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. Lopez 433 Mass. 722 · cited by 29
• Towle v. Swasey 106 Mass. 100 · cited by 29
• Mullen v. Old Colony Railroad 127 Mass. 86 · cited by 29
• Commonwealth v. Riggins 366 Mass. 81 · cited by 29
• Commonwealth v. Peters 372 Mass. 319 · cited by 29
• Bushnell v. Bushnell 393 Mass. 462 · cited by 29
• First National Bank of Boston v. Brink 372 Mass. 257 · cited by 29
• Massachusetts Federation of Teachers v. Board of Education 436 Mass. 763 · cited by 29
• Commonwealth v. Cameron 385 Mass. 660 · cited by 29
• Commonwealth v. Lampron 441 Mass. 265 · cited by 29
• Aldworth v. F. W. Woolworth Co. 295 Mass. 344 · cited by 29
• Commonwealth v. Martinez 425 Mass. 382 · cited by 29
• National Security Bank v. Cushman 121 Mass. 490 · cited by 29
• Commonwealth v. Bakoian 412 Mass. 295 · cited by 29
• Commonwealth v. Charles 397 Mass. 1 · cited by 29
• Miner v. Connecticut River Railroad 153 Mass. 398 · cited by 29
• Wood v. Partridge 11 Mass. 488 · cited by 29
• McCarthy v. Timmins 178 Mass. 378 · cited by 29
• Byfield v. City of Newton 247 Mass. 46 · cited by 29
• Commonwealth v. Shraiar 397 Mass. 16 · cited by 29
• Staple v. Spring 10 Mass. 72 · cited by 29
• In the Matter of Saab 406 Mass. 315 · cited by 29
• Leggate v. Clark 111 Mass. 308 · cited by 29
• Commonwealth v. Carr 373 Mass. 617 · cited by 29
• Harvey v. Varney 98 Mass. 118 · cited by 29
• Martell v. White 185 Mass. 255 · cited by 29
• Steele v. Commissioner of Banks 240 Mass. 394 · cited by 29
• Commonwealth v. Russin 420 Mass. 309 · cited by 29
• Thompson v. Lowell, Lawrence, & Haverhill Street Railway Co. 40 L.R.A. 345 · cited by 29
• Commonwealth v. Baldwin 385 Mass. 165 · cited by 29
• Blair v. Inhabitants of Pelham 118 Mass. 420 · cited by 29
• Krock v. Consolidated Mines & Power Co. 286 Mass. 177 · cited by 29
• Commonwealth v. Murphy 165 Mass. 66 · cited by 29
• Sahin v. Sahin 435 Mass. 396 · cited by 29
• A.L. v. Commonwealth 402 Mass. 234 · cited by 29
• Commissioner of Corporations & Taxation v. Dalton 304 Mass. 147 · cited by 29
• Commonwealth v. Travis 372 Mass. 238 · cited by 29
• Furber v. Dane 203 Mass. 108 · cited by 29
• Greco v. Plymouth Savings Bank 423 Mass. 1019 · cited by 29
• Commonwealth v. Goodwin 458 Mass. 11 · cited by 29
• Walker v. Treasurer & Receiver General 221 Mass. 600 · cited by 29
• Graves v. Graves 108 Mass. 314 · cited by 29
• Higginson v. Treasurer & School House Commissioners 212 Mass. 583 · cited by 29
• Commonwealth v. Hrycenko 417 Mass. 309 · cited by 29
• Commonwealth v. Armand 411 Mass. 167 · cited by 29
• Myers v. Meinrath 101 Mass. 366 · cited by 29
• Marotta v. Board of Appeals of Revere 336 Mass. 199 · cited by 29
• School Committee of the City of Lowell v. Mayor of Lowell 265 Mass. 353 · cited by 29
• Surrey v. Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co. 384 Mass. 171 · cited by 29
• Commonwealth v. Thorpe 384 Mass. 271 · cited by 29
• Commerce Insurance v. Commissioner of Insurance 447 Mass. 478 · cited by 29
• Commonwealth v. Colin C. 419 Mass. 54 · cited by 29
• General Exchange Insurance v. Driscoll 315 Mass. 360 · cited by 29
• Lynn Gas & Electric Co. v. Meriden Fire Insurance 20 L.R.A. 297 · cited by 29
• All Seasons Services, Inc. v. Commissioner of Health & Hospitals 416 Mass. 269 · cited by 29
• National Cash Register Co. v. Firestone & Co. Inc. 346 Mass. 255 · cited by 29
• Roe v. Federal Insurance 412 Mass. 43 · cited by 29
• Ryerson v. Fall River Philanthropic Burial Society 315 Mass. 244 · cited by 29
• Bynum v. Commonwealth 429 Mass. 705 · cited by 29
• Commonwealth v. Nassar 380 Mass. 908 · cited by 29
• Doe v. Purity Supreme, Inc. 422 Mass. 563 · cited by 29
• Thornhill v. Carpenter-Morton Co. 220 Mass. 593 · cited by 29
• Wales v. Stetson 2 Mass. 143 · cited by 29
• A.W. Chesterton Co. v. Massachusetts Insurers Insolvency Fund 445 Mass. 502 · cited by 29
• Local No. 1710, International Ass'n of Fire Fighters, AFL-CIO v. City of Chicopee 430 Mass. 417 · cited by 29
• Barker v. Prentiss 6 Mass. 430 · cited by 29
• City of Boston v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority 373 Mass. 819 · cited by 29
• Warsofsky v. Sherman 326 Mass. 290 · cited by 29
• George H. Sampson Co. v. Commonwealth 202 Mass. 326 · cited by 29
• von Arnim v. American Tube Works 188 Mass. 515 · cited by 29
• Commonwealth v. Gallagher 408 Mass. 510 · cited by 29
• Commonwealth v. Amral 407 Mass. 511 · cited by 29
• Commonwealth v. Homer 235 Mass. 526 · cited by 29
• Commonwealth v. Woods 414 Mass. 343 · cited by 29
• DeFilippo's Case 284 Mass. 531 · cited by 29
• Commonwealth v. Churchill 5 Mass. 174 · cited by 29
• Clifford v. Atlantic Cotton Mills 146 Mass. 47 · cited by 29
• Fitts v. Powell 307 Mass. 449 · cited by 29
• Pupecki v. James Madison Corp. 376 Mass. 212 · cited by 29
• Lopez v. Commonwealth 463 Mass. 696 · cited by 29
• Weiner v. Pictorial Paper Package Corp. 303 Mass. 123 · cited by 29
• Brauer v. Globe Newspaper Co. 351 Mass. 53 · cited by 29
• Commonwealth v. Seay 376 Mass. 735 · cited by 29
• Commonwealth v. Costello 392 Mass. 393 · cited by 29
• Lowry v. Commissioner of Agriculture 302 Mass. 111 · cited by 29
• Petition of Dept. of Public Welfare 376 Mass. 252 · cited by 29
• Smith v. Livermore 298 Mass. 223 · cited by 29
• Commonwealth v. Perry 357 Mass. 149 · cited by 29
• Cheshire National Bank v. Jaynes 224 Mass. 14 · cited by 29
• Cutter v. Gillette 163 Mass. 95 · cited by 29
• Lewis v. Brotherhood Accident Co. 194 Mass. 1 · cited by 29
• Charles E. Burt, Inc. v. Seven Grand Corp. 340 Mass. 124 · cited by 29
• Palandjian v. Foster 446 Mass. 100 · cited by 29
• Mailhot v. Travelers Insurance 375 Mass. 342 · cited by 29
• Commonwealth v. Means 454 Mass. 81 · cited by 29
• Commonwealth v. Anderson 445 Mass. 195 · cited by 29
• Simon v. Weymouth Agricultural & Industrial Society 389 Mass. 146 · cited by 29
• Commonwealth v. Maguire 392 Mass. 466 · cited by 29
• Commonwealth v. Santiago 437 Mass. 620 · cited by 29
• Commonwealth v. Doucette 408 Mass. 454 · cited by 29
• Tully v. Fitchburg Railroad 134 Mass. 499 · cited by 29
• Sullivan v. Griffin 318 Mass. 359 · cited by 29
• Melia v. Zenhire, Inc. 462 Mass. 164 · cited by 29
• MacInnis v. Aetna Life & Casualty Co. 403 Mass. 220 · cited by 29
• Commonwealth v. Vazquez 426 Mass. 99 · cited by 29
• Water Department of Fairhaven v. Department of Environmental Protection 455 Mass. 740 · cited by 29
• Commonwealth v. Tremblay 460 Mass. 199 · cited by 29
• Tuells v. Flint 283 Mass. 106 · cited by 29
• Commonwealth v. Hoppin 387 Mass. 25 · cited by 29
• Regan v. Atlantic Refining Co. 304 Mass. 353 · cited by 29
• Bernatavicius v. Bernatavicius 259 Mass. 486 · cited by 29
• Kelly's Case 394 Mass. 684 · cited by 29
• Abraham v. City of Woburn 383 Mass. 724 · cited by 29
• Pinshaw v. Metropolitan District Commission 402 Mass. 687 · cited by 29
• In the Matter of a John Doe Grand Jury Investigation 408 Mass. 480 · cited by 29
• Lumber Mutual Insurance v. Zoltek Corp. 419 Mass. 704 · cited by 29
• McMurdo v. Getter 298 Mass. 363 · cited by 29
• Commonwealth v. Jones 372 Mass. 403 · cited by 29
• Rozek's Case 294 Mass. 205 · cited by 29
• Broadhurst v. Director of the Division of Employment Security 373 Mass. 720 · cited by 29
• Reynolds v. Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. 224 Mass. 379 · cited by 29
• Sibley v. Nason 196 Mass. 125 · cited by 29
• Maddaloni v. Western Mass. Bus Lines, Inc. 386 Mass. 877 · cited by 29
• Kasper v. H. P. Hood & Sons, Inc. 291 Mass. 24 · cited by 29
• Flynn v. City of Cambridge 383 Mass. 152 · cited by 29
• H. P. Hood & Sons v. Maryland Casualty Co. 206 Mass. 223 · cited by 29
• Commonwealth v. Roberts 407 Mass. 731 · cited by 29
• Klairmont v. Gainsboro Restaurant, Inc. 465 Mass. 165 · cited by 28
• Commonwealth v. Wall 295 Mass. 70 · cited by 28
• Commonwealth v. Paulding 438 Mass. 1 · cited by 28
• Commonwealth v. DiBenedetto 414 Mass. 37 · cited by 28
• Commonwealth v. Daniels 366 Mass. 601 · cited by 28
• Wyness v. Crowley 292 Mass. 461 · cited by 28
• Squires v. Fraska 301 Mass. 474 · cited by 28
• Athol Daily News v. Board of Review of the Division of Employment & Training 439 Mass. 171 · cited by 28
• Griffin v. Boston & Albany Railroad 1 L.R.A. 698 · cited by 28
• Hendler v. Coffey 278 Mass. 339 · cited by 28
• Drury v. Midland Railroad 127 Mass. 571 · cited by 28
• DiFiore v. American Airlines, Inc. 454 Mass. 486 · cited by 28
• Perley v. Eastern Railroad 98 Mass. 414 · cited by 28
• Commonwealth v. Peters 429 Mass. 22 · cited by 28
• Commonwealth v. Plunkett 422 Mass. 634 · cited by 28
• Ring v. City of Woburn 311 Mass. 679 · cited by 28
• Murphy v. ADMINISTRATOR OF THE DIV OF PERSONNEL ADMIN. 377 Mass. 217 · cited by 28
• Chin v. Merriot 470 Mass. 527 · cited by 28
• Fay v. Federal National Mortgage Ass'n 419 Mass. 782 · cited by 28
• Commonwealth v. Pina 406 Mass. 540 · cited by 28
• Bartlett v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford Railroad 221 Mass. 530 · cited by 28
• Woodbridge v. Worcester State Hospital 384 Mass. 38 · cited by 28
• Rotkiewicz v. Sadowsky 431 Mass. 748 · cited by 28
• Darmetko v. Boston Housing Authority 378 Mass. 758 · cited by 28
• Goodridge v. Director of the Division of Employment Security 375 Mass. 434 · cited by 28
• Commonwealth v. Welch 444 Mass. 80 · cited by 28
• American Manufacturers Mutual Insurance v. Commissioner of Insurance 374 Mass. 181 · cited by 28
• Marshal House, Inc. v. Rent Control Board of Brookline 358 Mass. 686 · cited by 28
• Litchfield v. Hutchinson 117 Mass. 195 · cited by 28
• Commonwealth v. Parker 412 Mass. 353 · cited by 28
• Doe v. Attorney General 425 Mass. 210 · cited by 28
• Barber v. Root 10 Mass. 260 · cited by 28
• Chas. T. Main, Inc. v. Fireman's Fund Insurance 406 Mass. 862 · cited by 28
• Commonwealth v. Rodriguez 425 Mass. 361 · cited by 28
• Commonwealth v. Conkey 443 Mass. 60 · cited by 28
• Commonwealth v. Peixoto 430 Mass. 654 · cited by 28
• Minsk v. Pitaro 284 Mass. 109 · cited by 28
• Wheeler v. O'Connell 297 Mass. 549 · cited by 28
• Powell v. Clark 5 Mass. 355 · cited by 28
• Spooner v. Holmes 102 Mass. 503 · cited by 28
• Commonwealth v. Snow 363 Mass. 778 · cited by 28
• Commonwealth v. Murdough 428 Mass. 760 · cited by 28
• Burnham v. Dowd 217 Mass. 351 · cited by 28
• Boulter-Hedley v. Boulter 429 Mass. 808 · cited by 28
• Paine v. Woods 108 Mass. 160 · cited by 28
• Giedrewicz v. Donovan 277 Mass. 563 · cited by 28
• Enrich v. Windmere Corp. 416 Mass. 83 · cited by 28
• Commonwealth v. Alano 388 Mass. 871 · cited by 28
• Commonwealth v. Rock 429 Mass. 609 · cited by 28
• Dittemore v. Dickey 249 Mass. 95 · cited by 28
• Commonwealth v. Bettencourt 361 Mass. 515 · cited by 28
• Royal Paper Box Co. v. Munro & Church Co. 284 Mass. 446 · cited by 28
• Locke v. Slater 387 Mass. 682 · cited by 28
• Commonwealth v. Allison 434 Mass. 670 · cited by 28
• Rathgeber v. Kelley 299 Mass. 444 · cited by 28
• Commonwealth v. Harris 395 Mass. 296 · cited by 28
• Berman v. Coakley 243 Mass. 348 · cited by 28
• Commonwealth v. Bloomberg 302 Mass. 349 · cited by 28
• Rocha v. Alber 302 Mass. 155 · cited by 28
• Commonwealth v. Seabrooks 425 Mass. 507 · cited by 28
• Gordon v. O'Brien 320 Mass. 739 · cited by 28
• Boston Chamber of Commerce v. Assessors of Boston 315 Mass. 712 · cited by 28
• Feital v. Middlesex Railroad 109 Mass. 398 · cited by 28
• McLaughlin v. Board of Selectmen 422 Mass. 359 · cited by 28
• McGuinness v. Commonwealth 420 Mass. 495 · cited by 28
• Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. v. Board of Assessors 294 Mass. 248 · cited by 28
• Small v. Howard 128 Mass. 131 · cited by 28
• Lawrence v. Board of Registration in Medicine 239 Mass. 424 · cited by 28
• Lambert v. Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Co. 240 Mass. 495 · cited by 28
• School Committee v. United Educators 438 Mass. 753 · cited by 28
• Warren v. Zoning Board of Appeals of Amherst 383 Mass. 1 · cited by 28
• Town of Nantucket v. Beinecke 379 Mass. 345 · cited by 28
• Berman v. Coakley 257 Mass. 159 · cited by 28