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.

• Hartmann v. Boston Herald-Traveler Corp. 323 Mass. 56 · cited by 64
• Adoption of Ilona 459 Mass. 53 · cited by 64
• Pickett v. Walsh 192 Mass. 572 · cited by 64
• Commonwealth v. Gunter 427 Mass. 259 · cited by 64
• Commonwealth v. Garcia 409 Mass. 675 · cited by 64
• Scannell v. Ed. Ferreirinha & Irmao, Lda. 401 Mass. 155 · cited by 64
• Adoption of Hugo 428 Mass. 219 · cited by 64
• Commonwealth v. Campbell 378 Mass. 680 · cited by 64
• Consolidated Cigar Corp. v. Department of Public Health 372 Mass. 844 · cited by 64
• Situation Management Systems, Inc. v. Malouf, Inc. 430 Mass. 875 · cited by 64
• King v. Globe Newspaper Co. 400 Mass. 705 · cited by 64
• Feltch v. General Rental Co. 383 Mass. 603 · cited by 64
• Van Dyke v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co. 388 Mass. 671 · cited by 64
• Droukas v. Divers Training Academy, Inc. 375 Mass. 149 · cited by 64
• Commonwealth v. Merola 405 Mass. 529 · cited by 64
• Commonwealth v. Connor 392 Mass. 838 · cited by 64
• Commonwealth v. Antobenedetto 366 Mass. 51 · cited by 64
• Loranger Construction Corp. v. E. F. Hauserman Co. 376 Mass. 757 · cited by 64
• Commonwealth v. O'Day 440 Mass. 296 · cited by 64
• Corsetti v. Stone Co. 396 Mass. 1 · cited by 64
• Commonwealth v. Blood 400 Mass. 61 · cited by 64
• US Bank National Association v. Ibanez 458 Mass. 637 · cited by 64
• Commonwealth v. McLaughlin 364 Mass. 211 · cited by 63
• Commonwealth v. Thibeau 384 Mass. 762 · cited by 63
• O'Coin's, Inc. v. Treasurer of the County of Worcester 362 Mass. 507 · cited by 63
• Commonwealth v. Martin 427 Mass. 816 · cited by 63
• Commonwealth v. Santaliz 413 Mass. 238 · cited by 63
• Commonwealth v. Torres 433 Mass. 669 · cited by 63
• Commonwealth v. Cundriff 382 Mass. 137 · cited by 63
• Hashimi v. Kalil 388 Mass. 607 · cited by 63
• Foye v. Patch 132 Mass. 105 · cited by 63
• Harrison v. NetCentric Corp. 433 Mass. 465 · cited by 63
• Rummel v. Peters 314 Mass. 504 · cited by 63
• Commonwealth v. Waite 422 Mass. 792 · cited by 63
• Conway v. Electro Switch Corp. 402 Mass. 385 · cited by 62
• Cousineau v. Laramee 388 Mass. 859 · cited by 62
• Fowler v. Shearer 7 Mass. 14 · cited by 62
• Fisher v. City of Boston 104 Mass. 87 · cited by 62
• Commonwealth v. Olszewski 416 Mass. 707 · cited by 62
• Innerarity v. Merchants' National Bank 139 Mass. 332 · cited by 62
• Sumner v. Williams 8 Mass. 162 · cited by 62
• Draghetti v. Chmielewski 416 Mass. 808 · cited by 62
• Commonwealth v. DePeiza 449 Mass. 367 · cited by 62
• Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co. v. Offices Unlimited, Inc. 419 Mass. 462 · cited by 62
• Commonwealth v. Morrow 363 Mass. 601 · cited by 62
• Cummings v. National Shawmut Bank of Boston 284 Mass. 563 · cited by 62
• Anthony's Pier Four, Inc. v. Crandall Dry Dock Engineers, Inc. 396 Mass. 818 · cited by 62
• Swan v. Justices of Superior Court 222 Mass. 542 · cited by 62
• Barrett Associates, Inc. v. Aronson 346 Mass. 150 · cited by 62
• Nash v. Lang 268 Mass. 407 · cited by 62
• Crocker v. Justices of the Superior Court 208 Mass. 162 · cited by 62
• Fabre v. Walton 436 Mass. 517 · cited by 62
• Commonwealth v. Mayfield 398 Mass. 615 · cited by 62
• Commonwealth v. Mamay 407 Mass. 412 · cited by 62
• Plymouth-Carver Regional School District v. J. Farmer & Co. 407 Mass. 1006 · cited by 62
• Falk v. Finkelman 268 Mass. 524 · cited by 62
• Commonwealth v. Russ 232 Mass. 58 · cited by 62
• Commonwealth v. Bastarache 382 Mass. 86 · cited by 62
• Commonwealth v. Bruno 432 Mass. 489 · cited by 61
• Home Savings Bank v. Savransky 307 Mass. 601 · cited by 61
• Eaton v. Federal National Mortgage Ass'n 462 Mass. 569 · cited by 61
• Dodd v. Commercial Union Insurance 373 Mass. 72 · cited by 61
• Frati v. Jannini 226 Mass. 430 · cited by 61
• Stackpole v. Arnold 11 Mass. 27 · cited by 61
• Commonwealth v. Doucette 391 Mass. 443 · cited by 61
• Commonwealth v. Dickerson 372 Mass. 783 · cited by 61
• Royal Indemnity Co. v. Blakely 372 Mass. 86 · cited by 61
• Atlantic Cotton Mills v. Indian Orchard Mills 147 Mass. 268 · cited by 61
• Rice v. Wood 113 Mass. 133 · cited by 61
• Clark v. State Street Trust Co. 270 Mass. 140 · cited by 61
• Commonwealth v. Whelton 428 Mass. 24 · cited by 60
• Commonwealth v. Groome 435 Mass. 201 · cited by 60
• Commonwealth v. Wilson 381 Mass. 90 · cited by 60
• Commonwealth v. Drew 397 Mass. 65 · cited by 60
• Beeler v. Downey 387 Mass. 609 · cited by 60
• Custody of Two Minors 396 Mass. 610 · cited by 60
• Commonwealth v. Verde 444 Mass. 279 · cited by 60
• Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Co. v. Town of Danvers 411 Mass. 39 · cited by 60
• Commonwealth v. Gallison 383 Mass. 659 · cited by 60
• Commonwealth v. Meehan 377 Mass. 552 · cited by 60
• Brune v. Belinkoff 354 Mass. 102 · cited by 60
• Morash & Sons, Inc. v. Commonwealth 363 Mass. 612 · cited by 60
• Putnam v. Sullivan 4 Mass. 45 · cited by 60
• Commonwealth v. Isaiah I. 450 Mass. 818 · cited by 60
• Commonwealth v. Lockwood 109 Mass. 323 · cited by 60
• Wheatley v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co. 418 Mass. 394 · cited by 60
• Green v. Richmond 369 Mass. 47 · cited by 60
• Blackstone v. Cashman 448 Mass. 255 · cited by 60
• Opinion of the Justices to the Senate 289 Mass. 607 · cited by 60
• Marston v. Hobbs 2 Mass. 433 · cited by 60
• Commonwealth v. Barrett 418 Mass. 788 · cited by 60
• Gaynor v. Old Colony & Newport Railway Co. 100 Mass. 208 · cited by 59
• Vasys v. Metropolitan District Commission 387 Mass. 51 · cited by 59
• Attorney General v. Tufts 239 Mass. 458 · cited by 59
• Commonwealth v. Gallant 373 Mass. 577 · cited by 59
• Commonwealth v. LeFave 430 Mass. 169 · cited by 59
• Commonwealth v. Johnson 413 Mass. 598 · cited by 59
• Commonwealth v. Thomas 401 Mass. 109 · cited by 59
• Andrews 368 Mass. 468 · cited by 59
• Supreme Council American Legion of Honor v. Perry 140 Mass. 580 · cited by 59
• Commonwealth v. Paszko 391 Mass. 164 · cited by 59
• Lorando v. Gethro 228 Mass. 181 · cited by 59
• Commonwealth v. Mutina 366 Mass. 810 · cited by 59
• Wheelwright v. Wheelwright 2 Mass. 447 · cited by 59
• MacDonald v. Adamian 294 Mass. 187 · cited by 59
• Thacher v. Dinsmore 5 Mass. 299 · cited by 59
• Commonwealth v. Wilson 441 Mass. 390 · cited by 59
• City of Boston v. Dolan 298 Mass. 346 · cited by 59
• Bulwer v. Mount Auburn Hospital 473 Mass. 672 · cited by 59
• Commonwealth v. Lao 443 Mass. 770 · cited by 59
• Davis v. Westwood Group 420 Mass. 739 · cited by 59
• Birnbaum v. Pamoukis 301 Mass. 559 · cited by 59
• Druker v. Roland Wm. Jutras Associates, Inc. 370 Mass. 383 · cited by 59
• Weiner v. D. A. Schulte, Inc. 275 Mass. 379 · cited by 58
• Commonwealth v. Storey 378 Mass. 312 · cited by 58
• Commonwealth v. Bailey 370 Mass. 388 · cited by 58
• Spinner v. Nutt 417 Mass. 549 · cited by 58
• Charles I. Hosmer, Inc. v. Commonwealth 302 Mass. 495 · cited by 58
• Commonwealth v. Degro 432 Mass. 319 · cited by 58
• "Automatic" Sprinkler Corp. of America v. Seneca Foods Corp. 361 Mass. 441 · cited by 58
• Hershenow v. Enterprise Rent-A-Car Co. 445 Mass. 790 · cited by 58
• Commonwealth v. LaVelle 414 Mass. 146 · cited by 58
• Commonwealth v. Moore 408 Mass. 117 · cited by 58
• Williams v. Inhabitants of Milton 215 Mass. 1 · cited by 58
• Commonwealth v. Cheek 413 Mass. 492 · cited by 58
• City of Lawrence v. Falzarano 380 Mass. 18 · cited by 58
• Commonwealth v. Cronk 396 Mass. 194 · cited by 58
• Brown v. Foster 113 Mass. 136 · cited by 58
• Worcester Insurance v. Fells Acres Day School, Inc. 408 Mass. 393 · cited by 58
• Flood v. Southland Corp. 416 Mass. 62 · cited by 58
• Randall v. Peerless Motor Car Co. 212 Mass. 352 · cited by 58
• Carnig v. Carr 35 L.R.A. 512 · cited by 57
• Commonwealth v. Ferreira 373 Mass. 116 · cited by 57
• New England Trust Co. v. Abbott 27 L.R.A. 271 · cited by 57
• Broadway National Bank v. Adams 133 Mass. 170 · cited by 57
• Tuttle v. George H. Gilbert Manufacturing Co. 145 Mass. 169 · cited by 57
• Commonwealth v. Duquette 386 Mass. 834 · cited by 57
• Sullivan v. Liberty Mutual Insurance 444 Mass. 34 · cited by 57
• Wallace v. Ludwig 292 Mass. 251 · cited by 57
• Spector v. Building Inspector 250 Mass. 63 · cited by 57
• Judge Rotenberg Educational Center, Inc. v. Commissioner of Department of Mental Retardation 424 Mass. 430 · cited by 57
• Allen v. Puritan Trust Co. 211 Mass. 409 · cited by 57
• Fitzgerald v. Connecticut River Paper Co. 155 Mass. 155 · cited by 57
• Baggs v. Hirschfield 293 Mass. 1 · cited by 57
• Commonwealth v. Amirault 404 Mass. 221 · cited by 57
• Commonwealth v. Willis 415 Mass. 814 · cited by 57
• Board of Appeals of Hanover v. Housing Appeals Comm. 363 Mass. 339 · cited by 57
• Commonwealth v. Bianco 390 Mass. 254 · cited by 57
• Swanset Development Corp. v. City of Taunton 423 Mass. 390 · cited by 57
• Canavan's Case 432 Mass. 304 · cited by 57
• Commonwealth v. Dockham 405 Mass. 618 · cited by 56
• Commonwealth v. Kater 432 Mass. 404 · cited by 56
• Ciummei v. Commonwealth 378 Mass. 504 · cited by 56
• Marashlian v. Zoning Board of Appeals 421 Mass. 719 · cited by 56
• Commonwealth v. Bryant 390 Mass. 729 · cited by 56
• Merrimack Valley National Bank v. Baird 372 Mass. 721 · cited by 56
• MacCormack v. Boston Edison Co. 423 Mass. 652 · cited by 56
• Plant v. Woods 176 Mass. 492 · cited by 56
• East Chop Tennis Club v. Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination 364 Mass. 444 · cited by 56
• Olsen v. Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc. 388 Mass. 171 · cited by 56
• Commonwealth v. Owens 414 Mass. 595 · cited by 56
• Smith v. First National Bank 99 Mass. 605 · cited by 56
• Levy v. Board of Registration & Discipline in Medicine 378 Mass. 519 · cited by 56
• Commonwealth v. Gould 380 Mass. 672 · cited by 56
• Jet Line Services, Inc. v. American Employers Insurance 404 Mass. 706 · cited by 56
• Massachusetts Electric Co. v. Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination 375 Mass. 160 · cited by 56
• Blanchard v. Russell 13 Mass. 1 · cited by 56
• Commonwealth v. Trowbridge 419 Mass. 750 · cited by 56
• DeVaux v. American Home Assurance Co. 387 Mass. 814 · cited by 56
• Commonwealth v. Richards 363 Mass. 299 · cited by 56
• Newcomb v. Boston Protective Department 146 Mass. 596 · cited by 56
• Kuwaiti Danish Computer Co. v. Digital Equipment Corp. 438 Mass. 459 · cited by 56
• Baker v. Davis 299 Mass. 345 · cited by 56
• Commonwealth v. Chance 174 Mass. 245 · cited by 56
• Uloth v. City Tank Corp. 376 Mass. 874 · cited by 55
• Custody of a Minor 377 Mass. 876 · cited by 55
• Commonwealth v. Watson 430 Mass. 725 · cited by 55
• Alberts v. Devine 395 Mass. 59 · cited by 55
• Zapatha v. Dairy Mart, Inc. 381 Mass. 284 · cited by 55
• Tristram's Landing, Inc. v. Wait 367 Mass. 622 · cited by 55
• Sorensen v. Sorensen 369 Mass. 350 · cited by 55
• Tyler v. Judges of Court of Registration 51 L.R.A. 433 · cited by 55
• Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts, Inc. v. Operation Rescue 406 Mass. 701 · cited by 55
• Alholm v. Town of Wareham 371 Mass. 621 · cited by 55
• Kent v. Commonwealth 437 Mass. 312 · cited by 55
• Ravnikar v. Bogojavlensky 438 Mass. 627 · cited by 55
• Barry v. Commonwealth 390 Mass. 285 · cited by 55
• McCone v. New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. 393 Mass. 231 · cited by 55
• Chavoor v. Lewis 383 Mass. 801 · cited by 55
• Lipchitz v. Raytheon Co. 434 Mass. 493 · cited by 55
• Commonwealth v. Torres 424 Mass. 153 · cited by 55
• Commonwealth v. Acevedo 446 Mass. 435 · cited by 55
• Miller v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. 291 Mass. 445 · cited by 55
• Massachusetts Employers Insurance Exchange v. Propac-Mass, Inc. 420 Mass. 39 · cited by 55
• Commonwealth v. Rondeau 378 Mass. 408 · cited by 55
• Commonwealth v. Wilborne 382 Mass. 241 · cited by 55
• Bezio v. Patenaude 381 Mass. 563 · cited by 55
• Commonwealth v. Viriyahiranpaiboon 412 Mass. 224 · cited by 55
• Commonwealth v. Lopez 426 Mass. 657 · cited by 55
• Kattar v. Demoulas 433 Mass. 1 · cited by 54