Edwards v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• remarking that the “inquiring court need not give weight to bare conclusions, unembellished by pertinent facts”
• dismissing plaintiff's claim as \too speculative\ where fact-finder would be required to \jump from one inference to another absent any of the necessary factual support\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• JOHN J. SULLIVAN v. SUPERINTENDENT, MASSACHUSETTS CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION, SHIRLEY, & others.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2022-09-27· cited 12×
• Doe No. 1 v. Secretary of Education
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2018-04-24· cited 8×
• LYNN ALLEGAERT & others v. HARBOR VIEW HOTEL OWNER LLC & others (and a companion case ).
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2021-11-17· cited 6×
• JOHN DOE v. CAMBRIDGE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2022-08-10· cited 4×
• JOAN MORAN & another v. CAROLYN BENSON & others.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2022-03-01· cited 4×
• DiGiulio v. Director of the Department of Unemployment Assistance
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-10-24· cited 3×
• Patel v. 7-Eleven, Inc.
  District of Columbia· 2018-07-20· cited 3×
• Columbia Plaza Assocs. v. Ne. Univ.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-06-06· cited 1×
• Van Liew v. Eliopoulos / Hands on Technology Transfer, Inc.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2017-08-25
• Drake v. Town of Leicester
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2020-02-28
• Baptiste v. Executive Office of Health & Human Services
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2020-02-28
• L.B. v. Comm'r of the Dep't of Developmental Servs.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-01-29
• Wright v. Dep't of Corr.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-05-29
• Bermudez v. Dielectrics, Inc.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-11-16
• Hahnfeldt v. Newman
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2019-02-01
• Barron v. Kolenda
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2023-03-07
• Marsh v. Massachusetts Coastal Railroad LLC
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2023-08-14
• DOUBLE B CAPITAL GROUP, LLC v. DAVID ELLIS & another.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2022-10-21
• ZEMCAR INC. D/B/A GRIP MOBILITY CO. v. UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 2025-02-05
• JANE DOE NO. 991 v. PAUL CHEFF & Others.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2025-07-30

Cites

37 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Ashcroft v. Iqbal
  Supreme Court· 2009-05-18· cited 149,772×
• Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly
  Supreme Court· 2007-05-21· cited 146,720×
• New York Times Co. v. Sullivan
  Supreme Court· 1964-03-09· cited 8,531×
• Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1974-06-25· cited 4,525×
• Bose Corp. v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1984-04-30· cited 2,137×
• St. Amant v. Thompson
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-10· cited 2,076×
• Barr v. Matteo
  Supreme Court· 1959-06-29· cited 1,312×
• Schatz v. Republican State Leadership Committee
  First Circuit· 2012-02-10· cited 670×
• Iannacchino v. Ford Motor Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2008-06-13· cited 574×
• Spalding v. Vilas
  Supreme Court· 1896-03-02· cited 492×
• Biro v. Condé Nast
  Second Circuit· 2015-12-08· cited 277×
• Stone v. Essex County Newspapers, Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-05-29· cited 257×
• Beckley Newspapers Corp. v. Hanks
  Supreme Court· 1967-11-06· cited 237×
• Marram v. Kobrick Offshore Fund, Ltd.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2004-06-10· cited 208×
• Curtis v. Herb Chambers I-95, Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2011-01-18· cited 169×
• Ravnikar v. Bogojavlensky
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2003-02-03· cited 136×
• CRIBERG v. Raymond
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-04-08· cited 125×
• Shay v. Walters
  First Circuit· 2012-12-18· cited 103×
• Bose Corporation v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc.
  First Circuit· 1982-11-23· cited 91×
• Mulgrew v. City of Taunton
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-07-11· cited 69×