Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

The most-cited opinions of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court on UpLaw — 3,369 decisions from 1781–2019, each with its treatment history and the cases that cite it.

• Kourouvacilis v. General Motors Corp. 410 Mass. 706 · cited by 1,019
• Commonwealth v. Latimore 378 Mass. 671 · cited by 943
• Pederson v. Time, Inc. 404 Mass. 14 · cited by 849
• Community National Bank v. Dawes 369 Mass. 550 · cited by 754
• Cassesso v. Commissioner of Correction 390 Mass. 419 · cited by 706
• Flesner v. Technical Communications Corp. 410 Mass. 805 · cited by 551
• Commonwealth v. Saferian 366 Mass. 89 · cited by 528
• McNicol's Case 215 Mass. 497 · cited by 282
• Anthony's Pier Four, Inc. v. HBC ASSOCIATES 411 Mass. 451 · cited by 280
• LaLonde v. Eissner 405 Mass. 207 · cited by 276
• Commonwealth v. Freeman 352 Mass. 556 · cited by 273
• Nader v. Citron 372 Mass. 96 · cited by 263
• Commonwealth v. Soares 377 Mass. 461 · cited by 252
• Augat, Inc. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance 410 Mass. 117 · cited by 250
• Commonwealth v. Flebotte 417 Mass. 348 · cited by 241
• Bresnick v. Heath 292 Mass. 293 · cited by 230
• Morey v. Commonwealth 108 Mass. 433 · cited by 229
• Fortune v. National Cash Register Co. 373 Mass. 96 · cited by 228
• Demoulas v. Demoulas Super Markets, Inc. 424 Mass. 501 · cited by 200
• L.L., a juvenile v. Commonwealth 470 Mass. 169 · cited by 194
• Commonwealth v. Wright 411 Mass. 678 · cited by 194
• Commonwealth v. Kozec 399 Mass. 514 · cited by 192
• Iannacchino v. Ford Motor Co. 451 Mass. 623 · cited by 190
• Agis v. Howard Johnson Co. 371 Mass. 140 · cited by 189
• Hill v. City of Boston 122 Mass. 344 · cited by 182
• Commonwealth v. Upton 394 Mass. 363 · cited by 174
• Packaging Industries Group, Inc. v. Cheney 380 Mass. 609 · cited by 171
• Mullins v. Pine Manor College 389 Mass. 47 · cited by 170
• Commonwealth v. Alphas 430 Mass. 8 · cited by 168
• Davis v. Boston Elevated Railway Co. 235 Mass. 482 · cited by 166
• Commonwealth v. Silva 366 Mass. 402 · cited by 166
• Bartley v. Phillips 317 Mass. 35 · cited by 164
• Perry v. Hanover 314 Mass. 167 · cited by 160
• Payton v. Abbott Labs 386 Mass. 540 · cited by 160
• Linthicum v. Archambault 379 Mass. 381 · cited by 159
• Commonwealth v. Grace 397 Mass. 303 · cited by 156
• Moss v. Old Colony Trust Co. 246 Mass. 139 · cited by 155
• Mounsey v. Ellard 363 Mass. 693 · cited by 153
• Commonwealth v. Tavares 385 Mass. 140 · cited by 149
• McDonald v. Massachusetts General Hospital 120 Mass. 432 · cited by 149
• International Fidelity Insurance v. Wilson 387 Mass. 841 · cited by 147
• McAuliffe v. Mayor and Board of Aldermen 155 Mass. 216 · cited by 147
• Liberatore v. Town of Framingham 315 Mass. 538 · cited by 147
• Slaney v. Westwood Auto, Inc. 366 Mass. 688 · cited by 146
• Blare v. Husky Injection Molding Systems Boston, Inc. 419 Mass. 437 · cited by 144
• Donahue v. Rodd Electrotype Co. of New England, Inc. 367 Mass. 578 · cited by 143
• Riley v. Presnell 409 Mass. 239 · cited by 143
• Commonwealth v. Helfant 398 Mass. 214 · cited by 141
• John Hetherington & Sons, Ltd. v. William Firth Co. 210 Mass. 8 · cited by 138
• Commonwealth v. Scott 440 Mass. 642 · cited by 138
• Superintendent of Belchertown State School v. Saikewicz 373 Mass. 728 · cited by 136
• Commonwealth v. Randolph 438 Mass. 290 · cited by 135
• Peterson v. Hopson 306 Mass. 597 · cited by 135
• Commonwealth v. Lanigan 419 Mass. 15 · cited by 133
• Commonwealth v. Sturtivant 117 Mass. 122 · cited by 132
• PMP Associates, Inc. v. Globe Newspaper Co. 366 Mass. 593 · cited by 130
• Commonwealth v. Bowden 379 Mass. 472 · cited by 129
• Commonwealth v. Satterfield 373 Mass. 109 · cited by 129
• Attorney General v. Bailey 386 Mass. 367 · cited by 128
• Commonwealth v. McCarthy 385 Mass. 160 · cited by 127
• Commonwealth v. Mello 420 Mass. 375 · cited by 126
• Fabre v. Walton 441 Mass. 9 · cited by 126
• Commonwealth v. Welansky 316 Mass. 383 · cited by 124
• Lake v. Atlantic Works 111 Mass. 136 · cited by 123
• United Truck Leasing Corp. v. Geltman 406 Mass. 811 · cited by 122
• Simon v. Solomon 385 Mass. 91 · cited by 121
• Commonwealth v. Amirault 424 Mass. 618 · cited by 121
• Good Hope Industries, Inc. v. Ryder Scott Co. 378 Mass. 1 · cited by 120
• Altman v. Aronson 231 Mass. 588 · cited by 120
• Castano v. Leone 278 Mass. 429 · cited by 119
• Poirier v. Town of Plymouth 374 Mass. 206 · cited by 119
• Whitinsville Plaza, Inc. v. Kotseas 378 Mass. 85 · cited by 119
• Commonwealth v. Yesilciman 406 Mass. 736 · cited by 116
• Cody v. Connecticut General Life Insurance 387 Mass. 142 · cited by 116
• My Bread Baking Co. v. Cumberland Farms, Inc. 353 Mass. 614 · cited by 115
• Ferriter v. Daniel O'Connell's Sons, Inc. 381 Mass. 507 · cited by 115
• Hazen Paper Co. v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. 407 Mass. 689 · cited by 112
• Commonwealth v. Grandison 433 Mass. 135 · cited by 112
• Wheelock College v. Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination 371 Mass. 130 · cited by 112
• Bushkin Associates, Inc. v. Raytheon Co. 393 Mass. 622 · cited by 112
• Commonwealth v. King 445 Mass. 217 · cited by 111
• Hendrickson v. Sears 365 Mass. 83 · cited by 111
• Starr v. Fordham 420 Mass. 178 · cited by 111
• Madsen v. Erwin 395 Mass. 715 · cited by 110
• Walker v. Cronin 107 Mass. 555 · cited by 110
• Commonwealth v. Curtis 417 Mass. 619 · cited by 110
• Commonwealth v. Bradshaw 385 Mass. 244 · cited by 109
• Robert Industries, Inc. v. Spence 362 Mass. 751 · cited by 108
• Heller v. Silverbranch Construction Corp. 376 Mass. 621 · cited by 106
• Correllas v. Viveiros 410 Mass. 314 · cited by 106
• Plummer v. Dill 156 Mass. 426 · cited by 106
• Commonwealth v. Cunneen 389 Mass. 216 · cited by 105
• Old Dominion Copper Mining & Smelting Co. v. Bigelow 203 Mass. 159 · cited by 105
• Commonwealth v. Casale 381 Mass. 167 · cited by 105
• Reid v. Doherty 273 Mass. 388 · cited by 105
• Polaroid Corp. v. the Travelers Indemnity Co. 414 Mass. 747 · cited by 105
• Linkage Corp. v. Trustees of Boston University 425 Mass. 1 · cited by 105
• Commonwealth v. Jimenez 438 Mass. 213 · cited by 104
• Bowen v. Eli Lilly & Co. 408 Mass. 204 · cited by 103
• New Boston Garden Corp. v. Board of Assessors 383 Mass. 456 · cited by 103
• Eyal v. Helen Broadcasting Corp. 411 Mass. 426 · cited by 103
• Madden's Case 222 Mass. 487 · cited by 103
• Foley v. Polaroid Corp. 400 Mass. 82 · cited by 102
• Gram v. Liberty Mutual Insurance 384 Mass. 659 · cited by 102
• Strong v. Haverhill Electric Co. 299 Mass. 455 · cited by 101
• J. A. Sullivan Corp. v. Commonwealth 397 Mass. 789 · cited by 101
• Jarosz v. Palmer 436 Mass. 526 · cited by 101
• Commonwealth v. Stoute 422 Mass. 782 · cited by 100
• Hoffman v. City of Chelsea 315 Mass. 54 · cited by 100
• Spade v. Lynn & Boston Railroad 38 L.R.A. 512 · cited by 99
• G.S. Enterprises, Inc. v. Falmouth Marine, Inc. 410 Mass. 262 · cited by 99
• Fontaine v. Ebtec Corp. 415 Mass. 309 · cited by 99
• McEvoy Travel Bureau, Inc. v. Norton Co. 408 Mass. 704 · cited by 99
• Commonwealth v. Domanski 332 Mass. 66 · cited by 98
• Commonwealth v. Mahdi 388 Mass. 679 · cited by 98
• Campbell v. New England Mutual Life Insurance 98 Mass. 381 · cited by 98
• Purity Supreme, Inc. v. Attorney General 380 Mass. 762 · cited by 97
• Commonwealth v. Trefethen 157 Mass. 180 · cited by 97
• College-Town, Division of Interco, Inc. v. Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination 400 Mass. 156 · cited by 97
• White v. Peabody Construction Co., Inc. 386 Mass. 121 · cited by 97
• Glass v. Hulbert 102 Mass. 24 · cited by 97
• Nei v. Burley 388 Mass. 307 · cited by 97
• Stella v. Curtis 348 Mass. 458 · cited by 96
• Matthews v. Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. 426 Mass. 122 · cited by 95
• Hanlon v. Rollins 286 Mass. 444 · cited by 95
• Commonwealth v. O'DELL 392 Mass. 445 · cited by 95
• Commonwealth v. Dascalakis 246 Mass. 12 · cited by 95
• Irwin v. Town of Ware 392 Mass. 745 · cited by 95
• Commonwealth v. Mercado 422 Mass. 367 · cited by 95
• Whitney v. City of Worcester 373 Mass. 208 · cited by 95
• Custody of Eleanor 414 Mass. 795 · cited by 94
• Commonwealth v. Santiago 425 Mass. 491 · cited by 94
• Klein v. Catalano 386 Mass. 701 · cited by 94
• Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. v. Commercial Union Insurance 406 Mass. 7 · cited by 94
• Commonwealth v. Daye 393 Mass. 55 · cited by 94
• Rollins Environmental Services, Inc. v. Superior Court 368 Mass. 174 · cited by 94
• Dietrich v. Inhabitants of Northampton 138 Mass. 14 · cited by 94
• Commonwealth v. Rodriguez 378 Mass. 296 · cited by 94
• Franklin v. Albert 381 Mass. 611 · cited by 93
• Commonwealth v. Tucker 189 Mass. 457 · cited by 93
• Heacock v. Heacock 402 Mass. 21 · cited by 93
• Shaw v. Spencer 100 Mass. 382 · cited by 93
• Stone v. Essex County Newspapers, Inc. 367 Mass. 849 · cited by 92
• Commonwealth v. Isaiah I. 448 Mass. 334 · cited by 92
• Board of Education v. Assessor of Worcester 368 Mass. 511 · cited by 92
• Yorke Management v. Castro 406 Mass. 17 · cited by 92
• Commonwealth v. McHoul 352 Mass. 544 · cited by 92
• Commonwealth v. Raymond 424 Mass. 382 · cited by 91
• Hakim v. Massachusetts Insurers' Insolvency Fund 424 Mass. 275 · cited by 91
• Commonwealth v. Cinelli 389 Mass. 197 · cited by 91
• Vegelahn v. Guntner 167 Mass. 92 · cited by 90
• Commonwealth v. Durling 407 Mass. 108 · cited by 90
• Shailer v. Bumstead 99 Mass. 112 · cited by 90
• Duracraft Corp. v. Holmes Products Corp. 427 Mass. 156 · cited by 90
• General Outdoor Advertising Co. v. Department of Public Works 289 Mass. 149 · cited by 90
• Spiegel v. Beacon Participations, Inc. 297 Mass. 398 · cited by 90
• Commonwealth v. Williams 422 Mass. 111 · cited by 90
• Coffin v. Coffin 4 Mass. 1 · cited by 89
• Commonwealth v. Sires 413 Mass. 292 · cited by 89
• Tatro v. Manor Care, Inc. 416 Mass. 763 · cited by 89
• Sullivan v. India Manufacturing Co. 113 Mass. 396 · cited by 89
• Pinnick v. Cleary 360 Mass. 1 · cited by 89
• Kendall v. Selvaggio 413 Mass. 619 · cited by 89
• Carter v. Yardley & Co. 319 Mass. 92 · cited by 88
• Robertson v. Gaston Snow & Ely Bartlett 404 Mass. 515 · cited by 88
• Uno Restaurants, Inc. v. Boston Kenmore Realty Corp. 441 Mass. 376 · cited by 88
• Bratt v. International Business MacHines Corp. 392 Mass. 508 · cited by 87
• Boston Housing Authority v. Hemingway 363 Mass. 184 · cited by 87
• Schaer v. Brandeis University 432 Mass. 474 · cited by 87
• Commonwealth v. Cohen 412 Mass. 375 · cited by 86
• Commonwealth v. Gonsalves 429 Mass. 658 · cited by 86
• Commonwealth v. Zanetti 454 Mass. 449 · cited by 86
• Massaletti v. Fitzroy 228 Mass. 487 · cited by 85
• Commonwealth v. Jones 382 Mass. 387 · cited by 85
• Ayash v. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute 443 Mass. 367 · cited by 85
• Commonwealth v. Adams 374 Mass. 722 · cited by 85
• Lowell Bar Ass'n v. Loeb 315 Mass. 176 · cited by 85
• Commonwealth v. Montanez 410 Mass. 290 · cited by 85
• Mower v. Inhabitants of Leicester 9 Mass. 247 · cited by 85
• Simmons v. Fish 210 Mass. 563 · cited by 85
• Jupin v. Kask 447 Mass. 141 · cited by 84
• Herbert A. Sullivan, Inc. v. Utica Mutual Insurance 439 Mass. 387 · cited by 84
• Commonwealth v. Mahnke 368 Mass. 662 · cited by 84
• Commonwealth v. Grey 399 Mass. 469 · cited by 84
• Bissell v. Briggs 9 Mass. 462 · cited by 84
• Commonwealth v. Slavski 245 Mass. 405 · cited by 84
• Commonwealth v. Azar 435 Mass. 675 · cited by 84
• Commonwealth v. Rodriquez 364 Mass. 87 · cited by 83
• Ide v. Ide 5 Mass. 500 · cited by 83
• Woodward v. Leavitt 107 Mass. 453 · cited by 83
• Commonwealth v. Delgado 367 Mass. 432 · cited by 83
• DiLorenzo v. Atlantic National Bank 278 Mass. 321 · cited by 83
• Kelley v. Rossi 395 Mass. 659 · cited by 83
• Bartlet v. King 12 Mass. 537 · cited by 83
• Raunela v. Hertz Corp. 361 Mass. 341 · cited by 83
• Bolster v. City of Lawrence 225 Mass. 387 · cited by 82
• Minot v. Paine 99 Mass. 101 · cited by 82
• Cook v. Farm Service Stores, Inc. 301 Mass. 564 · cited by 82
• Commonwealth v. Young 382 Mass. 448 · cited by 82
• Solimene v. B. GRAUEL & CO., KG 399 Mass. 790 · cited by 82