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.

• Wadsworth v. Boston Gas Co. 352 Mass. 86 · cited by 26
• Deming v. Darling 148 Mass. 504 · cited by 26
• Jeffries v. Jeffries 117 Mass. 184 · cited by 26
• Commonwealth v. Signorine 404 Mass. 400 · cited by 26
• Commonwealth v. Culver 126 Mass. 464 · cited by 26
• Crowe v. Bixby 237 Mass. 249 · cited by 26
• Commonwealth v. McLeod 437 Mass. 286 · cited by 26
• Piemonte v. New Boston Garden Corp. 377 Mass. 719 · cited by 26
• Gould v. Emerson 99 Mass. 154 · cited by 26
• Howard v. Town of Burlington 399 Mass. 585 · cited by 26
• Rice v. Mayo 107 Mass. 550 · cited by 26
• Commonwealth v. Wotan 422 Mass. 740 · cited by 26
• Dolan v. Commonwealth 304 Mass. 325 · cited by 26
• Commonwealth v. Gagnon 408 Mass. 185 · cited by 26
• Dillingham v. Snow 5 Mass. 547 · cited by 26
• Commonwealth v. Snyder 413 Mass. 521 · cited by 26
• Walker v. Osgood 98 Mass. 348 · cited by 26
• Mark v. Stuart-Howland Co. 226 Mass. 35 · cited by 26
• Commonwealth v. Walker 108 Mass. 309 · cited by 26
• Swanson v. Bankers Life Co. 389 Mass. 345 · cited by 26
• Neff v. Commissioner of the Department of Industrial Accidents 421 Mass. 70 · cited by 26
• Frye v. School Committee 300 Mass. 537 · cited by 26
• Watson v. Watson 128 Mass. 152 · cited by 26
• Brunson v. Wall 405 Mass. 446 · cited by 26
• Massachusetts Ass'n of Minority Law Enforcement Officers v. Abban 434 Mass. 256 · cited by 26
• Commonwealth v. Binkiewicz 342 Mass. 740 · cited by 26
• Commonwealth v. Smith 357 Mass. 168 · cited by 26
• Milligan v. Board of Registration in Pharmacy 348 Mass. 491 · cited by 26
• Commonwealth v. D'AGOSTINO 344 Mass. 276 · cited by 26
• Villages Development Co. v. Secretary of Executive Office of Environmental Affairs 410 Mass. 100 · cited by 26
• Pevoski v. Pevoski 371 Mass. 358 · cited by 26
• Cochrane v. Cochrane 303 Mass. 467 · cited by 26
• Inhabitants of Somerset v. Inhabitants of Dighton 12 Mass. 383 · cited by 26
• Slome v. Chief of Police of Fitchburg 304 Mass. 187 · cited by 26
• Kingman v. City of Brockton 153 Mass. 255 · cited by 26
• Commonwealth v. Scalise 387 Mass. 413 · cited by 26
• Commonwealth v. Spaulding 411 Mass. 503 · cited by 26
• Commonwealth v. Hamilton 426 Mass. 67 · cited by 26
• Commonwealth v. Gouse 461 Mass. 787 · cited by 26
• Moores's Case 323 Mass. 162 · cited by 26
• Commonwealth v. LeBlanc 370 Mass. 217 · cited by 26
• Priest v. Nichols 116 Mass. 401 · cited by 26
• Pinti v. Emigrant Mortgage Co., Inc. 472 Mass. 226 · cited by 26
• Delano Growers' Cooperative Winery v. Supreme Wine Co. 393 Mass. 666 · cited by 26
• Newell v. Wm. Filene's Sons Co. 296 Mass. 489 · cited by 26
• Commonwealth v. Lanigan 413 Mass. 154 · cited by 26
• Bishop v. Palmer 146 Mass. 469 · cited by 26
• Selectmen of Wakefield v. Judge of First District Court of Eastern Middlesex 262 Mass. 477 · cited by 26
• Arkerson v. Dennison 117 Mass. 407 · cited by 26
• Commonwealth v. Key 381 Mass. 19 · cited by 26
• Attorney General v. Brown 400 Mass. 826 · cited by 26
• Stearns v. Allen 183 Mass. 404 · cited by 26
• Reeve v. Dennett 145 Mass. 23 · cited by 26
• Blair v. Travelers Insurance 291 Mass. 432 · cited by 26
• Commonwealth v. Reid 384 Mass. 247 · cited by 26
• Jancey v. School Committee 421 Mass. 482 · cited by 26
• Fuss v. Fuss (No. 1) 372 Mass. 64 · cited by 26
• Ward v. Cobb 148 Mass. 518 · cited by 26
• Murphy's Case 224 Mass. 592 · cited by 26
• Thames v. Commonwealth 365 Mass. 477 · cited by 26
• Clickner v. City of Lowell 422 Mass. 539 · cited by 26
• Commonwealth v. Anderson 406 Mass. 343 · cited by 26
• Commonwealth v. Goldman 395 Mass. 495 · cited by 26
• Commonwealth v. Fuller 399 Mass. 678 · cited by 26
• Tremont Trust Co. v. Noyes 246 Mass. 197 · cited by 26
• Gilman v. Hunnewell 122 Mass. 139 · cited by 26
• Commonwealth v. Correia 381 Mass. 65 · cited by 26
• Commonwealth v. Hilton 443 Mass. 597 · cited by 26
• Edwards v. Edwards 183 Mass. 581 · cited by 26
• Commonwealth v. Miranda 441 Mass. 783 · cited by 26
• Connelly v. Bartlett 286 Mass. 311 · cited by 26
• Commonwealth v. Day 409 Mass. 719 · cited by 26
• Commonwealth v. Lanoue 409 Mass. 1 · cited by 26
• Walker v. Russell 240 Mass. 386 · cited by 26
• Commonwealth v. Morgan 107 Mass. 199 · cited by 26
• Sandford v. Nichols 13 Mass. 286 · cited by 26
• Surabian v. Surabian 362 Mass. 342 · cited by 26
• Noyes v. Noyes 224 Mass. 125 · cited by 26
• Commonwealth v. Croft 345 Mass. 143 · cited by 26
• Commonwealth v. Soares 384 Mass. 149 · cited by 26
• Drew v. Drew 250 Mass. 41 · cited by 26
• Halley v. Birbiglia 390 Mass. 540 · cited by 26
• Stoneham Five Cents Savings Bank v. Johnson 295 Mass. 390 · cited by 26
• Commonwealth v. Smith 102 Mass. 144 · cited by 26
• Commonwealth v. Germain 396 Mass. 413 · cited by 26
• Ham v. Board of Police 142 Mass. 90 · cited by 26
• Commonwealth v. Balicki 436 Mass. 1 · cited by 26
• Dillaway v. Burton 256 Mass. 568 · cited by 26
• M.P.M. Builders, LLC v. Dwyer 442 Mass. 87 · cited by 26
• Williams v. Amory 14 Mass. 20 · cited by 26
• Weld v. Walker 130 Mass. 422 · cited by 26
• Commonwealth v. Perry 385 Mass. 639 · cited by 26
• Morin v. Clark 296 Mass. 479 · cited by 26
• Gilmore v. Gilmore 369 Mass. 598 · cited by 26
• Dodge v. Boston & Bangor Steamship Co. 148 Mass. 207 · cited by 26
• Commonwealth v. Henderson 411 Mass. 309 · cited by 26
• Commonwealth v. Novicki 324 Mass. 461 · cited by 26
• Commonwealth v. Flagg 135 Mass. 545 · cited by 26
• Cosmopolitan Trust Co. v. Leonard Watch Co. 249 Mass. 14 · cited by 26
• McHenry v. City of Lawrence 295 Mass. 119 · cited by 26
• Burney v. Children's Hospital 38 L.R.A. 413 · cited by 26
• In re Ulmer 268 Mass. 373 · cited by 26
• Commonwealth v. Francis 390 Mass. 89 · cited by 26
• Perez v. Boston Housing Authority 379 Mass. 703 · cited by 26
• White v. Solomon 30 L.R.A. 537 · cited by 26
• Gallagher v. Wheeler 292 Mass. 547 · cited by 26
• Commonwealth v. Gorham 99 Mass. 420 · cited by 26
• Krapf v. Krapf 439 Mass. 97 · cited by 26
• Commonwealth v. Deramo 436 Mass. 40 · cited by 26
• Maynard v. Buck 100 Mass. 40 · cited by 26
• Johnson Products, Inc. v. City Council of Medford 353 Mass. 540 · cited by 26
• Soares v. Lakeville Baseball Camp, Inc. 369 Mass. 974 · cited by 26
• Commonwealth v. Grant 426 Mass. 667 · cited by 26
• Riseman v. Orion Research Inc. 394 Mass. 311 · cited by 26
• Dupee v. Boston Water Power Co. 114 Mass. 37 · cited by 26
• Commonwealth v. Ramos 406 Mass. 397 · cited by 26
• Commonwealth v. Johnson Insulation 425 Mass. 650 · cited by 26
• Hiller v. Submarine Signal Co. 325 Mass. 546 · cited by 26
• Field v. Nickerson 13 Mass. 131 · cited by 26
• Commonwealth v. Cantalupo 380 Mass. 173 · cited by 26
• Columbia Chiropractic Group, Inc. v. Trust Insurance 430 Mass. 60 · cited by 26
• S. Solomont & Sons Trust, Inc. v. New England Theatres Operating Corp. 326 Mass. 99 · cited by 26
• Commonwealth v. Mendes 441 Mass. 459 · cited by 26
• Newell-Blais Post 443, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, Inc. v. Shelby Mutual Insurance 396 Mass. 633 · cited by 26
• Commonwealth v. Jones 375 Mass. 349 · cited by 26
• Doe v. the Governor 381 Mass. 702 · cited by 26
• O'Gasapian v. Danielson 284 Mass. 27 · cited by 26
• Luster v. Luster 299 Mass. 480 · cited by 26
• Commonwealth v. Leahy 445 Mass. 481 · cited by 26
• Cullen v. Mayor of Newton 308 Mass. 578 · cited by 26
• Leahan v. Cochran 53 L.R.A. 891 · cited by 26
• Commonwealth v. Watson 455 Mass. 246 · cited by 26
• Johnson's Case 217 Mass. 388 · cited by 25
• Commonwealth v. Tenney 97 Mass. 50 · cited by 25
• Train v. Boston Disinfecting Co. 144 Mass. 523 · cited by 25
• Gram v. Liberty Mutual Insurance 391 Mass. 333 · cited by 25
• Bray v. Hickman 263 Mass. 409 · cited by 25
• Commonwealth v. Tran 460 Mass. 535 · cited by 25
• Commonwealth v. Upton 390 Mass. 562 · cited by 25
• McIsaac v. Northampton Electric Lighting Co. 172 Mass. 89 · cited by 25
• Commonwealth v. Espada 450 Mass. 687 · cited by 25
• Commonwealth v. Leonard 422 Mass. 504 · cited by 25
• Commonwealth v. Jarrett 359 Mass. 491 · cited by 25
• Whalen v. Mutrie 247 Mass. 316 · cited by 25
• White v. Connecticut Fire Insurance 120 Mass. 330 · cited by 25
• Commonwealth v. Woods 466 Mass. 707 · cited by 25
• Commonwealth v. Williams 453 Mass. 203 · cited by 25
• Brooks v. Shaw 197 Mass. 376 · cited by 25
• Commonwealth v. Byfield 413 Mass. 426 · cited by 25
• Victum v. Martin 367 Mass. 404 · cited by 25
• Waters v. Min Ltd. 412 Mass. 64 · cited by 25
• Mailer v. Mailer 387 Mass. 401 · cited by 25
• Hannon v. Original Gunite Aquatech Pools, Inc. 385 Mass. 813 · cited by 25
• Robinson v. Pero 272 Mass. 482 · cited by 25
• Commonwealth v. Babb 389 Mass. 275 · cited by 25
• Dennis v. Wilson 107 Mass. 591 · cited by 25
• Commonwealth v. Loguidice 420 Mass. 453 · cited by 25
• Purchase v. Seelye 231 Mass. 434 · cited by 25
• Commonwealth v. Bowler 407 Mass. 304 · cited by 25
• New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Gourdeau Construction Co. 419 Mass. 658 · cited by 25
• Baird v. Attorney General 371 Mass. 741 · cited by 25
• Harrington v. Costello 467 Mass. 720 · cited by 25
• Robinson's Case 131 Mass. 376 · cited by 25
• Amory v. Francis 16 Mass. 308 · cited by 25
• Commonwealth v. Simpson 370 Mass. 119 · cited by 25
• Mt. Holyoke Realty Corp. v. Holyoke Realty Corp. 284 Mass. 100 · cited by 25
• Wolfberg v. Hunter 385 Mass. 390 · cited by 25
• Parker v. Moulton 114 Mass. 99 · cited by 25
• Commonwealth v. Justices of the Court of Sessions 5 Mass. 435 · cited by 25
• Pawloski v. Hess 250 Mass. 22 · cited by 25
• Foster v. Evans 384 Mass. 687 · cited by 25
• Commonwealth v. Watson 409 Mass. 110 · cited by 25
• Case v. Minot 22 L.R.A. 536 · cited by 25
• Doe v. Sex Offender Registry Board 456 Mass. 612 · cited by 25
• Coburn v. Travelers' Insurance 145 Mass. 226 · cited by 25
• Snow v. Van Dam 291 Mass. 477 · cited by 25
• Lindsey v. Leighton 150 Mass. 285 · cited by 25
• Chelsea Moving & Trucking Co. v. Ross Towboat Co. 280 Mass. 282 · cited by 25
• McKee v. Tourtellotte 48 L.R.A. 542 · cited by 25
• Licker v. Gluskin 265 Mass. 403 · cited by 25
• Commonwealth v. Simon 456 Mass. 280 · cited by 25
• FMR Corp. v. Boston Edison Co. 415 Mass. 393 · cited by 25
• Commonwealth v. Gonzalez 443 Mass. 799 · cited by 25
• Whall v. Converse 146 Mass. 345 · cited by 25
• Bowditch v. New England Mutual Life Insurance 141 Mass. 292 · cited by 25
• Commonwealth v. Sinclair 195 Mass. 100 · cited by 25
• Wynn v. Sullivan 294 Mass. 562 · cited by 25
• Mulgrew v. City of Taunton 410 Mass. 631 · cited by 25
• Jacobs v. Moniz 288 Mass. 102 · cited by 25
• Robertson v. Coleman 141 Mass. 231 · cited by 25
• Commonwealth v. Jackson 432 Mass. 82 · cited by 25
• Commonwealth v. Keough 385 Mass. 314 · cited by 25
• Commonwealth v. Rembiszewski 363 Mass. 311 · cited by 25
• Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority v. Auditor of the Commonwealth 430 Mass. 783 · cited by 25
• Commonwealth v. Pina 453 Mass. 438 · cited by 25
• Pray v. Stebbins 141 Mass. 219 · cited by 25
• Hawks v. Inhabitants of Charlemont 107 Mass. 414 · cited by 25
• Johnson v. Stone 215 Mass. 219 · cited by 25
• Commissioners on Inland Fisheries v. Holyoke Water Power Co. 104 Mass. 446 · cited by 25
• Spear v. H. V. Greene Co. 246 Mass. 259 · cited by 25