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.

• SCA Services, Inc. v. Transportation Insurance 419 Mass. 528 · cited by 27
• DeLuca v. Boston Elevated Railway Co. 312 Mass. 495 · cited by 27
• Mark v. Kahn 333 Mass. 517 · cited by 27
• New Bedford Gas & Edison Light Co. v. Board of Assessors 368 Mass. 745 · cited by 27
• Garland v. Stetson 292 Mass. 95 · cited by 27
• Moore's Case 330 Mass. 1 · cited by 27
• Commonwealth v. Roosnell 143 Mass. 32 · cited by 27
• Dingley v. City of Boston 100 Mass. 544 · cited by 27
• Nussenbaum v. Chambers & Chambers Inc. 322 Mass. 419 · cited by 27
• McDonough v. Whalen 365 Mass. 506 · cited by 27
• Duggan v. Matthew Cummings Co. 277 Mass. 445 · cited by 27
• Pond v. Kimball 101 Mass. 105 · cited by 27
• Connors v. Wick 317 Mass. 628 · cited by 27
• Homans v. Boston Elevated Railway Co. 57 L.R.A. 291 · cited by 27
• Rosenblum v. Ginis 297 Mass. 493 · cited by 27
• Attorney General v. Drohan 169 Mass. 534 · cited by 27
• Commonwealth v. Shea 401 Mass. 731 · cited by 27
• Comstock v. Bowles 295 Mass. 250 · cited by 27
• Nichols v. Allen 130 Mass. 211 · cited by 27
• Commonwealth v. Ross 363 Mass. 665 · cited by 27
• Davenport v. Mason 15 Mass. 85 · cited by 27
• Stabile v. McCarthy 336 Mass. 399 · cited by 27
• Philbrick v. Ewing 97 Mass. 133 · cited by 27
• First National Bank v. Slade 379 Mass. 243 · cited by 27
• Oliveria v. Oliveria 305 Mass. 297 · cited by 27
• Roche v. Smith 51 L.R.A. 510 · cited by 27
• Lawrence v. City of Boston 119 Mass. 126 · cited by 27
• Trask v. Boston & Maine Railroad 219 Mass. 410 · cited by 27
• Stevens v. Nichols 155 Mass. 472 · cited by 27
• Whiteacre v. Boston Elevated Railway Co. 241 Mass. 163 · cited by 27
• Bessette v. Bessette 385 Mass. 806 · cited by 27
• Ruggerio Ambulance Service, Inc. v. National Grange Mutual Insurance 430 Mass. 794 · cited by 27
• Cruz Management Co. v. Thomas 417 Mass. 782 · cited by 27
• Old South Society v. Crocker 119 Mass. 1 · cited by 27
• Julian v. Randazzo 380 Mass. 391 · cited by 27
• Farnham v. Pierce 141 Mass. 203 · cited by 27
• Sharp v. Ropes 110 Mass. 381 · cited by 27
• Flagg Manufacturing Co. v. Holway 178 Mass. 83 · cited by 27
• Day v. Caton 119 Mass. 513 · cited by 27
• Hess v. Singler 114 Mass. 56 · cited by 27
• McLaughlin v. Cowley 127 Mass. 316 · cited by 27
• Christo v. Edward G. Boyle Ins. Agency, Inc. 402 Mass. 815 · cited by 27
• Greene v. Mari & Sons Flooring Co. Inc. 362 Mass. 560 · cited by 27
• Commonwealth v. Perry 155 Mass. 117 · cited by 27
• Commonwealth v. Figueroa 422 Mass. 72 · cited by 27
• Bromfield v. Commonwealth 400 Mass. 254 · cited by 27
• Commonwealth v. Clerk-Magistrate of the West Roxbury Division of the District Court Department 439 Mass. 352 · cited by 27
• Donnelly v. Montague 305 Mass. 14 · cited by 27
• Bell v. Siegel 242 Mass. 380 · cited by 27
• Kershaw v. Kelsey 100 Mass. 561 · cited by 27
• Moynihan v. Todd 188 Mass. 301 · cited by 27
• Commonwealth v. Gricus 317 Mass. 403 · cited by 27
• Commonwealth v. White 110 Mass. 407 · cited by 27
• Commonwealth v. Gentile 437 Mass. 569 · cited by 27
• David v. Park 103 Mass. 501 · cited by 27
• Maier Hanson v. Hanson 287 Mass. 154 · cited by 27
• Fine v. Commonwealth 312 Mass. 252 · cited by 27
• Vose v. Grant 15 Mass. 505 · cited by 27
• Carey v. General Motors Corp. 377 Mass. 736 · cited by 27
• Sheehan v. Goriansky 321 Mass. 200 · cited by 27
• Imperiali v. Pica 338 Mass. 494 · cited by 27
• Vigeant v. Postal Telegraph Cable Co. 260 Mass. 335 · cited by 27
• Loffredo v. Center for Addictive Behaviors 426 Mass. 541 · cited by 27
• Howard v. Malden Savings Bank 300 Mass. 208 · cited by 27
• Eaton, Crane & Pike Co. v. Commonwealth 237 Mass. 523 · cited by 27
• Mucha v. Northeastern Crushed Stone Co. 307 Mass. 592 · cited by 27
• Commonwealth v. Patterson 445 Mass. 626 · cited by 27
• Drywall Systems, Inc. v. ZVI Construction Co. 435 Mass. 664 · cited by 27
• Rogers v. Goodwin 2 Mass. 475 · cited by 27
• Commonwealth v. Beal 314 Mass. 210 · cited by 27
• Johnson's Case 242 Mass. 489 · cited by 27
• Bankers Life & Casualty Co. v. Commissioner of Insurance 427 Mass. 136 · cited by 27
• Allstate Insurance v. Bearce 412 Mass. 442 · cited by 27
• Corbett v. Boston & Maine Railroad 219 Mass. 351 · cited by 27
• Freeman v. Robinson 238 Mass. 449 · cited by 27
• Inhabitants of Hampshire v. Inhabitants of Franklin 16 Mass. 76 · cited by 27
• Commonwealth v. Ellerbe 430 Mass. 769 · cited by 27
• Boston Waterfront Development Corp. v. Commonwealth 378 Mass. 629 · cited by 27
• Commonwealth v. Brown 378 Mass. 165 · cited by 27
• Burbank v. Burbank 9 L.R.A. 748 · cited by 27
• Sunrise Properties, Inc. v. Bacon, Wilson, Ratner, Cohen, Salvage, Fialky & Fitzgerald, P.C. 425 Mass. 63 · cited by 27
• Fitchburg Savings Bank v. Massachusetts Bonding & Insurance 274 Mass. 135 · cited by 27
• Framingham Clinic, Inc. v. Zoning Board of Appeals 382 Mass. 283 · cited by 27
• Emery v. Boston Terminal Co. 178 Mass. 172 · cited by 27
• Cohen v. McDonnell Douglas Corp. 389 Mass. 327 · cited by 27
• Warner Insurance v. Commissioner of Insurance 406 Mass. 354 · cited by 27
• Lewis v. Lewis 370 Mass. 619 · cited by 27
• Connolly v. Commonwealth 377 Mass. 527 · cited by 27
• Hastings v. Lovejoy 140 Mass. 261 · cited by 27
• Guaranty-First Trust Co. v. Textron, Inc. 416 Mass. 332 · cited by 27
• Crocker v. Whitney 10 Mass. 316 · cited by 27
• Woodbury v. Woodbury 141 Mass. 329 · cited by 27
• Commonwealth v. Merrick 255 Mass. 510 · cited by 27
• National Bank of North America v. Bangs 106 Mass. 441 · cited by 27
• Commonwealth v. Gilchrest 364 Mass. 272 · cited by 27
• Foreign Auto Import, Inc. v. Renault Northeast, Inc. 367 Mass. 464 · cited by 27
• Commonwealth v. Spofford 343 Mass. 703 · cited by 27
• Commonwealth v. PORTER P. 456 Mass. 254 · cited by 27
• Druzik v. Board of Health of Haverhill 324 Mass. 129 · cited by 27
• Commonwealth v. Lockley 381 Mass. 156 · cited by 27
• Belkus v. City of Brockton 282 Mass. 285 · cited by 27
• Vincent v. Plecker 319 Mass. 560 · cited by 27
• Commonwealth v. Fontes 396 Mass. 733 · cited by 27
• Koch v. Commissioner of Revenue 416 Mass. 540 · cited by 27
• Commonwealth v. Evans 436 Mass. 369 · cited by 27
• Bond v. Ward 7 Mass. 123 · cited by 27
• Galbraith v. Levin 323 Mass. 255 · cited by 27
• Edgecomb v. Edmonston 257 Mass. 12 · cited by 27
• Commonwealth v. Estabrook 472 Mass. 852 · cited by 27
• Marshall v. Fisk 6 Mass. 24 · cited by 27
• Commonwealth v. Canty 466 Mass. 535 · cited by 27
• Santa Maria v. Trotto 297 Mass. 442 · cited by 27
• Commonwealth v. Mubdi 456 Mass. 385 · cited by 27
• Berkshire Hills Regional School District Committee v. Berkshire Hills Education Ass'n 375 Mass. 522 · cited by 27
• Opinion of the Justices to the Governor & Council 330 Mass. 713 · cited by 26
• Commonwealth v. Torres 424 Mass. 792 · cited by 26
• Bournewood Hospital, Inc. v. Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination 371 Mass. 303 · cited by 26
• Foley v. Boston & Maine Railroad 193 Mass. 332 · cited by 26
• Commonwealth v. Bryer 398 Mass. 9 · cited by 26
• Barker v. Metropolitan Life Insurance 188 Mass. 542 · cited by 26
• Opinion of the Justices to the Senate 334 Mass. 721 · cited by 26
• Haskell v. Whitney 12 Mass. 47 · cited by 26
• Town of Lexington v. Bean 272 Mass. 547 · cited by 26
• Sch. Comm. of W. Bridgewater v. W. Bridgewater Tchrs' 372 Mass. 121 · cited by 26
• Graham v. Quincy Food Service Employees Ass'n & Hospital, Library & Public Employees Union 407 Mass. 601 · cited by 26
• Commonwealth v. Snyder 282 Mass. 401 · cited by 26
• Commonwealth v. McNary 246 Mass. 46 · cited by 26
• Daley v. District Court of Western Hampden 304 Mass. 86 · cited by 26
• Commonwealth v. Corsetti 387 Mass. 1 · cited by 26
• Weidman v. Weidman 274 Mass. 118 · cited by 26
• Polay v. McMahon 468 Mass. 379 · cited by 26
• Commonwealth v. Olszewski 401 Mass. 749 · cited by 26
• Gifford v. Choate 100 Mass. 343 · cited by 26
• Morrison v. Medaglia 287 Mass. 46 · cited by 26
• Wassum v. Feeney 121 Mass. 93 · cited by 26
• Warren v. Boston & Maine Railroad 163 Mass. 484 · cited by 26
• Bickford v. Page 2 Mass. 455 · cited by 26
• Hastings & Sons Publishing v. City Treasurer of Lynn 374 Mass. 812 · cited by 26
• Commonwealth v. Nolin 448 Mass. 207 · cited by 26
• Commonwealth v. Augustine 472 Mass. 448 · cited by 26
• Young v. Atlantic Richfield Co. 400 Mass. 837 · cited by 26
• Old Colony Railroad v. Assessors of Boston 309 Mass. 439 · cited by 26
• Lowe v. Jones 192 Mass. 94 · cited by 26
• Samuel v. Page-Storms Drop Forge Co. 243 Mass. 133 · cited by 26
• Commonwealth v. Lopez 383 Mass. 497 · cited by 26
• Town of Arlington v. Board of Conciliation & Arbitration 370 Mass. 769 · cited by 26
• Kelley v. Jordan Marsh Co. 278 Mass. 101 · cited by 26
• Daley v. People's Building, Loan & Saving Ass'n 178 Mass. 13 · cited by 26
• Hopkins v. Hopkins 287 Mass. 542 · cited by 26
• McGlauflin v. Boston & Maine Railroad 230 Mass. 431 · cited by 26
• Ryerson v. Inhabitants of Abington 102 Mass. 526 · cited by 26
• Liberty Mutual Insurance v. Westerlind 374 Mass. 524 · cited by 26
• Saxon Theatre Corp. of Boston v. Sage 347 Mass. 662 · cited by 26
• Commonwealth v. Valliere 366 Mass. 479 · cited by 26
• Morrison v. Lennett 415 Mass. 857 · cited by 26
• McDonough v. Vozzela 247 Mass. 552 · cited by 26
• Boynton v. Hubbard 7 Mass. 112 · cited by 26
• Berardi v. Menicks 340 Mass. 396 · cited by 26
• Perry v. Medeiros 369 Mass. 836 · cited by 26
• DuBois v. Powdrell 271 Mass. 394 · cited by 26
• Bowring v. Reid 399 Mass. 265 · cited by 26
• Forster v. Fuller 6 Mass. 58 · cited by 26
• Moen v. Director of the Division of Employment Security 324 Mass. 246 · cited by 26
• New York, New Haven, & Hartford Railroad v. York & Whitney Co. 215 Mass. 36 · cited by 26
• Commonwealth v. Whitman 430 Mass. 746 · cited by 26
• American Circular Loom Co. v. Wilson 198 Mass. 182 · cited by 26
• Sullivan v. O'CONNOR 363 Mass. 579 · cited by 26
• Ingalls v. Hobbs 16 L.R.A. 51 · cited by 26
• Commonwealth v. Stampley 437 Mass. 323 · cited by 26
• Commonwealth v. McGrail 419 Mass. 774 · cited by 26
• School Committee of Braintree v. Raymond 369 Mass. 686 · cited by 26
• Trustees of Phillips Academy v. Inhabitants of Andover 48 L.R.A. 550 · cited by 26
• Commonwealth v. Bourgeois 391 Mass. 869 · cited by 26
• Demoulas v. Demoulas Super Markets, Inc. 428 Mass. 543 · cited by 26
• Worcester Color Co. v. Henry Wood's Sons Co. 209 Mass. 105 · cited by 26
• Corkery v. Dorsey 223 Mass. 97 · cited by 26
• Maggelet's Case 228 Mass. 57 · cited by 26
• Milmore v. Landau 307 Mass. 589 · cited by 26
• Commonwealth v. Rojas 403 Mass. 483 · cited by 26
• Commonwealth v. DelValle 351 Mass. 489 · cited by 26
• Fuller v. Trustees of Deerfield Academy 252 Mass. 258 · cited by 26
• Rischitelli v. Safety Insurance 423 Mass. 703 · cited by 26
• Commonwealth v. Bart B. 424 Mass. 911 · cited by 26
• Hoxie v. Chaney 143 Mass. 592 · cited by 26
• Economy Grocery Stores Corp. v. McMenamy 290 Mass. 549 · cited by 26
• Mellor v. Berman 390 Mass. 275 · cited by 26
• Gulf Oil Corp. v. Board of Appeals of Framingham 355 Mass. 275 · cited by 26
• Swift v. Board of Registrars of Voters 281 Mass. 271 · cited by 26
• Slama v. Attorney General 384 Mass. 620 · cited by 26
• Rodgers v. Boynton 315 Mass. 279 · cited by 26
• Carleton v. Rugg 5 L.R.A. 193 · cited by 26
• Huff v. City of Holyoke 386 Mass. 582 · cited by 26
• Commonwealth v. Depina 456 Mass. 238 · cited by 26
• Commonwealth v. Union Fire & Marine Insurance 5 Mass. 230 · cited by 26
• Commonwealth v. Nelson 370 Mass. 192 · cited by 26
• Commonwealth v. Harris 376 Mass. 74 · cited by 26
• Commonwealth v. Clifford 374 Mass. 293 · cited by 26
• Commonwealth v. Capalbo 308 Mass. 376 · cited by 26
• Thomas v. Western Union Telegraph Co. 100 Mass. 156 · cited by 26
• Adoption of Carla 416 Mass. 510 · cited by 26