Sullivan v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that damages to petitioners’ house resulting from rock blasting in construction of aqueduct for metropolitan water district provided no eminent domain remedy for taking ánd was nothing more than a tort
• holding that damages to petitioners’ house resulting from rock blasting in construction of aqueduct for metropolitan water district provided no eminent domain remedy for taking and was nothing more than a tort
• holding there was no express provision for damage to a house, located on land not taken, caused by repeated, necessary, nonnegligent blasting during the construction of an aqueduct for the Commonwealth

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

18 cases in this archive cite this case.

• R. J. Widen Company v. The United States and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Third-Party
  Third Circuit· 1966-03-18· cited 72×
• Kingsway Cathedral v. Iowa Department of Transportation
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2006-03-10· cited 35×
• Davidson v. Commonwealth
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1979-10-31· cited 29×
• Hannigan v. New Gamma-Delta Chapter of Kappa Sigma Fraternity, Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-05-06· cited 23×
• Kushner v. Dravo Corp.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1959-05-26· cited 19×
• Webster Thomas Co. v. Commonwealth
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1957-05-31· cited 19×
• DiMaggio v. MYSTIC BUILDING WRECKING CO. INC.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1960-04-11· cited 18×
• Cayon v. City of Chicopee
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1971-12-14· cited 17×
• MOELLER ET UX v. Multnomah County
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1959-10-30· cited 14×
• Boston Edison Company v. Campanella & Cardi Construction Company
  First Circuit· 1959-11-30· cited 10×
• Holbrook v. Massachusetts Turnpike Authority
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1958-12-08· cited 10×
• Town of Swampscott v. Remis
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1966-04-05· cited 10×
• Onorato Brothers, Inc. v. MASS. TURNPIKE AUTHORITY
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1957-05-08· cited 9×
• Hannigan v. NEW GAMMA-DELTA CHAPTER OF KAPPA S. FRAT.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-05-06· cited 1×
• Kingsway Cathedral, Vs. Iowa Department Of Transportation And City Of Des Moines, Iowa
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2006-03-10
• Soeder v. Desrocher
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 1999-09-01
• Dalbo v. Chang
  Mass. Dist. Ct., App. Div.· 1995-08-23
• ASHLEY M. MILLS v. CITY OF SPRINGFIELD and Another
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 2024-05-06

Cites

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

• United States v. Causby
  Supreme Court· 1946-05-27· cited 1,036×
• United States v. Dickinson
  Supreme Court· 1947-06-16· cited 505×
• United States v. Willow River Power Co.
  Supreme Court· 1945-05-07· cited 207×
• Portsmouth Harbor Land & Hotel Co. v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1922-12-04· cited 169×
• Richards v. Washington Terminal Co.
  Supreme Court· 1914-05-04· cited 160×
• John Horstmann Co. v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1921-11-21· cited 68×
• Tudor v. Lewis
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1860-02-25· cited 66×
• Wine v. Commonwealth
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1938-11-14· cited 51×
• Lincoln v. Commonwealth
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1895-10-17· cited 45×
• Keokuk & Hamilton Bridge Co. v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1922-11-13· cited 32×
• Miles v. City of Worcester
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1891-10-24· cited 30×
• Hakkila v. Old Colony Broken Stone & Concrete Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1928-09-20· cited 30×
• Sawyer v. Commonwealth
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1902-10-31· cited 28×
• Cavanagh v. City of Boston
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1885-06-19· cited 27×
• Jones v. Town of Great Barrington
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1930-12-16· cited 26×
• Glickman v. Commonwealth
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1923-02-28· cited 24×
• Nichols v. Commonwealth
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1954-07-20· cited 23×
• Burroughs v. Commonwealth
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1916-05-15· cited 21×
• Connor v. Metropolitan District Water Supply Commission
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1943-05-25· cited 19×
• Putnam Furniture Building, Inc. v. Commonwealth
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1948-07-06· cited 19×