Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Petralia
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 29, 1977PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
The defendant, who has been charged with a parking violation in Cambridge, challenges the constitutionality of the regulation of the city’s traffic director under which he was charged. 2 He challenges the regulation because it permits only authorized residents of Cambridge to park their automobiles on the public street where he, a nonresident, parked his automobile. We conclude that the classification made by the regulation bears a rational relation to proper legislative objectives.
The case is before us on a report which contains all the material facts. We transferred the case to this court…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Dandridge v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- City of New Orleans v. DukesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Village of Belle Terre v. BoraasSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Pinnick v. ClearyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1971
- Lowell v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1948
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3Cited by14 opinions
- In Re the New Bedford Child & Family Service to Dispense With Consent to AdoptionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Brown v. GuerrierMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Commonwealth v. B & W Transportation Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Caggiano v. Office of the Parking Clerk of Boston (In Re Caggiano)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · 1983
- Barlow v. Town of WarehamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1988
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