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· 12/20/1973

Devlin v. Commissioner of Correction

Citations

  • 305 N.E.2d 847
  • 364 Mass. 435
  • 1973 Mass. LEXIS 522

How courts have described this case

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

  • “inaction by a subsequent legislative body ‘has no persuasive significance’ with reference to the intent of the Legislature which passed the original bill”
  • administrative interpretation of penal statute

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Tauro, Reardon, Quirico, Braucher, Hennessey, Kaplan, Wilkins

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