Commonwealth v. Williams

How courts have described this case

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

• “If the language of the statute is fairly susceptible of a construction that would lead to a logical and sensible result we will construe it so as to make it an effectual piece of legislation in harmony with common sense and sound reason” [internal quotations and alterations omitted]

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Kent v. Commonwealth
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2002-07-15· cited 117×
• Commonwealth v. Disler
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2008-04-18· cited 42×
• Commonwealth v. Van Bell
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2009-12-04· cited 41×
• Brittle v. City of Boston
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2003-06-20· cited 16×
• Commonwealth v. Wallace
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-06-15· cited 10×
• Anderson v. National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh PA
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2017-02-02· cited 7×
• Commonwealth v. Garcia
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2012-07-25· cited 6×
• J.H. v. Commonwealth
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2018-04-12· cited 5×
• Commonwealth v. Ryan
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2011-03-29· cited 5×
• Commonwealth v. Fortier
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2002-09-27· cited 4×
• Commonwealth v. Shedlock
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2003-06-30· cited 2×
• Sangiolo v. Board of Aldermen of Newton
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2003-02-07
• Derry v. Saint Vincent Hospital
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 2001-01-17
• Commonwealth v. Simon Property Group, Inc.
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 2008-10-27
• Commonwealth v. Jones
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 2011-04-08

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Bell v. Treasurer of Cambridge
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1941-12-31· cited 67×
• Morrison v. Selectmen of Weymouth
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1932-06-28· cited 61×
• Metcalf v. Commonwealth
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1959-03-09· cited 41×
• Commonwealth v. WAYNE W.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1993-01-27· cited 37×
• D'URBANO v. Commonwealth
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1963-02-12· cited 23×
• Commonwealth v. a Juvenile
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1983-06-24· cited 18×
• Commonwealth v. Chase
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1964-11-04· cited 12×