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-03-09· cited 42×
• City of Salina v. Blaksley
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1905-11-11· cited 41×
• Commonwealth v. Loadholt
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2010-03-31· cited 31×
• People v. Halley
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1971-03-11· cited 26×
• State v. Morris
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1915-01-04· cited 18×
• State v. Riles
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1918-06-03· cited 18×
• State v. Dorsey
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1973-03-12· cited 13×
• State v. Hall
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2025-05-08· cited 12×
• Sinnissippi Rod & Gun Club, Inc. v. Raoul
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2024-03-01· cited 11×
• National Rifle Association v. Commissioner, Florida Dept. of Law Enforcement
  Eleventh Circuit· 2025-03-14
• United States v. Jaquan Bridges
  Sixth Circuit· 2025-08-07
• Russell v. District of Columbia
  District of Columbia· 2025-09-24

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• English v. State
  Texas Supreme Court· 1872-07-01· cited 75×
• State v. Mitchell
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1833-05-30· cited 24×
• Wilson v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1878-11-15· cited 22×
• Dunne v. People
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1879-11-15· cited 22×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1878-08-15· cited 19×
• Haile v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1882-05-15· cited 17×
• State v. Wilforth
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1881-10-15· cited 17×