Commonwealth v. Plank

How courts have described this case

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

• \[T]he issue of patent offensiveness is to be decided in context\
• \[T]he issue of patent offensiveness is to be decided in context\
• two officers allowed to testify concerning portion of observed dance; court ultimately concluded that testimony was insufficient to support finding that dance depicted “sexual conduct ‘in a patently offensive way’ as required by the definition of obscene in § 31”

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Cited by

11 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. United Books, Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-08-15· cited 26×
• New Palm Gardens, Inc. v. Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1981-05-08· cited 17×
• Commonwealth v. Militello
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2006-05-24· cited 13×
• Commonwealth v. Dane Entertainment Services, Inc.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1985-04-02· cited 10×
• Commonwealth v. Kocinski
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1981-01-07· cited 7×
• Commonwealth v. Dane Entertainment Services, Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-03-31· cited 6×
• Ferrari v. Commonwealth
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2007-01-09· cited 5×
• Commonwealth v. Rollins
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2003-12-09· cited 4×
• Commonwealth v. Dane Entertainment Services, Inc.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1983-09-23· cited 3×
• Commonwealth v. United Books, Inc.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1984-08-30· cited 1×
• Commonwealth v. Gould
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-07-16

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Miller v. California
  Supreme Court· 1973-10-09· cited 3,038×
• Hamling v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1974-10-15· cited 2,897×
• Jenkins v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1974-06-24· cited 409×
• Smith v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1977-05-23· cited 285×
• Ward v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1977-06-09· cited 114×
• Commonwealth v. Sees
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-03-03· cited 64×
• Commonwealth v. Trainor
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-04-14· cited 55×
• Commonwealth v. 707 Main Corp.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-11-23· cited 51×
• City of Revere v. Aucella
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-12-03· cited 41×
• Charger Investments, Inc. v. Corbett
  Supreme Court· 1976-10-12· cited 21×
• State v. Manchester News Co.
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1978-04-25· cited 18×
• District Attorney for the Northern District v. Three Way Theatres Corp.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-11-23· cited 17×
• City of Newark v. Humphres
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1967-03-13· cited 12×
• D & J ENTERPRISES, INC. v. Michaelson
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1979-05-14· cited 7×