Demetropolos v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• “where a statute may be construed as either constitutional or unconstitutional, a construction will be adopted which avoids an unconstitutional interpretation”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

24 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Milligan v. Board of Registration in Pharmacy
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1965-02-08· cited 65×
• Karalexis v. Byrne
  D. Massachusetts· 1969-12-15· cited 43×
• Commonwealth v. Buckley
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1968-06-20· cited 39×
• Commonwealth v. Palladino
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1970-06-25· cited 38×
• G & M Employment Service, Inc. v. Commonwealth
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1970-12-17· cited 38×
• Attorney General v. Book Named \Tropic of Cancer.\
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1962-07-17· cited 38×
• First National Bank of Boston v. Attorney General
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1972-11-09· cited 33×
• Ellenburg v. State
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1964-11-12· cited 28×
• State v. Andrews
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1962-11-06· cited 27×
• Grimm v. Co. Comm'rs of Wash. Co.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1969-03-10· cited 25×
• Commonwealth v. Bacon
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-02-14· cited 24×
• State v. Ramos
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1967-04-04· cited 24×
• State v. Locks
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1962-06-20· cited 20×
• Thomes v. Commonwealth
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1969-01-09· cited 18×
• Commonwealth v. Corey
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1966-11-03· cited 17×
• Commonwealth v. Jacobs
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1963-07-02· cited 16×
• Sheridan v. Gardner
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1964-02-06· cited 15×
• Commonwealth v. Reilly
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1977-06-21· cited 14×
• Commonwealth v. Jones
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-04-09· cited 14×
• Commonwealth v. Claflin
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1973-07-11· cited 6×

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Smith v. California
  Supreme Court· 1960-06-13· cited 1,258×
• State v. Jackson
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1960-10-19· cited 68×
• Worcester County National Bank v. Commissioner of Banks
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1960-04-11· cited 38×
• Cohen v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1960-11-30· cited 27×
• Franklin Foundation v. Attorney General
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1960-01-05· cited 12×
• State Ex Rel. Lally v. Gump
  Washington Supreme Court· 1960-10-27· cited 6×