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.

• Moore v. Election Commissioners 309 Mass. 303 · cited by 32
• Maguire v. Middlesex Railroad 115 Mass. 239 · cited by 32
• Brewster v. Sherman 195 Mass. 222 · cited by 32
• Commonwealth v. Bishop 402 Mass. 449 · cited by 32
• Almeida Bus Lines, Inc. v. Department of Public Utilities 348 Mass. 331 · cited by 32
• Geo. W. Wilcox, Inc. v. Shell Eastern Petroleum Products, Inc. 283 Mass. 383 · cited by 32
• Commonwealth v. Thomas 429 Mass. 403 · cited by 32
• Commonwealth v. Blondin 324 Mass. 564 · cited by 32
• Willett v. Rich 142 Mass. 356 · cited by 32
• Commonwealth v. Haskins 128 Mass. 60 · cited by 32
• Commonwealth v. Ruffen 399 Mass. 811 · cited by 32
• Campione v. Wilson 422 Mass. 185 · cited by 32
• Opinion of the Justices to the Senate & House of Representatives 220 Mass. 613 · cited by 32
• Commonwealth v. Stevens 362 Mass. 24 · cited by 32
• Commonwealth v. Parapar 404 Mass. 319 · cited by 32
• Armburg v. Boston & Maine Railroad 276 Mass. 418 · cited by 32
• Commonwealth v. White 353 Mass. 409 · cited by 32
• Bergeron v. Forest 233 Mass. 392 · cited by 32
• Phipps Products Corp. v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority 387 Mass. 687 · cited by 32
• Commonwealth v. Bookman 386 Mass. 657 · cited by 32
• Commonwealth v. Warren 418 Mass. 86 · cited by 32
• Proprietors of the Kennebeck Purchase v. Springer 4 Mass. 416 · cited by 32
• Redigan v. Boston & Maine Railroad 14 L.R.A. 276 · cited by 32
• Bresnahan v. Barre 286 Mass. 593 · cited by 32
• Churchill v. Holt 127 Mass. 165 · cited by 32
• Smith v. Hill 232 Mass. 188 · cited by 32
• Gabbidon v. King 414 Mass. 685 · cited by 32
• Breen v. Burns 280 Mass. 222 · cited by 32
• Whitney v. Judge of the District Court 271 Mass. 448 · cited by 32
• Gorey v. Guarente 303 Mass. 569 · cited by 32
• Commonwealth v. Paniaqua 413 Mass. 796 · cited by 32
• Commonwealth v. Gullick 386 Mass. 278 · cited by 32
• Flood v. Hodges 231 Mass. 252 · cited by 32
• Lubell v. First National Stores, Inc. 342 Mass. 161 · cited by 32
• Leavitt v. Fiberloid Co. 196 Mass. 440 · cited by 32
• Commonwealth v. Gaulden 383 Mass. 543 · cited by 32
• Doe v. New Bedford Housing Authority 417 Mass. 273 · cited by 32
• Commonwealth v. D'ONOFRIO 396 Mass. 711 · cited by 32
• Commonwealth v. Dorsey 103 Mass. 412 · cited by 32
• Commonwealth v. DeMarco 387 Mass. 481 · cited by 32
• O'BLENES v. Zoning Board of Appeals of Lynn 397 Mass. 555 · cited by 32
• Golchin v. Liberty Mutual Insurance 460 Mass. 222 · cited by 32
• Commonwealth v. Palmariello 392 Mass. 126 · cited by 32
• Commonwealth v. Coren 437 Mass. 723 · cited by 32
• Salvas v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. 452 Mass. 337 · cited by 32
• Blood v. Adams 269 Mass. 480 · cited by 32
• Jussim v. Massachusetts Bay Insurance 415 Mass. 24 · cited by 32
• Commonwealth v. Davis 403 Mass. 575 · cited by 32
• Greenfield Country Estates Tenants Ass'n v. Deep 423 Mass. 81 · cited by 32
• Simplex Technologies, Inc. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance 429 Mass. 196 · cited by 32
• Commonwealth v. Eckert 431 Mass. 591 · cited by 32
• Berman v. Linnane 434 Mass. 301 · cited by 32
• Commonwealth v. Hesketh 386 Mass. 153 · cited by 32
• Attorney General v. Tillinghast 203 Mass. 539 · cited by 32
• Bar Ass'n v. Greenhood 168 Mass. 169 · cited by 31
• Horan v. Inhabitants of Watertown 217 Mass. 185 · cited by 31
• Pitt v. Berkshire Life Insurance 100 Mass. 500 · cited by 31
• DaLuz v. Department of Correction 434 Mass. 40 · cited by 31
• Commonwealth v. Fluker 377 Mass. 123 · cited by 31
• Commissioner of Corporations & Taxation v. Club 318 Mass. 285 · cited by 31
• Commonwealth v. Brooks 422 Mass. 574 · cited by 31
• Metropolitan Property & Casualty Insurance Co. v. Morrison 460 Mass. 352 · cited by 31
• Lowell v. City of Boston 322 Mass. 709 · cited by 31
• Commonwealth v. Vuthy Seng 436 Mass. 537 · cited by 31
• Russell v. American Bell Telephone Co. 180 Mass. 467 · cited by 31
• Commonwealth v. Cong Duc Le 444 Mass. 431 · cited by 31
• Commonwealth v. Lopes 455 Mass. 147 · cited by 31
• Mirageas v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority 391 Mass. 815 · cited by 31
• Baccanti v. Morton 434 Mass. 787 · cited by 31
• Commonwealth v. Niziolek 380 Mass. 513 · cited by 31
• Commonwealth v. Cantres 405 Mass. 238 · cited by 31
• Mitchell v. Mitchell 312 Mass. 154 · cited by 31
• J. T. Healy & Son, Inc. v. James A. Murphy & Son, Inc. 357 Mass. 728 · cited by 31
• Mello v. Hingham Mutual Fire Insurance 421 Mass. 333 · cited by 31
• Commonwealth v. Caine 366 Mass. 366 · cited by 31
• Opinion of the Justices to the House of Representatives 365 Mass. 681 · cited by 31
• Commonwealth v. West 312 Mass. 438 · cited by 31
• Hill v. West End Street Railway Co. 158 Mass. 458 · cited by 31
• Monument National Bank v. Globe Works 101 Mass. 57 · cited by 31
• O'Donnell v. Inhabitants of Clinton 145 Mass. 461 · cited by 31
• Salisbury v. Herchenroder 106 Mass. 458 · cited by 31
• Cole v. Westinghouse Broadcasting Co., Inc. 386 Mass. 303 · cited by 31
• E. S. Parks Shellac Co. v. Jones 265 Mass. 108 · cited by 31
• Milkman v. Ordway 106 Mass. 232 · cited by 31
• Tupper v. Hancock 319 Mass. 105 · cited by 31
• Cottage Street Methodist Episcopal Church v. Kendall 121 Mass. 528 · cited by 31
• Norcross v. Board of Appeal of Building Department 255 Mass. 177 · cited by 31
• Commonwealth v. Jones 362 Mass. 497 · cited by 31
• Rust v. Low 6 Mass. 90 · cited by 31
• Commonwealth v. Marshall 434 Mass. 358 · cited by 31
• Barrett v. King 181 Mass. 476 · cited by 31
• Brown v. Robinson 275 Mass. 55 · cited by 31
• Lewis v. Area II Homecare for Senior Citizens, Inc. 397 Mass. 761 · cited by 31
• Commonwealth v. Nieves 429 Mass. 763 · cited by 31
• Lynch v. Springfield Safe Deposit & Trust Co. 294 Mass. 170 · cited by 31
• Tucker Manufacturing Co. v. Fairbanks 98 Mass. 101 · cited by 31
• Loanes v. Gast 216 Mass. 197 · cited by 31
• Adoption of Willow 433 Mass. 636 · cited by 31
• Mead v. Inhabitants of Acton 139 Mass. 341 · cited by 31
• Commonwealth v. Feyenord 445 Mass. 72 · cited by 31
• Commonwealth v. Connolly 356 Mass. 617 · cited by 31
• Letch v. Daniels 401 Mass. 65 · cited by 31
• Opinion of the Justices to the Senate & the House of Representatives 309 Mass. 571 · cited by 31
• Cooper v. Cooper 147 Mass. 370 · cited by 31
• Commonwealth v. Mattei 455 Mass. 840 · cited by 31
• Stowell v. H. P. Hood & Sons, Inc. 288 Mass. 555 · cited by 31
• Commonwealth v. Leis 355 Mass. 189 · cited by 31
• Barron v. Eldredge 100 Mass. 455 · cited by 31
• Department of Revenue v. Jarvenpaa 404 Mass. 177 · cited by 31
• Langford v. Boston & Albany Railroad 144 Mass. 431 · cited by 31
• Stratos v. Department of Public Welfare 387 Mass. 312 · cited by 31
• Conner v. Henderson 15 Mass. 319 · cited by 31
• Richard D. Kimball Co. v. City of Medford 340 Mass. 727 · cited by 31
• Gott v. Pulsifer 122 Mass. 235 · cited by 31
• Commonwealth v. Pearce 427 Mass. 642 · cited by 31
• McDonough v. O'Niel 113 Mass. 92 · cited by 31
• Commonwealth v. Ortiz 376 Mass. 349 · cited by 31
• Nationwide Mutual Insurance v. Commissioner of Insurance 397 Mass. 416 · cited by 31
• Bigaouette v. Paulet 134 Mass. 123 · cited by 31
• Bowen v. Kimbell 203 Mass. 364 · cited by 31
• Lynn Teachers Union, Local 1037 v. Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination 406 Mass. 515 · cited by 31
• Commonwealth v. DeVincent 421 Mass. 64 · cited by 31
• Cobb v. Covenant Mutual Benefit Ass'n 10 L.R.A. 666 · cited by 31
• Smith v. Massimiano 414 Mass. 81 · cited by 31
• Phillips v. Youth Development Program, Inc. 390 Mass. 652 · cited by 31
• Tingley v. Bateman 10 Mass. 343 · cited by 31
• Mullholland v. State Racing Commission 295 Mass. 286 · cited by 31
• Commonwealth v. Slaney 345 Mass. 135 · cited by 31
• Cremins v. Clancy 415 Mass. 289 · cited by 31
• Seney v. Morhy 467 Mass. 58 · cited by 31
• Commonwealth v. Subilosky 352 Mass. 153 · cited by 31
• Commonwealth v. Morse 427 Mass. 117 · cited by 31
• Jamrog v. H. L. Handy Co. 284 Mass. 195 · cited by 31
• Alioto v. Marnell 402 Mass. 36 · cited by 31
• Lee v. Allied Sports Associates, Inc. 349 Mass. 544 · cited by 31
• Hannon v. Gorman 296 Mass. 437 · cited by 31
• Morrissey v. Eastern Railroad 126 Mass. 377 · cited by 31
• Inhabitants of Medway v. Inhabitants of Needham 16 Mass. 157 · cited by 31
• Commonwealth v. Waters 399 Mass. 708 · cited by 31
• Commonwealth v. Blais 428 Mass. 294 · cited by 31
• Lyttle v. Monto 248 Mass. 340 · cited by 31
• Nash v. Minnesota Title Insurance & Trust Co. 28 L.R.A. 753 · cited by 31
• Commonwealth v. Tuitt 393 Mass. 801 · cited by 31
• Blankenburg v. Commonwealth 260 Mass. 369 · cited by 31
• Commonwealth v. Fredette 396 Mass. 455 · cited by 31
• Commonwealth v. Avila 454 Mass. 744 · cited by 31
• Commonwealth v. Murphy 426 Mass. 395 · cited by 31
• Commonwealth v. Comtois 399 Mass. 668 · cited by 31
• Acting Superintendent of Bournewood Hospital v. Baker 431 Mass. 101 · cited by 31
• Dawes v. Boylston 9 Mass. 337 · cited by 31
• Commonwealth v. Valliere 437 Mass. 366 · cited by 31
• National Merchandising Corp. v. Leyden 370 Mass. 425 · cited by 31
• Commonwealth v. Alvarez 422 Mass. 198 · cited by 31
• Commonwealth v. Ferreira 381 Mass. 306 · cited by 31
• In re Keenan 314 Mass. 544 · cited by 31
• Embers of Salisbury, Inc. v. Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission 401 Mass. 526 · cited by 31
• Morrison v. City of Lawrence 98 Mass. 219 · cited by 31
• Commonwealth v. Ruci 409 Mass. 94 · cited by 31
• Commonwealth v. Balthazar 366 Mass. 298 · cited by 31
• Keeney v. Ciborowski 304 Mass. 371 · cited by 31
• Animal Rescue League v. Assessors of Bourne 310 Mass. 330 · cited by 31
• Proprietors of Mount Hope Cemetery v. City of Boston 158 Mass. 509 · cited by 31
• Silver v. Cushner 300 Mass. 583 · cited by 31
• Commonwealth v. Imbruglia 377 Mass. 682 · cited by 31
• Opinion of the Justices to the Senate 313 Mass. 779 · cited by 31
• Commonwealth v. Jewett 392 Mass. 558 · cited by 31
• Campbell v. Dearborn 109 Mass. 130 · cited by 31
• Carey v. New Yorker of Worcester, Inc. 355 Mass. 450 · cited by 31
• Olliffe v. Wells 130 Mass. 221 · cited by 31
• Pittsfield & North Adams Railroad v. Boston & Albany Railroad 260 Mass. 390 · cited by 31
• Gordon v. Cummings 9 L.R.A. 640 · cited by 31
• Abrams v. Factory Mutual Liability Insurance 298 Mass. 141 · cited by 31
• Clark v. M. W. Leahy Co. 300 Mass. 565 · cited by 31
• Slayton v. Inhabitants of Chester 4 Mass. 478 · cited by 31
• Commonwealth v. Martinez 431 Mass. 168 · cited by 31
• Griffin v. General Motors Corp. 380 Mass. 362 · cited by 31
• Cutter v. Hamlen 1 L.R.A. 429 · cited by 31
• Guild v. Butler 127 Mass. 386 · cited by 31
• Hayden v. Hayden 326 Mass. 587 · cited by 31
• Commonwealth v. LePage 352 Mass. 403 · cited by 31
• Commonwealth v. Aviles 461 Mass. 60 · cited by 31
• Petersilea v. Stone 119 Mass. 465 · cited by 31
• Commonwealth v. Lykus 406 Mass. 135 · cited by 31
• Zora v. State Ethics Commission 415 Mass. 640 · cited by 31
• Commonwealth v. Morgan 422 Mass. 373 · cited by 31
• Nashua River Paper Co. v. Lindsay 249 Mass. 365 · cited by 31
• Commonwealth v. Federico 425 Mass. 844 · cited by 31
• Globe Newspaper Co. v. Boston Retirement Board 388 Mass. 427 · cited by 31
• Nichols v. City of Boston 98 Mass. 39 · cited by 31
• Commonwealth v. Simmons 419 Mass. 426 · cited by 31
• Mmoe v. Commonwealth 393 Mass. 617 · cited by 31
• Commonwealth v. Davis 284 Mass. 41 · cited by 31
• James B. Rendle Co. v. Conley & Daggett, Inc. 313 Mass. 712 · cited by 31
• Commonwealth v. Scala 380 Mass. 500 · cited by 31
• Hobbs v. Massasoit Whip Co. 158 Mass. 194 · cited by 31
• Kaufmann v. Sydeman 251 Mass. 210 · cited by 30
• Inhabitants of Woburn v. Henshaw 101 Mass. 193 · cited by 30
• Commonwealth v. Ford 424 Mass. 709 · cited by 30
• Meunier's Case 319 Mass. 421 · cited by 30
• City of Boston v. Treasurer & Receiver General 237 Mass. 403 · cited by 30