Commonwealth v. Ray’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
18
cited by 18 later decisions
1
states following
March 2019
most recently cited
18 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Schilb v. Kuebel · Commonwealth v. Welosky · Bronstein v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America · Commonwealth v. Galvin · Telesetsky v. Wight
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“When imperfection of language fails clearly to express legislative purpose or intent “(statutes are to be interpreted ... in connection with their development, their progression through the legislative body, the history of the times, prior legislation, contemporary customs and conditions and the system of positive law of which they are part . . .” Commonwealth v. Welosky, 276 Mass. 398, 401 (1931). Through this prism we interpret the statute “in connection with the cause of its enactment, the mischief or imperfection to be remedied and the main object to be accomplished.” Telesetsky v. Wight, 395 Mass. 868, 872 (1985), quoting Commonwealth v. Galvin, 388 Mass. 326, 328 (1983).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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