Moore v. Election Commissioners

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that analysis under State Constitution, including art. 9, sufficient to “dispose of” contentions under Federal Constitution
• “[T]he General Court has broad power to provide that officers of a city shall be appointed by the Governor rather than elected...”

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Cited by

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

• Wellesley College v. Attorney General
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1943-05-24· cited 194×
• Board of Appeals of Hanover v. Housing Appeals Comm.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1973-03-22· cited 134×
• Bowe v. Secretary of Commonwealth
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1946-09-20· cited 105×
• Druzik v. Board of Health of Haverhill
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1949-04-04· cited 95×
• In the Matter of Moe
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-03-16· cited 79×
• Commonwealth v. Town of Hudson
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1943-12-29· cited 79×
• Bell v. Treasurer of Cambridge
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1941-12-31· cited 67×
• Opinion of the Justices to the Senate & the House of Representatives
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1960-08-09· cited 61×
• Merit Oil Co. v. Director of the Division on the Necessaries of Life
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1946-03-06· cited 53×
• Town of Arlington v. Board of Conciliation & Arbitration
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-08-10· cited 52×
• Dudum v. Arntz
  Ninth Circuit· 2011-05-20· cited 49×
• Kaplan v. Bowker
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1956-01-19· cited 49×
• Boston Elevated Railway Co. v. Commonwealth
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1942-01-08· cited 46×
• Morrissey v. State Ballot Law Commission
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1942-08-10· cited 37×
• Brucato v. City of Lawrence
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1959-03-03· cited 35×
• Scaccia v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1944-11-08· cited 35×
• Commonwealth v. Slome
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1947-11-04· cited 33×
• Pierce's Case
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1950-04-20· cited 32×
• Libertarian Ass'n v. Secretary of Commonwealth
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2012-06-18· cited 32×
• Nichols v. Commissioner of Public Welfare
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1942-02-25· cited 29×

Cites

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

• German Alliance Insurance v. Lewis
  Supreme Court· 1914-04-20· cited 400×
• Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. McGuire
  Supreme Court· 1911-02-20· cited 388×
• Highland Farms Dairy, Inc. v. Agnew
  Supreme Court· 1937-03-29· cited 217×
• Ohio Ex Rel. Bryant v. Akron Metropolitan Park District
  Supreme Court· 1930-03-12· cited 138×
• Commonwealth v. Plaisted
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1889-01-05· cited 115×
• United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. English Construction Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1939-04-25· cited 70×
• Brooks v. Secretary of the Commonwealth
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1926-09-17· cited 60×
• E. S. Parks Shellac Co. v. Jones
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1928-11-26· cited 55×
• Slome v. Chief of Police of Fitchburg
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1939-10-26· cited 53×
• Brest v. Commissioner of Insurance
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1930-01-06· cited 44×
• Cole v. Tucker
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1895-10-19· cited 38×
• Liggett Drug Co. v. License Commissioners
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1936-11-16· cited 37×
• Kinneen v. Wells
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1887-05-11· cited 36×
• Opinion of the Justices to the Governor & Council
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1885-02-24· cited 33×
• McLaughlin v. Mayor of Cambridge
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1925-06-30· cited 33×
• O'Brien v. Board of Election Commissioners
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1926-10-22· cited 33×
• Police Commissioner v. City of Boston
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1932-06-28· cited 33×
• Opinion of Justices to the Senate & House of Representatives
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1939-07-01· cited 33×
• Opinions of the Justices to the House of Representatives
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1894-07-01· cited 32×
• Larcom v. Olin
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1893-11-10· cited 28×