Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Blackgammon's, Inc.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 18, 1981PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQuirico, J.
The defendants are charged with operating places of business in the city of Boston without first obtaining licenses allegedly required therefor by various provisions of the General Laws, city ordinances, and regulations of the Licensing Board for the City of Boston. The cases are before us on an interlocutory report posing a number of questions concerning the constitutionality, validity and applicability of the statutes, ordinances and regulations involved. The report was originally made to the Appeals Court and was then transferred to this court on our motion.
The complaints involved in this…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Broadrick v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Young v. American Mini Theatres, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Shuttlesworth v. City of BirminghamSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Gooding v. WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Konstantopoulos v. Town of WhatelyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
- Arthur D. Little, Inc. v. Commissioner of Health & HospitalsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
- Fantasy Book Shop, Inc. v. City of BostonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1981
- Venuti v. RiordanDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1981
- Fantasy Book Shop, Inc. v. City Of BostonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1981
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