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.

• Commonwealth v. Dagraca 447 Mass. 546 · cited by 34
• Commonwealth v. Underwood 358 Mass. 506 · cited by 34
• Commonwealth v. Garabedian 399 Mass. 304 · cited by 34
• McDonald v. Commonwealth 173 Mass. 322 · cited by 34
• Slater v. T. C. Baker Co. 261 Mass. 424 · cited by 34
• SHOPPERS'WORLD v. Board of Assessors of Framingham 348 Mass. 366 · cited by 34
• Kravetz v. Lipofsky 294 Mass. 80 · cited by 34
• Care & Protection of Stephen 401 Mass. 144 · cited by 34
• Severy v. Nickerson 120 Mass. 306 · cited by 33
• Leveillee v. Wright 300 Mass. 382 · cited by 33
• Commonwealth v. Montez 450 Mass. 736 · cited by 33
• Readman v. Conway 126 Mass. 374 · cited by 33
• Commonwealth v. Burke 339 Mass. 521 · cited by 33
• Dingley v. Dingley 5 Mass. 535 · cited by 33
• Commonwealth v. Seabrooks 433 Mass. 439 · cited by 33
• Gerrish v. New Bedford Institution for Savings 128 Mass. 159 · cited by 33
• Ciardi v. F. Hoffmann-La Roche, Ltd. 436 Mass. 53 · cited by 33
• Commonwealth v. Sholley 432 Mass. 721 · cited by 33
• Wall v. Platt 169 Mass. 398 · cited by 33
• Holt v. Mann 294 Mass. 21 · cited by 33
• Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority v. Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co. 348 Mass. 538 · cited by 33
• Wood v. Graves 144 Mass. 365 · cited by 33
• Smith v. Travelers Insurance 219 Mass. 147 · cited by 33
• School Committee of Hanover v. Curry 369 Mass. 683 · cited by 33
• Commonwealth v. Stasiun 349 Mass. 38 · cited by 33
• Greenwood v. Curtis 6 Mass. 358 · cited by 33
• Schuler v. Union News Co. 295 Mass. 350 · cited by 33
• Stetson v. French 321 Mass. 195 · cited by 33
• District Attorney for the Suffolk District v. Watson 381 Mass. 648 · cited by 33
• Tuper v. North Adams Ambulance Service, Inc. 428 Mass. 132 · cited by 33
• Choate v. Assessors of Boston 304 Mass. 298 · cited by 33
• Yerid v. Mason 341 Mass. 527 · cited by 33
• Commonwealth v. Brown 431 Mass. 772 · cited by 33
• O'Brien v. Pearson 449 Mass. 377 · cited by 33
• Herman v. Fine 314 Mass. 67 · cited by 33
• Meeney v. Doyle 276 Mass. 218 · cited by 33
• Check v. Kaplan 280 Mass. 170 · cited by 33
• Hartford Casualty Insurance v. New Hampshire Insurance 417 Mass. 115 · cited by 33
• Morrison v. Selectmen of Weymouth 279 Mass. 486 · cited by 33
• Morse v. Hutchins 102 Mass. 439 · cited by 33
• Commonwealth v. Benoit 382 Mass. 210 · cited by 33
• Doyle v. Dixon 97 Mass. 208 · cited by 33
• Bureau of Special Investigations v. Coalition of Public Safety 430 Mass. 601 · cited by 33
• Commonwealth v. Purdy 459 Mass. 442 · cited by 33
• Snow v. Alley 156 Mass. 193 · cited by 33
• Bean v. Parker 17 Mass. 591 · cited by 33
• Commonwealth v. French 357 Mass. 356 · cited by 33
• Inspector of Buildings v. Stoklosa 250 Mass. 52 · cited by 33
• School Committee of Wellesley v. LABOR RELATIONS COMM. 376 Mass. 112 · cited by 33
• Commonwealth v. Watson 388 Mass. 536 · cited by 33
• Fairneny v. Savogran Co. 422 Mass. 469 · cited by 33
• Commonwealth v. Sanders 383 Mass. 637 · cited by 33
• Rocci v. Massachusetts Accident Co. 222 Mass. 336 · cited by 33
• Holden v. James 11 Mass. 396 · cited by 33
• DeJesus v. Yogel 404 Mass. 44 · cited by 33
• Commonwealth v. Trigones 397 Mass. 633 · cited by 33
• King v. Grace 293 Mass. 244 · cited by 33
• Jones v. Brockton Public Markets, Inc. 369 Mass. 387 · cited by 33
• Commonwealth v. Brennan 386 Mass. 772 · cited by 33
• Teele v. Bishop of Derry 168 Mass. 341 · cited by 33
• Commonwealth v. Fuller 394 Mass. 251 · cited by 33
• Commonwealth v. Bottari 395 Mass. 777 · cited by 33
• Mayor v. Judge of First District Court 249 Mass. 465 · cited by 33
• Liberty Trust Co. v. Tilton 217 Mass. 462 · cited by 33
• Ross v. Ross 371 Mass. 439 · cited by 33
• Patterson v. Ciborowski 277 Mass. 260 · cited by 33
• Goddard v. Binney 115 Mass. 450 · cited by 33
• Commonwealth v. Adjutant 443 Mass. 649 · cited by 33
• Sherry v. Perkins 147 Mass. 212 · cited by 33
• Simons v. American Dry Ginger Ale Co. Inc. 335 Mass. 521 · cited by 33
• Commonwealth v. Barbosa 421 Mass. 547 · cited by 33
• Bishop v. Weber 139 Mass. 411 · cited by 33
• Nycal Corp. v. KPMG Peat Marwick LLP 426 Mass. 491 · cited by 33
• Ward v. Johnson 13 Mass. 148 · cited by 33
• Sturges v. Town of Chilmark 380 Mass. 246 · cited by 33
• Commonwealth v. Henry 229 Mass. 19 · cited by 33
• Clark v. Munroe 14 Mass. 351 · cited by 33
• Commonwealth v. Jackson 419 Mass. 716 · cited by 33
• Commonwealth v. Carpenter 325 Mass. 519 · cited by 33
• School District of Beverly v. Geller 435 Mass. 223 · cited by 33
• School Committee of Springfield v. Board of Education 362 Mass. 417 · cited by 33
• Monahan v. Washburn 400 Mass. 126 · cited by 33
• Assuncao's Case 372 Mass. 6 · cited by 33
• Commonwealth v. Kirkpatrick 423 Mass. 436 · cited by 33
• Mutual Life Insurance v. Allen 138 Mass. 24 · cited by 33
• Commonwealth v. Marrero 427 Mass. 65 · cited by 33
• Morville v. American Tract Society 123 Mass. 129 · cited by 33
• Plumer v. Houghton & Dutton Co. 277 Mass. 209 · cited by 33
• Commonwealth v. Fowler 10 Mass. 290 · cited by 33
• DeJoinville v. Commonwealth 381 Mass. 246 · cited by 33
• New England Box Co. v. C & R Construction Co. 313 Mass. 696 · cited by 33
• Commonwealth v. Quinones 414 Mass. 423 · cited by 33
• Samia v. Central Oil Co. of Worcester 339 Mass. 101 · cited by 33
• O'BRIEN v. Borowski 461 Mass. 415 · cited by 33
• Shawmut Community Bank, N.A. v. Zagami 411 Mass. 807 · cited by 33
• Commonwealth v. a Juvenile 389 Mass. 128 · cited by 33
• Dolan's Case 101 Mass. 219 · cited by 33
• Curtiss-Wright Corp. v. Edel-Brown Tool & Die Co., Inc. 381 Mass. 1 · cited by 33
• Allmerica Financial Corp. v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's 449 Mass. 621 · cited by 33
• Commonwealth v. Jaime 433 Mass. 575 · cited by 33
• Adoption of Tammy 416 Mass. 205 · cited by 33
• Commonwealth v. Shipps 399 Mass. 820 · cited by 33
• Hurley v. Ornsteen 311 Mass. 477 · cited by 33
• Whalen v. Worcester Electric Light Co. 307 Mass. 169 · cited by 33
• Opinion of the Justices to the House of Representatives 294 Mass. 616 · cited by 33
• Morse v. Homer's Inc. 295 Mass. 606 · cited by 33
• Anderson v. Bean 272 Mass. 432 · cited by 33
• Otis v. Arbella Mutual Insurance 443 Mass. 634 · cited by 33
• St. Germaine v. Pendergast 411 Mass. 615 · cited by 33
• Fitchburg Cotton Manufactory Corp. v. Melven 15 Mass. 268 · cited by 33
• Commonwealth v. Choate 105 Mass. 451 · cited by 33
• Whitcomb v. Bacon 170 Mass. 479 · cited by 33
• Commonwealth v. Beaudry 445 Mass. 577 · cited by 33
• Commonwealth v. Beldotti 409 Mass. 553 · cited by 33
• W.R. Grace & Co. v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. 407 Mass. 572 · cited by 33
• Attorney General v. M.C.K., Inc. 432 Mass. 546 · cited by 33
• Commonwealth v. Silanskas 433 Mass. 678 · cited by 33
• Williams v. Hartman 413 Mass. 398 · cited by 32
• Labor Relations Commission v. University Hospital, Inc. 359 Mass. 516 · cited by 32
• Slocum v. Natural Products Co. 292 Mass. 455 · cited by 32
• Commonwealth v. Hilton 398 Mass. 63 · cited by 32
• C.C. v. A.B. 406 Mass. 679 · cited by 32
• Hogan v. Coleman 326 Mass. 770 · cited by 32
• Commonwealth v. Pentz 247 Mass. 500 · cited by 32
• Kater v. Commonwealth 421 Mass. 17 · cited by 32
• Commonwealth v. Johnson 429 Mass. 745 · cited by 32
• Commonwealth v. Alfonso A. 438 Mass. 372 · cited by 32
• Carilli v. Hersey 303 Mass. 82 · cited by 32
• Commonwealth v. McAfee 430 Mass. 483 · cited by 32
• Massachusetts Highway Department v. American Federation of State, Council 93 420 Mass. 13 · cited by 32
• Bouchie v. Murray 376 Mass. 524 · cited by 32
• Lyons v. Globe Newspaper Co. 415 Mass. 258 · cited by 32
• Attorney General v. Jamaica Pond Aqueduct Corp. 133 Mass. 361 · cited by 32
• Myers v. Hudson Iron Co. 150 Mass. 125 · cited by 32
• Rice v. Parkman 16 Mass. 326 · cited by 32
• Sherman v. Pfefferkorn 241 Mass. 468 · cited by 32
• Curran v. City of Boston 8 L.R.A. 243 · cited by 32
• Commonwealth v. Lykus 367 Mass. 191 · cited by 32
• Zullo v. Goguen 423 Mass. 679 · cited by 32
• Parrot v. Mexican Central Railway Co. 207 Mass. 184 · cited by 32
• Richardson v. New York Central Railroad 98 Mass. 85 · cited by 32
• Miles v. Janvrin 196 Mass. 431 · cited by 32
• Worden v. City of New Bedford 131 Mass. 23 · cited by 32
• Commonwealth v. Henry's Drywall Co., Inc. 366 Mass. 539 · cited by 32
• Kerwin v. Donaghy 317 Mass. 559 · cited by 32
• Stuart v. Sargent 283 Mass. 536 · cited by 32
• Commonwealth v. Bohmer 374 Mass. 368 · cited by 32
• Commonwealth v. Kiernan 348 Mass. 29 · cited by 32
• Jones v. Jones 297 Mass. 198 · cited by 32
• Wolfe v. Gormally 440 Mass. 699 · cited by 32
• Commonwealth v. Burnett 418 Mass. 769 · cited by 32
• Barnes v. City of Springfield 268 Mass. 497 · cited by 32
• Leone v. Doran 363 Mass. 1 · cited by 32
• Walker v. Benz Kid Co. 279 Mass. 533 · cited by 32
• Larson v. Sylvester 282 Mass. 352 · cited by 32
• Commonwealth v. Santos 440 Mass. 281 · cited by 32
• Commonwealth v. Benoit 410 Mass. 506 · cited by 32
• McCarthy v. Lane 301 Mass. 125 · cited by 32
• Young v. Garwacki 380 Mass. 162 · cited by 32
• Commonwealth v. Snell 428 Mass. 766 · cited by 32
• Matheson v. O'Kane 211 Mass. 91 · cited by 32
• Commonwealth v. Fuller 421 Mass. 400 · cited by 32
• Commonwealth v. Accaputo 380 Mass. 435 · cited by 32
• Josephs v. Board of Appeals of Brookline 362 Mass. 290 · cited by 32
• Commonwealth v. Fleckner 167 Mass. 13 · cited by 32
• Commonwealth v. Look 379 Mass. 893 · cited by 32
• Commonwealth v. Sacco 255 Mass. 369 · cited by 32
• Kansallis Finance Ltd. v. Fern 421 Mass. 659 · cited by 32
• Dunphy v. Traveller Newspaper Ass'n 146 Mass. 495 · cited by 32
• Idzykowski v. Jordan Marsh Co. 279 Mass. 163 · cited by 32
• Korb v. Albany Carpet Cleaning Co. 301 Mass. 317 · cited by 32
• O'Roak v. Lloyds Casualty Co. 285 Mass. 532 · cited by 32
• Ottaway Newspapers, Inc. v. Appeals Court 372 Mass. 539 · cited by 32
• Commonwealth v. Frazier 410 Mass. 235 · cited by 32
• Commonwealth v. Tremblay 480 Mass. 645 · cited by 32
• Commonwealth v. Bellino 320 Mass. 635 · cited by 32
• Commonwealth v. Baker 368 Mass. 58 · cited by 32
• McCarthy v. Supreme Lodge New England Order of Protection 153 Mass. 314 · cited by 32
• Commonwealth v. Martin 447 Mass. 274 · cited by 32
• Smith v. Rice 11 Mass. 507 · cited by 32
• Roe v. Attorney General 434 Mass. 418 · cited by 32
• Commonwealth v. O'Laughlin 446 Mass. 188 · cited by 32
• Young v. Adams 6 Mass. 182 · cited by 32
• Commonwealth v. Pisa 384 Mass. 362 · cited by 32
• Commonwealth v. Denis 442 Mass. 617 · cited by 32
• Commonwealth v. Kelley 359 Mass. 77 · cited by 32
• Snyder v. Sperry & Hutchinson Co. 368 Mass. 433 · cited by 32
• President of the Portland Bank v. Apthorp 12 Mass. 252 · cited by 32
• Schubach v. Household Finance Corp. 375 Mass. 133 · cited by 32
• Bonofiglio v. Commercial Union Insurance 411 Mass. 31 · cited by 32
• Shapiro Equipment Corp. v. Morris & Son Construction Corp. 369 Mass. 968 · cited by 32
• Tyler v. Odd Fellows' Mutual Relief Ass'n 145 Mass. 134 · cited by 32
• Commonwealth v. Smith 166 Mass. 370 · cited by 32
• Paraboschi v. Shaw 258 Mass. 531 · cited by 32
• Reed v. Washington Fire & Marine Insurance 138 Mass. 572 · cited by 32
• Commonwealth v. Burgess 450 Mass. 422 · cited by 32
• Perkins v. Fairfield 11 Mass. 227 · cited by 32
• Carpenter v. Snelling 97 Mass. 452 · cited by 32
• Sweeney v. Morey & Co. 279 Mass. 495 · cited by 32
• Lord v. Dall 12 Mass. 115 · cited by 32