Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Williams
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 3, 1985PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, J.
City of Boston Code, Ordinances, tit. 14, § 286, provides: “No person shall saunter or loiter in a street in such a manner as to obstruct or endanger travellers or in a manner likely to cause a breach of the peace or incite to riot; but nothing in this section shall be construed to curtail, abridge, or limit the right or opportunity of any person to exercise the right of peaceful persuasion guaranteed by section 24 of chapter 149 of the General Laws or to curtail, abridge, or limit the intendment of any statute of the Commonwealth of Massachu setts. ” Any person violating this ordinance is…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Papachristou v. City of JacksonvilleSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Smith v. GoguenSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Commonwealth v. GallantMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Commonwealth v. OrlandoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
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3Cited by43 opinions
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- City of Portland v. JacobskySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1985
- Commonwealth v. SpanoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993
- Commonwealth v. Van BellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2009
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