Schulman v. Attorney General

How courts have described this case

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

• describing plain meaning of statutory language as the “principle source of insight into legislative purpose”
• “issues not briefed and argued should not be decided, especially when a question of constitutional law ... is involved”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Lewis v. Harris
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 2006-10-25· cited 133×
• Strauss v. Horton
  California Supreme Court· 2009-06-17· cited 65×
• Regis College v. Town of Weston
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2012-05-22· cited 21×
• Commonwealth v. Palmer
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2013-04-05· cited 12×
• Deal v. Commissioner of Correction
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2016-08-25· cited 3×
• Dowling v. John P. Cruz Construction Co.
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 2006-09-22
• Herrmann v. Attorney General
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2023-05-16

Cites

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

• Romer v. Evans
  Supreme Court· 1996-06-03· cited 1,427×
• Hurley v. Irish-American Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Group of Boston, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1995-06-19· cited 874×
• Reitman v. Mulkey
  Supreme Court· 1967-05-29· cited 656×
• Palmore v. Sidoti
  Supreme Court· 1984-04-25· cited 491×
• Goodridge v. Department of Public Health
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2003-11-18· cited 186×
• Diaz v. Eli Lilly & Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1973-10-10· cited 162×
• General Outdoor Advertising Co. v. Department of Public Works
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1935-01-08· cited 128×
• Ciardi v. F. Hoffmann-La Roche, Ltd.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2002-02-08· cited 76×
• Kerwin v. Donaghy
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1945-02-01· cited 65×
• Callahan v. First Congregational Church
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2004-05-18· cited 49×
• Commonwealth v. Lightfoot
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-04-23· cited 45×
• Simon v. State Examiners of Electricians
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-06-25· cited 44×
• Powers v. Wilkinson
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1987-04-16· cited 39×
• Sullivan v. Burkin
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-01-23· cited 38×
• Commonwealth v. Pagan
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2005-09-14· cited 36×
• Antioch Temple, Inc. v. Parekh
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-06-30· cited 33×
• Mazzone v. Attorney General
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-10-02· cited 33×
• North Shore Realty Trust v. Commonwealth
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-05-14· cited 27×
• Albano v. Attorney General
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2002-06-13· cited 19×
• Commonwealth v. McCourt
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2003-01-17· cited 18×