Vittands v. Sudduth

How courts have described this case

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

• ruling on the effective date of the statute
• absent emergency preamble, act ordinarily does not become effective for ninety days; but statutes relating to powers of courts, including those that expressly confer or restrict a court’s jurisdiction, take effect in thirty days

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

18 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Vittands v. Sudduth
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2000-06-15· cited 89×
• Duracraft Corp. v. Holmes Products Corp.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1997-05-07· cited 14×
• Lombardi v. Lombardi
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2007-03-12· cited 14×
• Gordon v. Registry of Motor Vehicles
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2009-08-24· cited 8×
• Adams v. Board of Assessors
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2010-01-26· cited 8×
• Ajalat v. Cohan
  Mass. Dist. Ct., App. Div.· 1998-12-14· cited 6×
• Office One, Inc. v. Lopez
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 1997-07-10· cited 5×
• Yetman v. Cavanagh
  Mass. Dist. Ct., App. Div.· 2007-10-22· cited 5×
• Commonwealth v. Dalrymple
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-09-18· cited 4×
• Johnson Lumber Co. v. Woodscape Homes, Inc.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2001-04-12· cited 2×
• Saunders v. DeNisco
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 1997-11-24· cited 1×
• Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. v. Shields
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 2007-10-15· cited 1×
• Commonwealth v. Nsubuga
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2015-12-29
• Andrew v. Commissioner of Correction
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2005-06-09
• Findlay's Case
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2010-06-24
• Genovese v. Gazette Publications, Inc.
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 1997-05-20
• Doe v. Braco
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 2002-05-16
• Adoption of Zula
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2026-06-24

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Riley v. Presnell
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-01-28· cited 293×
• Fontaine v. Ebtec Corp.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1993-05-21· cited 237×
• Commonwealth v. Sacco
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1926-05-12· cited 86×
• Horton v. Attorney General
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1929-12-31· cited 74×
• Old Colony Railroad v. Wilder
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1884-09-03· cited 49×
• Kagan v. United Vacuum Appliance Corp.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1970-06-16· cited 40×
• Beninati v. Beninati
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1984-09-12· cited 27×
• Commonwealth v. Yee
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1972-04-05· cited 25×
• Cohen v. Attorney General
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1968-05-31· cited 23×
• Symmes Arlington Hospital, Inc. v. Town of Arlington
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1935-09-16· cited 21×
• Custody of a Minor (No. 1)
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-03-29· cited 18×
• Gynan v. Jeep Corp.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1982-05-05· cited 15×
• Lincoln Electric Co. v. Sovrensky
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1940-03-26· cited 11×
• Powell v. Cole-Hersee Co.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1988-11-08· cited 8×