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Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 8/20/1996

Pielech v. Massasoit Greyhound, Inc.

Citations

  • 423 Mass. 534

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding statute was unconstitutional because it would require courts \to determine what actions and beliefs are required of adherents to the Roman Catholic faith\
  • holding statute was unconstitutional because it would require courts “to determine what actions and beliefs are required of adherents to the Roman Catholic faith”
  • stating statutory language is principal source of insight into legislative purpose
  • court’s authority to interpret and apply statutes is limited by its constitutional role as a judicial, rather than a legislative, body
  • the words of a statute must be accorded their plain and ordinary meaning
  • court must construe statutes as they are written

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Judges: Abrams, Connor

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