Burger also held that the Massachusetts statute independently advanced the state's interest in ensuring couples receive informed medical advice on contraceptives.

Those eligible under the Massachusetts statute must be full-time employees who have completed three months of work.

"Massachusetts statutes are among the worst in the country when it comes to zoning and subdivision control," he said.

Marshall saw the law as unconstitutional based on its discriminatory impact: "In the instant case, the impact of the Massachusetts statute on women is undisputed.

And last year, more than three centuries after early Americans reacted to an external threat by lashing out irrationally, the convicted were cleared by name in a Massachusetts statute.

The Massachusetts statute was held to be unconstitutionally "void for vagueness."

The Massachusetts statute could deny voting rights to shares acquired under certain circumstances.

The Greyhound Protection Act is a Massachusetts statute that gradually eliminated commercial dog racing by 2010.

In 1848, Massachusetts statute awarded the state's electoral votes to the winner of the at-large popular vote, but only if that candidate won an absolute majority.

Enactment of a Massachusetts statute to guarantee post conviction access to DNA testing and to require preservation of biologic forensic evidence.