Commonwealth v. Plowman

How courts have described this case

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

• intoxicated driver discovered behind wheel of car with engine running and keys in ignition does not necessarily mandate a finding of operation
• “[a] person operates a motor vehicle ... when, in the vehicle, he intentionally does any act or makes use of any mechanical or electrical agency which alone or in sequence will set in motion the motive power of that vehicle”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

11 cases in this archive cite this case.

• RAMOS
  Board of Immigration Appeals· 2002-07-01· cited 50×
• Commonwealth v. Sudderth
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1994-09-23· cited 30×
• State v. Wiles
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2000-07-26· cited 18×
• State v. Cross
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2000-11-14· cited 15×
• State v. Thurston
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2002-09-20· cited 10×
• Commonwealth v. McGillivary
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2011-01-25· cited 9×
• United States v. One Ford 198X Mustang, Vehicle Identification No. 1FAB42E5JF290177
  D. Massachusetts· 1990-10-23· cited 4×
• Commonwealth v. Bianchini
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2017-12-21
• Commonwealth v. Kapoor
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-02-22
• Michael D. Logan Jr. v. State of Alaska
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2024-06-14
• Commonwealth v. Michael J. Wurtzberger
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2025-06-24

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Uski
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1928-03-02· cited 54×
• Commonwealth v. Hilton
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-07-15· cited 45×
• Commonwealth v. Colby
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1987-03-24· cited 11×
• Commonwealth v. Otmishi
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-07-15· cited 8×
• Commonwealth v. Cavallaro
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1988-04-13· cited 5×