Hughes v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• \the machinery of the criminal law cannot be properly invoked for the redress of merely private grievances\
• “the machinery of the criminal law cannot be properly invoked for the redress of merely private grievances”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Lilly Industries, Inc. v. Health-Chem Corp.
  S.D. Indiana· 1997-07-30· cited 14×
• Patricia M. Jones v. Von Hollow Association, Inc.
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2018-05-25· cited 3×
• Kissinger v. State
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1932-10-25· cited 3×
• Barlow v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1889-09-18· cited 2×
• People v. Reyes
  Supreme Court of Puerto Rico· 1916-06-22
• People v. Berríos Lebrón
  Supreme Court of Puerto Rico· 1944-02-09
• Pueblo v. Berríos Lebrón
  Supreme Court of Puerto Rico· 1944-02-09
• Shepard Wrex Management, LLC v. The Estate of Betty M. Scott
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2025-11-07

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Dawson v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1876-05-15· cited 11×
• Palmer v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1873-11-15· cited 9×
• Windsor v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1859-11-15· cited 6×
• Howe v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1858-06-23· cited 4×
• State v. Bush
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1867-11-15· cited 3×
• Lossen v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1878-11-15· cited 3×
• Gundy v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1878-11-15· cited 3×
• Powell v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1851-05-15· cited 1×