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.

• New England Canteen Service, Inc. v. Ashley 372 Mass. 671 · cited by 82
• Commonwealth v. Stewart 383 Mass. 253 · cited by 82
• Commonwealth v. Forde 367 Mass. 798 · cited by 82
• Sena v. Commonwealth 417 Mass. 250 · cited by 82
• Lolos v. Berlin 338 Mass. 10 · cited by 82
• Commonwealth v. Woods 419 Mass. 366 · cited by 82
• Danca v. Taunton Savings Bank 385 Mass. 1 · cited by 82
• Commonwealth v. Colon-Cruz 408 Mass. 533 · cited by 82
• Carey v. New England Organ Bank 446 Mass. 270 · cited by 81
• Commonwealth v. Haas 373 Mass. 545 · cited by 81
• Quincy Mutual Fire Insurance v. Abernathy 393 Mass. 81 · cited by 81
• DiMarzo v. American Mutual Insurance 389 Mass. 85 · cited by 81
• Memishian v. Phipps 311 Mass. 521 · cited by 81
• Jackson v. Action for Boston Community Development, Inc. 403 Mass. 8 · cited by 81
• Davis v. Old Colony Railroad 131 Mass. 258 · cited by 80
• Cowley v. Pulsifer 137 Mass. 392 · cited by 80
• Commonwealth v. Licata 412 Mass. 654 · cited by 80
• Sponatski's Case 220 Mass. 526 · cited by 80
• Guinan v. Famous Players-Lasky Corp. 267 Mass. 501 · cited by 80
• Commonwealth v. Harrington 379 Mass. 446 · cited by 79
• Hoffman v. Howmedica, Inc. 373 Mass. 32 · cited by 79
• Hanscom v. Malden & Melrose Gas Light Co. 220 Mass. 1 · cited by 79
• Carleton v. Franconia Iron & Steel Co. 99 Mass. 216 · cited by 79
• Commonwealth v. Bianco 388 Mass. 358 · cited by 79
• Commonwealth v. Fitzgerald 376 Mass. 402 · cited by 79
• Schwanbeck v. Federal-Mogul Corp. 412 Mass. 703 · cited by 79
• Commonwealth v. Longo 402 Mass. 482 · cited by 79
• Leardi v. Brown 394 Mass. 151 · cited by 79
• Miller v. Cotter 448 Mass. 671 · cited by 79
• Lowell v. City of Boston 111 Mass. 454 · cited by 78
• Wellesley College v. Attorney General 313 Mass. 722 · cited by 78
• Commonwealth v. Beneficial Finance Company 360 Mass. 188 · cited by 78
• Commonwealth v. Walden 380 Mass. 724 · cited by 78
• Commonwealth v. Moon 380 Mass. 751 · cited by 78
• Sundine's Case 218 Mass. 1 · cited by 78
• Commonwealth v. DiGiambattista 442 Mass. 423 · cited by 78
• King v. Viscoloid Co. 219 Mass. 420 · cited by 78
• Boston Edison Co. v. Boston Redevelopment Authority 374 Mass. 37 · cited by 78
• Green v. Wyman-Gordon Co. 422 Mass. 551 · cited by 78
• Commonwealth v. Santana 420 Mass. 205 · cited by 78
• King v. Driscoll 418 Mass. 576 · cited by 78
• Long v. George 296 Mass. 574 · cited by 78
• Commonwealth v. Martino 412 Mass. 267 · cited by 78
• Commonwealth v. Toney 385 Mass. 575 · cited by 78
• Castellucci v. United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co. 372 Mass. 288 · cited by 78
• Brum v. Town of Dartmouth 428 Mass. 684 · cited by 77
• Commonwealth v. Matchett 386 Mass. 492 · cited by 77
• Commonwealth v. Pike 428 Mass. 393 · cited by 77
• Carew v. Rutherford 106 Mass. 1 · cited by 77
• Commonwealth v. Sanna 424 Mass. 92 · cited by 77
• McLearn v. Hill 276 Mass. 519 · cited by 77
• Young v. Duncan 218 Mass. 346 · cited by 77
• Commonwealth v. Crayton 470 Mass. 228 · cited by 77
• Commonwealth v. Va Meng Joe 425 Mass. 99 · cited by 77
• Ashapa v. Reed 280 Mass. 514 · cited by 77
• Commonwealth v. Henson 394 Mass. 584 · cited by 77
• Commonwealth v. Torres 420 Mass. 479 · cited by 77
• Ross v. Ross 129 Mass. 243 · cited by 77
• Commonwealth v. King 387 Mass. 464 · cited by 77
• Commonwealth v. Walker 370 Mass. 548 · cited by 77
• Commonwealth v. Fancy 349 Mass. 196 · cited by 77
• Borman v. Borman 378 Mass. 775 · cited by 77
• Commonwealth v. Lyons 409 Mass. 16 · cited by 77
• Commonwealth v. Borges 395 Mass. 788 · cited by 76
• Universal Adjustment Corp. v. Midland Bank, Ltd., of London 281 Mass. 303 · cited by 76
• Commonwealth v. Wilson 427 Mass. 336 · cited by 76
• Commonwealth v. Carrion 407 Mass. 263 · cited by 76
• Commonwealth v. DeCotis 366 Mass. 234 · cited by 76
• Abramian v. President & Fellows of Harvard College 432 Mass. 107 · cited by 76
• Adamaitis v. Metropolitan Life Insurance 295 Mass. 215 · cited by 76
• Freeman v. Mercantile Mutual Accident Ass'n 156 Mass. 351 · cited by 76
• Citation Insurance v. Gomez 426 Mass. 379 · cited by 75
• Commonwealth v. Brzezinski 405 Mass. 401 · cited by 75
• Bates v. Southgate 308 Mass. 170 · cited by 75
• Commonwealth v. Selby 420 Mass. 656 · cited by 75
• Manning v. Zuckerman 388 Mass. 8 · cited by 75
• Commonwealth v. Bohannon 376 Mass. 90 · cited by 75
• Charland v. Muzi Motors, Inc. 417 Mass. 580 · cited by 75
• Commonwealth v. Cast 407 Mass. 891 · cited by 75
• Commonwealth v. Judge 420 Mass. 433 · cited by 74
• Rae v. Air-Speed, Inc. 386 Mass. 187 · cited by 74
• Commonwealth v. Ciampa 406 Mass. 257 · cited by 74
• Petition of the New England Home for Little Wanderers 367 Mass. 631 · cited by 74
• Commonwealth v. Pierce 138 Mass. 165 · cited by 74
• Commonwealth v. Bishop 416 Mass. 169 · cited by 74
• Goodridge v. Department of Public Health 440 Mass. 309 · cited by 74
• Coombs v. New Bedford Cordage Co. 102 Mass. 572 · cited by 74
• Commonwealth v. Beckett 373 Mass. 329 · cited by 74
• DiGesse v. Columbia Pontiac Co. Inc. 369 Mass. 99 · cited by 74
• Lantner v. Carson 374 Mass. 606 · cited by 74
• Ford v. Fitchburg Railroad 110 Mass. 240 · cited by 73
• Commonwealth v. Fraser 410 Mass. 541 · cited by 73
• Bally v. Northeastern University 403 Mass. 713 · cited by 73
• Driscoll v. Towle 181 Mass. 416 · cited by 73
• Fishman v. Brooks 396 Mass. 643 · cited by 73
• Gray v. Boston Gas Light Co. 114 Mass. 149 · cited by 73
• Sullivan v. Town of Brookline 435 Mass. 353 · cited by 73
• Back v. Wickes Corp. 375 Mass. 633 · cited by 73
• Milliken v. Pratt 125 Mass. 374 · cited by 73
• Commonwealth v. Vinnie 428 Mass. 161 · cited by 73
• Wang Laboratories, Inc. v. Business Incentives, Inc. 398 Mass. 854 · cited by 73
• Salamon v. Terra 394 Mass. 857 · cited by 73
• Wright v. Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children 412 Mass. 469 · cited by 73
• Diatchenko v. District Attorney for the Suffolk District 466 Mass. 655 · cited by 73
• Bourne v. Whitman 209 Mass. 155 · cited by 73
• Begelfer v. Najarian 381 Mass. 177 · cited by 73
• Rosenfield v. United States Trust Co. 290 Mass. 210 · cited by 73
• Commonwealth v. Moffett 383 Mass. 201 · cited by 73
• Gaudette v. Webb 362 Mass. 60 · cited by 72
• Commonwealth v. Kelley 370 Mass. 147 · cited by 72
• O'Sullivan v. Shaw 431 Mass. 201 · cited by 72
• Commonwealth v. James 424 Mass. 770 · cited by 72
• Batchelder v. Allied Stores Corp. 393 Mass. 819 · cited by 72
• Dinsky v. Town of Framingham 386 Mass. 801 · cited by 72
• Commonwealth v. Woodward 427 Mass. 659 · cited by 72
• Opinion of the Justices to the Senate & the House of Representatives 251 Mass. 569 · cited by 72
• Barnes v. Berkshire Street Railway Co. 281 Mass. 47 · cited by 72
• Commonwealth v. Peaslee 177 Mass. 267 · cited by 72
• Commonwealth v. Rosa 422 Mass. 18 · cited by 72
• Commonwealth v. Welosky 276 Mass. 398 · cited by 72
• Cuddyer v. Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. 434 Mass. 521 · cited by 72
• Shea v. Bay State Gas Co. 383 Mass. 218 · cited by 71
• Marram v. Kobrick Offshore Fund, Ltd. 442 Mass. 43 · cited by 71
• Commonwealth v. Dyer 243 Mass. 472 · cited by 71
• Commonwealth v. Costley 118 Mass. 1 · cited by 71
• Adoption of Mary 414 Mass. 705 · cited by 71
• Burlen v. Shannon 99 Mass. 200 · cited by 71
• Continental Casualty Co. v. Gilbane Building Co. 391 Mass. 143 · cited by 71
• Bell v. Mazza 394 Mass. 176 · cited by 71
• Commonwealth v. Fidler 377 Mass. 192 · cited by 71
• Ng Bros. Construction, Inc. v. Cranney 436 Mass. 638 · cited by 71
• Commonwealth v. Moran 387 Mass. 644 · cited by 70
• Boston Ice Co. v. Potter 123 Mass. 28 · cited by 70
• Godbout v. Cousens 396 Mass. 254 · cited by 70
• Commonwealth v. St. Pierre 377 Mass. 650 · cited by 70
• Aspinall v. Philip Morris Companies, Inc. 442 Mass. 381 · cited by 70
• Commonwealth v. Almeida 373 Mass. 266 · cited by 70
• Tax Commissioner v. Putnam 227 Mass. 522 · cited by 70
• Commonwealth v. Appleby 380 Mass. 296 · cited by 70
• Building Inspector of Lancaster v. Sanderson 372 Mass. 157 · cited by 70
• Commonwealth v. Tyree 455 Mass. 676 · cited by 70
• Schulte v. Director of the Division of Employment Security 369 Mass. 74 · cited by 70
• Burt v. Advertiser Newspaper Co. 13 L.R.A. 97 · cited by 70
• Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts, Inc. v. Blake 417 Mass. 467 · cited by 69
• Fowler v. Bebee 9 Mass. 231 · cited by 69
• Coveney v. President & Trustees of the College of the Holy Cross 388 Mass. 16 · cited by 69
• Sterilite Corp. v. Continental Casualty Co. 397 Mass. 837 · cited by 69
• Dodge v. Anna Jaques Hospital 301 Mass. 431 · cited by 69
• Department of Youth Services v. a Juvenile 398 Mass. 516 · cited by 69
• Oliver v. City of Worcester 102 Mass. 489 · cited by 69
• Commonwealth v. Freiberg 405 Mass. 282 · cited by 69
• First Pennsylvania Mortgage Trust v. Dorchester Savings Bank 395 Mass. 614 · cited by 69
• Commonwealth v. Sellon 380 Mass. 220 · cited by 69
• Commonwealth v. Tucceri 412 Mass. 401 · cited by 69
• Kobrin v. Board of Registration in Medicine 444 Mass. 837 · cited by 68
• Wilkes v. Springside Nursing Home, Inc. 370 Mass. 842 · cited by 68
• Looney v. McLean 129 Mass. 33 · cited by 68
• Diaz v. Eli Lilly & Co. 364 Mass. 153 · cited by 68
• Spring v. Geriatric Authority of Holyoke 394 Mass. 274 · cited by 68
• Commonwealth v. Vasquez 456 Mass. 350 · cited by 68
• Commonwealth v. Borodine 371 Mass. 1 · cited by 68
• Clegg v. Butler 424 Mass. 413 · cited by 68
• Labonte v. Hutchins & Wheeler 424 Mass. 813 · cited by 68
• Commonwealth v. Mandile 397 Mass. 410 · cited by 68
• Frizado v. Frizado 420 Mass. 592 · cited by 68
• Stone v. Boston & Albany Railroad 171 Mass. 536 · cited by 68
• Howes Bros. v. Unemployment Compensation Commission 296 Mass. 275 · cited by 67
• Thayer v. Thayer 101 Mass. 111 · cited by 67
• Burns's Case 218 Mass. 8 · cited by 67
• Rice v. Rice 372 Mass. 398 · cited by 67
• Commonwealth v. Hoffer 375 Mass. 369 · cited by 67
• Blixt v. Blixt 437 Mass. 649 · cited by 67
• Commonwealth v. Sherry 386 Mass. 682 · cited by 67
• Foley v. Polaroid Corp. 381 Mass. 545 · cited by 67
• Commonwealth v. Zinser 446 Mass. 807 · cited by 67
• Commonwealth v. Salemme 395 Mass. 594 · cited by 66
• Cullen Enterprises, Inc. v. Massachusetts Property Insurance Underwriting Ass'n 399 Mass. 886 · cited by 66
• Peabody v. Norfolk 98 Mass. 452 · cited by 66
• Commonwealth v. Botelho 369 Mass. 860 · cited by 66
• Commonwealth v. Delaney 425 Mass. 587 · cited by 66
• Dartt v. Browning-Ferris Industries, Inc. 427 Mass. 1 · cited by 66
• Commonwealth v. Jackson 369 Mass. 904 · cited by 66
• Commonwealth v. Gordon 407 Mass. 340 · cited by 66
• Hill v. Winsor 118 Mass. 251 · cited by 66
• Oliveri v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority 363 Mass. 165 · cited by 66
• Duggan v. Bay State Street Railway Co. 230 Mass. 370 · cited by 66
• Commonwealth v. Vitello 367 Mass. 224 · cited by 65
• Attorney General v. Pelletier 240 Mass. 264 · cited by 65
• Commonwealth v. Sanchez 405 Mass. 369 · cited by 65
• Locke v. Homer 131 Mass. 93 · cited by 65
• Emery's case 107 Mass. 172 · cited by 65
• Commonwealth v. Magee 423 Mass. 381 · cited by 65
• Curtis v. Herb Chambers I-95, Inc. 458 Mass. 674 · cited by 65
• Massachusetts Ass'n of Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers, Inc. v. Commissioner of Insurance 373 Mass. 290 · cited by 65
• Friedman v. Jablonski 371 Mass. 482 · cited by 65
• Badger v. Phinney 15 Mass. 359 · cited by 65
• Highlands Insurance v. Aerovox Inc. 424 Mass. 226 · cited by 65
• Tetrault v. Mahoney 425 Mass. 456 · cited by 65
• Commonwealth v. Moses 408 Mass. 136 · cited by 65
• Cook v. Stearns 11 Mass. 533 · cited by 65