Rowley v. Massachusetts Electric Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• declining to consider two issues, in part, because more fully developed record was required
• “A statute must be interpreted ... in connection with the cause of its enactment, the mischief or imperfection to be remedied and the main object to be accomplished”
• court uses standard rules of grammar when interpreting statutory language
• court applies \standard rules of grammar when interpreting statutory language\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Casseus v. E. Bus Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2018-02-08· cited 52×
• Commonwealth v. Sokphann Chhim
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2006-08-02· cited 34×
• Commonwealth v. Raposo
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2009-05-07· cited 31×
• Hickey v. Pathways Association, Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-09-22· cited 23×
• Capreal, Inc. v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2011-05-06· cited 19×
• Adams v. Planning Board
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2005-08-31· cited 17×
• Commonwealth v. Daley
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2012-10-26· cited 15×
• Commonwealth v. LeBlanc
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2016-10-28· cited 14×
• Commonwealth v. G.F.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2018-03-20· cited 11×
• ENGIE Gas & LNG LLC v. Department of Public Utilities
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2016-08-17· cited 7×
• National Lumber Co. v. Lombardi
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2005-09-09· cited 7×
• New England Power Generators Association, Inc. v. Department of Environmental Protection
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2018-09-04· cited 6×
• Zora Enterprises, Inc. v. Burnett
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2004-06-21· cited 6×
• Lighthouse Masonry, Inc. v. Division of Administrative Law Appeals
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2013-12-31· cited 5×
• McGovern v. McGovern
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2010-09-16· cited 5×
• Robinson v. Board of Health
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2003-06-27· cited 4×
• Hanson v. Cadwell Crossing, LLC
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2006-06-12· cited 4×
• First Massachusetts Bank, N.A. v. Florian
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 2003-04-28· cited 1×
• Sears v. Building Inspector
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2009-02-06
• Smaland Beach Ass'n v. Genova
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 2006-05-31

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Hanlon v. Rollins
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1934-05-25· cited 171×
• Cuddyer v. Stop & Shop Supermarket Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-07-12· cited 165×
• New England Box Co. v. C & R Construction Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1943-05-03· cited 71×
• Bon v. Graves
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1914-01-12· cited 47×
• Casella v. Sneierson
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1949-12-05· cited 41×
• Murray v. Carothers
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1858-06-21· cited 32×
• Emery v. Crowley
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-12-16· cited 23×
• Fleck v. Universal-Cyclops Steel Corp.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1959-12-30· cited 18×
• Tattan v. Kurlan
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1992-03-20· cited 17×
• Motley v. Sargent
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1875-12-28· cited 16×
• Smith v. Smith
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1993-03-22· cited 14×
• Ex Parte Jones
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1995-06-23· cited 7×
• Hall v. Boston & Maine Railroad
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1912-02-29· cited 7×
• Agostini v. North Adams Gas Light Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1928-11-26· cited 7×