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.

• Bartlett v. Stanchfield 2 L.R.A. 625 · cited by 30
• Mount Hermon Boys' School v. Inhabitants of Gill 145 Mass. 139 · cited by 30
• Commonwealth v. Bernier 359 Mass. 13 · cited by 30
• Theos & Sons, Inc. v. Mack Trucks, Inc. 431 Mass. 736 · cited by 30
• Commonwealth v. Gilbert 423 Mass. 863 · cited by 30
• DeRose v. Putnam Management Co. 398 Mass. 205 · cited by 30
• Feneff v. New York Central & Hudson River Railroad 203 Mass. 278 · cited by 30
• Lamson & Co. v. Abrams 305 Mass. 238 · cited by 30
• Clarke v. Ames 267 Mass. 44 · cited by 30
• Commonwealth v. Lacy 371 Mass. 363 · cited by 30
• Commonwealth v. Millen 290 Mass. 406 · cited by 30
• Freeman v. Travelers' Insurance 144 Mass. 572 · cited by 30
• Commonwealth v. Murphy 362 Mass. 542 · cited by 30
• Soja v. T. P. Sampson Co. 373 Mass. 630 · cited by 30
• Spence v. Gormley 387 Mass. 258 · cited by 30
• Roscigno v. Colonial Beacon Oil Co. 294 Mass. 234 · cited by 30
• Commonwealth v. Phoenix 409 Mass. 408 · cited by 30
• Brown v. Little, Brown & Co. 269 Mass. 102 · cited by 30
• Commonwealth v. Hill 375 Mass. 50 · cited by 30
• Marsh v. Supreme Council American Legion of Honor 149 Mass. 512 · cited by 30
• Commonwealth v. Horsfall 213 Mass. 232 · cited by 30
• Attorney General v. Colleton 387 Mass. 790 · cited by 30
• Commonwealth v. Glass 401 Mass. 799 · cited by 30
• Black v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford Railroad Co. 193 Mass. 448 · cited by 30
• Flemings v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board 431 Mass. 374 · cited by 30
• Commonwealth v. Chasson 383 Mass. 183 · cited by 30
• Commonwealth v. Hill 432 Mass. 704 · cited by 30
• Berger v. H.P. Hood, Inc. 416 Mass. 652 · cited by 30
• Brodbine v. Inhabitants of Revere 182 Mass. 598 · cited by 30
• Brigham v. Fayerweather 140 Mass. 411 · cited by 30
• Commonwealth v. Benders 361 Mass. 704 · cited by 30
• Decker v. Black & Decker Manufacturing Co. 389 Mass. 35 · cited by 30
• Commonwealth v. Lavrinenko 473 Mass. 42 · cited by 30
• Parker v. Simpson 180 Mass. 334 · cited by 30
• Gallagher v. STOP & STOP, INC. 332 Mass. 560 · cited by 30
• Bonnie W. v. Commonwealth 419 Mass. 122 · cited by 30
• Commonwealth v. Nawn 394 Mass. 1 · cited by 30
• John Doe v. Sex Offender Registry Bd. 482 Mass. 643 · cited by 30
• Olde Towne Liquor Store, Inc. v. Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission 372 Mass. 152 · cited by 30
• Commonwealth v. Murchison 418 Mass. 58 · cited by 30
• Commonwealth v. Cerveny 387 Mass. 280 · cited by 30
• Commonwealth v. Welch 420 Mass. 646 · cited by 30
• Commonwealth v. DeJesus 439 Mass. 616 · cited by 30
• Dalis v. Buyer Advertising, Inc. 418 Mass. 220 · cited by 30
• Commonwealth v. McGuirk 376 Mass. 338 · cited by 30
• Commonwealth v. Franklin 376 Mass. 885 · cited by 30
• Commonwealth v. Caracciola 409 Mass. 648 · cited by 30
• Hall v. Thayer 105 Mass. 219 · cited by 30
• Wilbur v. City of Newton 302 Mass. 38 · cited by 30
• Scheffler's Case 419 Mass. 251 · cited by 30
• Commonwealth v. Kwiatkowski 418 Mass. 543 · cited by 30
• Matsushita Electric Corp. of America v. Sonus Corp. 362 Mass. 246 · cited by 30
• Proprietors of Locks & Canals on Merrimack River v. Nashua & Lowell Railroad 104 Mass. 1 · cited by 30
• Commonwealth v. Vailes 360 Mass. 522 · cited by 30
• Wells v. Banister 4 Mass. 514 · cited by 30
• Commonwealth v. Chou 433 Mass. 229 · cited by 30
• Commonwealth v. Jung 420 Mass. 675 · cited by 30
• Brightman's Case 220 Mass. 17 · cited by 30
• Milbury v. Turner Centre System 274 Mass. 358 · cited by 30
• Commonwealth v. Gomes 470 Mass. 352 · cited by 30
• Minor v. Sharon 112 Mass. 477 · cited by 30
• Olofson v. Kilgallon 362 Mass. 803 · cited by 30
• McCarthy v. City of Malden 303 Mass. 563 · cited by 30
• Pybus v. Grasso 317 Mass. 716 · cited by 30
• Fonseca v. Cunard Steamship Co. 12 L.R.A. 340 · cited by 30
• Commonwealth v. Little 384 Mass. 262 · cited by 30
• Godfrey v. Caswell 321 Mass. 161 · cited by 30
• Little v. Phipps 208 Mass. 331 · cited by 30
• Carpenter v. Farnsworth 106 Mass. 561 · cited by 30
• Opinion of the Justices to the Senate & House of Representatives 126 Mass. 557 · cited by 30
• Grinnell v. Western Union Telegraph Co. 113 Mass. 299 · cited by 30
• Commonwealth v. Venios 378 Mass. 24 · cited by 30
• Commonwealth v. Brusgulis 398 Mass. 325 · cited by 30
• Commonwealth v. Quigley 391 Mass. 461 · cited by 30
• John Donnelly & Sons, Inc. v. Outdoor Advertising Board 369 Mass. 206 · cited by 30
• Breese v. Commonwealth 415 Mass. 249 · cited by 30
• Barbosa v. HOPPER FEEDS. INC. 404 Mass. 610 · cited by 30
• Illingsworth v. Boston Electric Light Co. 25 L.R.A. 552 · cited by 30
• Mendonza v. Commonwealth 423 Mass. 771 · cited by 30
• Commonwealth v. Clary 8 Mass. 72 · cited by 30
• McCarthy v. William H. Wood Lumber Co. 219 Mass. 566 · cited by 30
• Wrobel v. General Accident Fire & Life Assurance Corp. 288 Mass. 206 · cited by 30
• Mulhern v. Roach 398 Mass. 18 · cited by 30
• Commonwealth v. Furr 454 Mass. 101 · cited by 30
• Commonwealth v. Drayton 386 Mass. 39 · cited by 30
• Rooney v. Sewall & Day Cordage Co. 161 Mass. 153 · cited by 30
• International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots, Atlantic & Gulf Maritime Region v. Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard & Nantucket Steamship Authority 392 Mass. 811 · cited by 30
• Attorney General v. Suffolk County Apportionment Commissioners 224 Mass. 598 · cited by 30
• Commonwealth v. Clemente 452 Mass. 295 · cited by 30
• Commonwealth v. Feijoo 419 Mass. 486 · cited by 30
• Franklin v. North Weymouth Cooperative Bank 283 Mass. 275 · cited by 30
• Chandler v. Simmons 97 Mass. 508 · cited by 30
• Commonwealth v. Hull 296 Mass. 327 · cited by 30
• Commonwealth v. Williamson 462 Mass. 676 · cited by 30
• Carney v. City of Springfield 403 Mass. 604 · cited by 30
• Commonwealth v. Smith 431 Mass. 417 · cited by 30
• Commonwealth v. Robles 423 Mass. 62 · cited by 30
• Adams v. Frothingham 3 Mass. 352 · cited by 30
• Dolan v. Mutual Reserve Fund Life Ass'n 173 Mass. 197 · cited by 30
• Mulhall v. Fallon 54 L.R.A. 934 · cited by 30
• Cowen v. Sunderland 145 Mass. 363 · cited by 30
• Fitzpatrick v. Gilson 176 Mass. 477 · cited by 30
• Commonwealth v. Braley 449 Mass. 316 · cited by 30
• Malloy v. Carroll 287 Mass. 376 · cited by 30
• Metallic Compression Casting Co. v. Fitchburg Railroad 109 Mass. 277 · cited by 30
• Commonwealth v. Olivo 369 Mass. 62 · cited by 30
• Leddy v. Barney 139 Mass. 394 · cited by 30
• Adams v. Dick 226 Mass. 46 · cited by 30
• Farley v. Edward E. Tower Co. 271 Mass. 230 · cited by 30
• Commonwealth v. Maldonado 429 Mass. 502 · cited by 30
• Wheatley v. Massachusetts Insurers Insolvency Fund 456 Mass. 594 · cited by 30
• West's Case 313 Mass. 146 · cited by 30
• Harhen v. Brown 431 Mass. 838 · cited by 30
• Jacobson v. Mailboxes Etc. U.S.A., Inc. 419 Mass. 572 · cited by 30
• Kenyon v. City of Chicopee 320 Mass. 528 · cited by 30
• Commonwealth v. Taylor 383 Mass. 272 · cited by 30
• Post & Co. v. Toledo, Cincinnati, & St. Louis Railroad 144 Mass. 341 · cited by 30
• Turnpike Realty Co. v. Town of Dedham 362 Mass. 221 · cited by 30
• Brooks v. Boston & Northern Street Railway Co. 211 Mass. 277 · cited by 30
• Morasse v. Brochu 8 L.R.A. 524 · cited by 30
• Cassady v. Old Colony Street Railway Co. 63 L.R.A. 285 · cited by 30
• Commonwealth v. Anderson 411 Mass. 279 · cited by 30
• Commonwealth v. Rogers 444 Mass. 234 · cited by 30
• Delano v. Smith 206 Mass. 365 · cited by 30
• Jennings v. Bragdon 289 Mass. 595 · cited by 30
• Commonwealth v. Leone 386 Mass. 329 · cited by 30
• Caissie v. City of Cambridge 317 Mass. 346 · cited by 30
• Lunt v. Aetna Life Insurance Co. of Hartford 261 Mass. 469 · cited by 30
• Augat, Inc. v. Aegis, Inc. 409 Mass. 165 · cited by 30
• Commonwealth v. Semedo 422 Mass. 716 · cited by 30
• Wilson v. City of New Bedford 108 Mass. 261 · cited by 30
• Dulgarian v. Stone 420 Mass. 843 · cited by 30
• Donovan v. Travers 285 Mass. 167 · cited by 30
• Rosenberg v. Merida 428 Mass. 182 · cited by 30
• Commonwealth v. Parker 402 Mass. 333 · cited by 30
• Commonwealth v. Murray 359 Mass. 541 · cited by 30
• Gulezian v. Lincoln Insurance 399 Mass. 606 · cited by 30
• Hecker-Jones-Jewell Milling Co. v. Cosmopolitan Trust Co. 242 Mass. 181 · cited by 30
• Commonwealth v. Brady 380 Mass. 44 · cited by 30
• Chalifoux v. Commissioner of Correction 375 Mass. 424 · cited by 30
• Barry v. Covich 332 Mass. 338 · cited by 30
• Kelly v. Foley 284 Mass. 503 · cited by 30
• Doe, Sex Offender Registry Board No. 68549 v. Sex Offender Registry Board 470 Mass. 102 · cited by 30
• Commonwealth v. Rolon 438 Mass. 808 · cited by 30
• Ayers v. Ratshesky 213 Mass. 589 · cited by 30
• Townsend v. Hargraves 118 Mass. 325 · cited by 30
• Shea v. Massachusetts Benefit Ass'n 160 Mass. 289 · cited by 30
• Care and Protection of Laura 414 Mass. 788 · cited by 30
• Boston Gas Co. v. Assessors of Boston 334 Mass. 549 · cited by 30
• Sawyer v. Davis 136 Mass. 239 · cited by 30
• Commonwealth v. Johnson 410 Mass. 199 · cited by 30
• School Committee of Cambridge v. Superintendent of Schools 320 Mass. 516 · cited by 30
• Cambridge Electric Light Co. v. Department of Public Utilities 363 Mass. 474 · cited by 30
• Michaelson v. Silver Beach Improvement Ass'n, Inc. 342 Mass. 251 · cited by 30
• Lovejoy v. Boston & Lowell Railroad 125 Mass. 79 · cited by 30
• Commonwealth v. Kilburn 426 Mass. 31 · cited by 30
• Bendett v. Bendett 315 Mass. 59 · cited by 30
• Washburn v. R. F. Owens Co. 252 Mass. 47 · cited by 30
• Potier v. A. W. Perry, Inc. 286 Mass. 602 · cited by 30
• Doe v. Sex Offender Registry Board 428 Mass. 90 · cited by 29
• Van Christo Advertising, Inc. v. M/A-COM/LCS 426 Mass. 410 · cited by 29
• Hobson v. McLean Hospital Corp. 402 Mass. 413 · cited by 29
• Town Planning & Engineering Associates, Inc. v. Amesbury Specialty Co. 369 Mass. 737 · cited by 29
• Plunkett v. Old Colony Trust Co. 233 Mass. 471 · cited by 29
• Whiting v. Sullivan 7 Mass. 107 · cited by 29
• Commonwealth v. Kirwan 448 Mass. 304 · cited by 29
• Commonwealth v. Ambers 397 Mass. 705 · cited by 29
• Pierce v. Board of Appeals of Carver 369 Mass. 804 · cited by 29
• Donovan v. City of Haverhill 247 Mass. 69 · cited by 29
• Commonwealth v. Martin 369 Mass. 640 · cited by 29
• Commonwealth v. Johnson 379 Mass. 177 · cited by 29
• Dillon's Case 324 Mass. 102 · cited by 29
• Almeida v. Travelers Insurance 383 Mass. 226 · cited by 29
• H. K. Webster Co. v. Mann 269 Mass. 381 · cited by 29
• Gabriel v. Borowy 324 Mass. 231 · cited by 29
• Chandler v. Dunlop 311 Mass. 1 · cited by 29
• Cormier v. Carty 381 Mass. 234 · cited by 29
• Andover & Medford Turnpike Corp. v. Gould 6 Mass. 40 · cited by 29
• Commonwealth v. LaFrance 402 Mass. 789 · cited by 29
• Nally v. Volkswagen of America, Inc. 405 Mass. 191 · cited by 29
• City of Newton v. Belger 143 Mass. 598 · cited by 29
• Inhabitants of Stoughton v. Baker 4 Mass. 522 · cited by 29
• Hussey v. Thornton 4 Mass. 405 · cited by 29
• Poznik v. Massachusetts Medical Professional Ins. Ass'n 417 Mass. 48 · cited by 29
• Commonwealth v. Maguire 375 Mass. 768 · cited by 29
• GTE Products Corp. v. Stewart 414 Mass. 721 · cited by 29
• McAvoy v. Shufrin 401 Mass. 593 · cited by 29
• Palmer Savings Bank v. Insurance Co. of North America 32 L.R.A. 615 · cited by 29
• Parker v. Levin 285 Mass. 125 · cited by 29
• Kelley v. Riley 106 Mass. 339 · cited by 29
• Tilton v. City of Haverhill 311 Mass. 572 · cited by 29
• Lowell Gas Co. v. Attorney General 377 Mass. 37 · cited by 29
• Adams v. Adams 459 Mass. 361 · cited by 29
• Morrison v. Toys "R" Us, Inc. 441 Mass. 451 · cited by 29
• Coraccio v. Lowell Five Cents Savings Bank 415 Mass. 145 · cited by 29
• Dinan v. Swig 223 Mass. 516 · cited by 29
• Higgins v. Dewey 107 Mass. 494 · cited by 29
• Associates Discount Corp. v. Gillineau 322 Mass. 490 · cited by 29
• Wainwright v. Jackson 291 Mass. 100 · cited by 29
• Warcewicz v. Department of Environmental Protection 410 Mass. 548 · cited by 29