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6 Massachusetts opinions name it 1 courts 1851–2000 0 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Massachusetts courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
Lataille v. District Court of Eastern Hampdengreen1 sentence2000Hampden, 366 Mass. 525, 531 (1974) (same); Commonwealth v. Holley, 3 Gray 458 , 459 (1855) (“The great principle asserted by the Declaration of Rights is that no man shall be put to answer a criminal charge until the criminat-ing evidence has been laid before a grand jury and they have found probable cause, at least, to believe the facts true on which the criminality depends”). | 1 | 1 |
Commonwealth v. Geagangreen1 sentence1974In this State, it is the constitutional prerogative of the grand jury to act as “ ‘an informing and accusing body.’ ” Commonwealth v. Geagan, 339 Mass. 487, 497 (1959), cert. den. 361 U. S. 895 (1959). | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Massachusetts. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
Codman v. Winslow
neutral
2 sentences1851But the great principle established by the colony ordinance, extending the right of soil of the upland owner to low water mark, has been held to extend by long usage to Maine; Storer v. Freeman, 6 Mass. 435 ; Codman v. Winslow, 10 Mass. 146 ; Lapish v. Bangor Bank, 8 Greenl. 85; to Plymouth, Barker v. Bates, 13 Pick. 255 ; and to Martha’s Vineyard, Mayhew v. Norton, 17 Pick. 357 ; though all of these were under other territorial governments at the time the colony ordinance was passed. 1851But the great principle established by the colony ordinance, extending the right of soil of the upland owner to low water mark, has been held to extend by long usage to Maine; Storer v. Freeman, 6 Mass. 435 ; Codman v. Winslow, 10 Mass. 146 ; Lapish v. Bangor Bank, 8 Greenl. 85; to Plymouth,. | 2 | 1851–1851 |
Storer v. Freeman
green
2 sentences1851But the great principle established by the colony ordinance, extending the right of soil of the upland owner to low water mark, has been held to extend by long usage to Maine; Storer v. Freeman, 6 Mass. 435 ; Codman v. Winslow, 10 Mass. 146 ; Lapish v. Bangor Bank, 8 Greenl. 85; to Plymouth, Barker v. Bates, 13 Pick. 255 ; and to Martha’s Vineyard, Mayhew v. Norton, 17 Pick. 357 ; though all of these were under other territorial governments at the time the colony ordinance was passed. 1851But the great principle established by the colony ordinance, extending the right of soil of the upland owner to low water mark, has been held to extend by long usage to Maine; Storer v. Freeman, 6 Mass. 435 ; Codman v. Winslow, 10 Mass. 146 ; Lapish v. Bangor Bank, 8 Greenl. 85; to Plymouth,. | 2 | 1851–1851 |
Commonwealth v. Gallo
green
1 sentence1989This is because art. 12 “states a great principle of government for the security of liberty and the ascertainment of truth in prosecutions for crime.” Id. | 1 | 1989–1989 |
Pan American Petroleum Corp. v. Federal Power Commission
green
1 sentence1974In this State, it is the constitutional prerogative of the grand jury to act as “ ‘an informing and accusing body.’ ” Commonwealth v. Geagan, 339 Mass. 487, 497 (1959), cert. den. 361 U. S. 895 (1959). | 1 | 1974–1974 |
Allen v. Wood
green
1 sentence1933Allen v. Wood, 256 Mass. 343, 350 ; The underlying reason for their objection appears to be that when the lines are shown in conformity to the general rule, their lands will be no longer on the beach but bounded by the breakwater. | 1 | 1933–1933 |
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.