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.

• Hawkes v. Lackey 207 Mass. 424 · cited by 28
• Woodman v. Haynes 289 Mass. 114 · cited by 28
• Commonwealth v. Fano 400 Mass. 296 · cited by 28
• Worcester County National Bank v. Brogna 386 Mass. 1002 · cited by 28
• Commonwealth v. Boucher 438 Mass. 274 · cited by 28
• Freeman v. United Fruit Co. 223 Mass. 300 · cited by 28
• In re Keenan 313 Mass. 186 · cited by 28
• Fumiciello's Case 219 Mass. 488 · cited by 28
• Appleby v. Daily Hampshire Gazette 395 Mass. 32 · cited by 28
• Manufacturers' National Bank v. Continental Bank 148 Mass. 553 · cited by 28
• Lehan v. North Main Street Garage, Inc. 312 Mass. 547 · cited by 28
• Commonwealth v. Maloney 145 Mass. 205 · cited by 28
• Bethlehem Fabricators, Inc. v. H. D. Watts Co. 286 Mass. 556 · cited by 28
• Bevilacqua v. Rodriguez 460 Mass. 762 · cited by 28
• Commonwealth v. Brant 380 Mass. 876 · cited by 28
• Galiastro v. Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. 467 Mass. 160 · cited by 28
• Commonwealth v. Puleio 394 Mass. 101 · cited by 28
• Commonwealth v. Scott 408 Mass. 811 · cited by 28
• Guthrie v. J. J. Newberry Co. 297 Mass. 245 · cited by 28
• Commonwealth v. Sylvain 466 Mass. 422 · cited by 28
• Commonwealth v. Scott 123 Mass. 222 · cited by 28
• Ballou v. Talbot 16 Mass. 461 · cited by 28
• Somers v. Converged Access, Inc. 454 Mass. 582 · cited by 28
• Anzalone v. Metropolitan District Commission 257 Mass. 32 · cited by 28
• Beaton v. Land Court 367 Mass. 385 · cited by 28
• Cantu v. St. Paul Companies 401 Mass. 53 · cited by 28
• Roman v. Trustees of Tufts College 461 Mass. 707 · cited by 28
• Davis v. Rainsford 17 Mass. 207 · cited by 28
• Commonwealth v. Mannos 311 Mass. 94 · cited by 28
• Commonwealth v. Patton 458 Mass. 119 · cited by 28
• Stewart v. Roy Bros. Inc. 358 Mass. 446 · cited by 28
• Connecticut River Railroad v. County Commissioners 127 Mass. 50 · cited by 28
• Pyyny v. Loose-Wiles Biscuit Co. 253 Mass. 574 · cited by 28
• Commonwealth v. Andler 247 Mass. 580 · cited by 28
• Commonwealth v. O'Brien 432 Mass. 578 · cited by 28
• Dutil 437 Mass. 9 · cited by 28
• Chase Precast v. JOHN J. PAONESSA CO., COMMONWEALTH 409 Mass. 371 · cited by 28
• White v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Inc. 442 Mass. 64 · cited by 28
• Commonwealth v. Rivera 397 Mass. 244 · cited by 28
• Commonwealth v. Seit 373 Mass. 83 · cited by 28
• Campbell v. Whoriskey 170 Mass. 63 · cited by 28
• Commonwealth v. Schuchardt 408 Mass. 347 · cited by 28
• Bank of New York v. Bailey 460 Mass. 327 · cited by 28
• Cox's Case 225 Mass. 220 · cited by 28
• Commonwealth v. Madera 402 Mass. 156 · cited by 28
• Kingsbury's case 106 Mass. 223 · cited by 28
• Collins v. Casualty Co. of America 224 Mass. 327 · cited by 28
• Commonwealth v. Podlaski 377 Mass. 339 · cited by 28
• Commonwealth v. Ellis 356 Mass. 574 · cited by 28
• Green v. Boston & Lowell Railroad 128 Mass. 221 · cited by 28
• Levangie's Case 228 Mass. 213 · cited by 28
• Tausevich v. Board of Appeals of Stoughton 402 Mass. 146 · cited by 28
• Leonard v. School Committee of Attleboro 349 Mass. 704 · cited by 28
• Commonwealth v. Blaikie 375 Mass. 601 · cited by 28
• Cambridge Savings Bank v. Cronin 289 Mass. 379 · cited by 28
• Smith v. Crooker 5 Mass. 538 · cited by 28
• Commonwealth v. Stone 321 Mass. 471 · cited by 28
• Commonwealth v. Hodge 386 Mass. 165 · cited by 28
• Story v. Odin 12 Mass. 157 · cited by 28
• Leonard v. White 7 Mass. 6 · cited by 28
• Commonwealth v. Bowden 9 Mass. 494 · cited by 28
• Marble v. Treasurer & Receiver General 245 Mass. 504 · cited by 28
• International Textbook Co. v. Martin 221 Mass. 1 · cited by 28
• Opinion of the Justices to the Senate 209 Mass. 607 · cited by 28
• New England Awl & Needle Co. v. Marlborough Awl & Needle Co. 168 Mass. 154 · cited by 28
• Davis v. Ney 125 Mass. 590 · cited by 28
• Commonwealth v. Dawson 399 Mass. 465 · cited by 28
• Cheney v. Coughlin 201 Mass. 204 · cited by 28
• Chelsea Industries, Inc. v. Gaffney 389 Mass. 1 · cited by 28
• Franz v. Franz 308 Mass. 262 · cited by 28
• Bacon v. Sandberg 179 Mass. 396 · cited by 28
• City of Boston v. Quincy Market Cold Storage & Warehouse Co. 312 Mass. 638 · cited by 28
• Interstate Engineering Corp. v. City of Fitchburg 367 Mass. 751 · cited by 28
• Commonwealth v. Layne 386 Mass. 291 · cited by 28
• Haley v. City of Boston 191 Mass. 291 · cited by 28
• Commonwealth v. Moreira 388 Mass. 596 · cited by 28
• Commonwealth v. Gilday 367 Mass. 474 · cited by 28
• Marwedel v. Cook 154 Mass. 235 · cited by 28
• Commonwealth v. Murphy 442 Mass. 485 · cited by 28
• Barton v. City of Cambridge 318 Mass. 420 · cited by 28
• President of Springfield Bank v. Merrick 14 Mass. 322 · cited by 28
• McLarnon v. Jokisch 431 Mass. 343 · cited by 28
• Doe, SORB No. 380316 v. Sex Offender Registry Board 473 Mass. 297 · cited by 28
• Godfrey v. Globe Newspaper Co. 457 Mass. 113 · cited by 28
• Attorney General v. Department of Public Utilities 390 Mass. 208 · cited by 28
• Commonwealth v. Allen 406 Mass. 575 · cited by 28
• Commonwealth v. Bargeron 402 Mass. 589 · cited by 28
• Commonwealth v. Fernette 398 Mass. 658 · cited by 28
• Lent v. Padelford 10 Mass. 230 · cited by 28
• Boston Medical Center Corp. v. Secretary of the Executive Office of Health & Human Services 463 Mass. 447 · cited by 28
• Commonwealth v. Sylvester 388 Mass. 749 · cited by 28
• New England Tractor-Trailer Training of Connecticut, Inc. v. Globe Newspaper Co. 395 Mass. 471 · cited by 28
• Catlin v. Ware 9 Mass. 218 · cited by 28
• Commonwealth v. Ross 361 Mass. 665 · cited by 28
• Norcross v. James 140 Mass. 188 · cited by 28
• Merchants' National Bank of Cincinnati v. Bangs 102 Mass. 291 · cited by 28
• Warner v. Bates 98 Mass. 274 · cited by 28
• Mains v. Commonwealth 433 Mass. 30 · cited by 28
• Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Cotter 464 Mass. 623 · cited by 28
• Commonwealth v. Sylvia 456 Mass. 182 · cited by 28
• Commonwealth v. Therrien 371 Mass. 203 · cited by 28
• Commonwealth v. Horton 365 Mass. 164 · cited by 27
• Commonwealth v. Huot 380 Mass. 403 · cited by 27
• Bielawski v. Personnel Administrator of the Division of Personnel Administration 422 Mass. 459 · cited by 27
• Commonwealth v. Carter 306 Mass. 141 · cited by 27
• Berrios v. Department of Public Welfare 411 Mass. 587 · cited by 27
• Sears v. Hardy 120 Mass. 524 · cited by 27
• Cellucci v. Sun Oil Co. of Pennsylvania 368 Mass. 811 · cited by 27
• Commonwealth v. Martin 425 Mass. 718 · cited by 27
• Caton v. Winslow Bros. & Smith Co. 309 Mass. 150 · cited by 27
• Doe v. Sex Offender Registry Board 450 Mass. 780 · cited by 27
• Morse v. Woodworth 155 Mass. 233 · cited by 27
• Pierce v. George 108 Mass. 78 · cited by 27
• Commonwealth v. McKay 363 Mass. 220 · cited by 27
• Duclersaint v. Federal National Mortgage Ass'n 427 Mass. 809 · cited by 27
• Keller v. O'Brien 425 Mass. 774 · cited by 27
• Lyon v. Morphew 424 Mass. 828 · cited by 27
• Elsey v. Odd Fellows' Mutual Relief Ass'n 142 Mass. 224 · cited by 27
• Commonwealth v. Cass 392 Mass. 799 · cited by 27
• Commonwealth v. Retkovitz 222 Mass. 245 · cited by 27
• Feeney v. Dell Inc. 454 Mass. 192 · cited by 27
• Kelly v. Marx 428 Mass. 877 · cited by 27
• Commonwealth v. Kingsbury 199 Mass. 542 · cited by 27
• Stevens v. Stewart-Warner Speedometer Corp. 223 Mass. 44 · cited by 27
• Pinney v. McGregory 102 Mass. 186 · cited by 27
• Hodsdon v. Guardian Life Insurance 97 Mass. 144 · cited by 27
• Fowle v. New Haven & Northampton Co. 112 Mass. 334 · cited by 27
• United Zinc Companies v. Harwood 216 Mass. 474 · cited by 27
• Commonwealth v. Flynn 420 Mass. 810 · cited by 27
• Commonwealth v. Nascimento 421 Mass. 677 · cited by 27
• Hart v. Fitzgerald 2 Mass. 509 · cited by 27
• Liggett Drug Co. v. License Commissioners 296 Mass. 41 · cited by 27
• Purcell v. District Attorney for Suffolk District 424 Mass. 109 · cited by 27
• Poskus v. Lombardo's of Randolph, Inc. 423 Mass. 637 · cited by 27
• Bernier v. Boston Edison Co. 380 Mass. 372 · cited by 27
• M. H. Gordon & Son, Inc. v. Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission 386 Mass. 64 · cited by 27
• Thayer v. Shorey 287 Mass. 76 · cited by 27
• French v. Vining 102 Mass. 132 · cited by 27
• Glazer v. Schwartz 276 Mass. 54 · cited by 27
• Commonwealth v. Vickey 381 Mass. 762 · cited by 27
• Goddard v. Boston & Maine Railroad 179 Mass. 52 · cited by 27
• Calcagno v. P. H. Graham & Sons Co. 313 Mass. 364 · cited by 27
• Commonwealth v. Walker 421 Mass. 90 · cited by 27
• Root v. MacDonald 260 Mass. 344 · cited by 27
• Winslow v. Nayson 113 Mass. 411 · cited by 27
• Commonwealth v. Walker 442 Mass. 185 · cited by 27
• Commonwealth v. Pavao 423 Mass. 798 · cited by 27
• Rigs v. Sokol 318 Mass. 337 · cited by 27
• Blackinton v. Blackinton 141 Mass. 432 · cited by 27
• Allyn v. Boston & Albany Railroad 105 Mass. 77 · cited by 27
• Bianchi v. Denholm & McKay Co. 302 Mass. 469 · cited by 27
• Erickson v. Buckley 230 Mass. 467 · cited by 27
• Commonwealth v. Elder 389 Mass. 743 · cited by 27
• Fiske v. Tolman 124 Mass. 254 · cited by 27
• Mason v. Coleman 447 Mass. 177 · cited by 27
• Stetson v. Massachusetts Mutual Fire Insurance 4 Mass. 330 · cited by 27
• In the Matter of Kenney 399 Mass. 431 · cited by 27
• EMPLOYERS'LIABILITY ASSURANCE CORP. LTD. v. Vella 366 Mass. 651 · cited by 27
• Commonwealth v. Torres 367 Mass. 737 · cited by 27
• Commonwealth v. Britt 465 Mass. 87 · cited by 27
• Rice v. Coolidge 121 Mass. 393 · cited by 27
• Champagne v. Champagne 429 Mass. 324 · cited by 27
• Daniels v. Pratt 143 Mass. 216 · cited by 27
• Commonwealth v. Durand 457 Mass. 574 · cited by 27
• Dawes v. Shed 15 Mass. 6 · cited by 27
• Emerson College v. City of Boston 391 Mass. 415 · cited by 27
• Cook v. Cole 273 Mass. 557 · cited by 27
• Codman v. Crocker 203 Mass. 146 · cited by 27
• Commonwealth v. DiBenedetto 427 Mass. 414 · cited by 27
• Killea v. Faxon 125 Mass. 485 · cited by 27
• Osborne v. Commonwealth 378 Mass. 104 · cited by 27
• Sarna v. American Bosch Magneto Corp. 290 Mass. 340 · cited by 27
• Commonwealth v. DeBrosky 363 Mass. 718 · cited by 27
• Commonwealth v. Stokes 440 Mass. 741 · cited by 27
• Glackin v. Bennett 226 Mass. 316 · cited by 27
• Johnson-Foster Co. v. D'Amore Construction Co. 314 Mass. 416 · cited by 27
• Commonwealth v. Kozlowsky 238 Mass. 379 · cited by 27
• McAllister v. New England Mutual Life Insurance 101 Mass. 558 · cited by 27
• Hall v. Marston 17 Mass. 574 · cited by 27
• Commonwealth v. Geagan 339 Mass. 487 · cited by 27
• Attorney General v. Williams 47 L.R.A. 314 · cited by 27
• Commonwealth v. Hartford 346 Mass. 482 · cited by 27
• Murdock v. Boston & Albany Railroad 137 Mass. 293 · cited by 27
• Knowles v. Gilchrist Co. 362 Mass. 642 · cited by 27
• Harrington v. Anderson 316 Mass. 187 · cited by 27
• Trinity Church in the City v. John Hancock Mut. L. Ins. 399 Mass. 43 · cited by 27
• Commonwealth v. Pring-Wilson 448 Mass. 718 · cited by 27
• Commonwealth v. Wheeler 2 Mass. 172 · cited by 27
• Berlandi v. Commonwealth 314 Mass. 424 · cited by 27
• Beal Bank, SSB v. Eurich 444 Mass. 813 · cited by 27
• Boice-Perrine Co. v. Kelley 243 Mass. 327 · cited by 27
• Cronin v. Strayer 392 Mass. 525 · cited by 27
• Commonwealth v. Harris 409 Mass. 461 · cited by 27
• In Re the Department of Social Services to Dispense With Consent to Adoption 391 Mass. 113 · cited by 27
• Butterick Publishing Co. v. Fisher 203 Mass. 122 · cited by 27
• Upton v. JWP Businessland 425 Mass. 756 · cited by 27
• Sandler v. Commonwealth 419 Mass. 334 · cited by 27
• Commonwealth v. Martin 417 Mass. 187 · cited by 27
• Hurley v. Commonwealth 188 Mass. 443 · cited by 27
• Smith v. Inhabitants of Dedham 144 Mass. 177 · cited by 27