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.

• Commonwealth v. Silva-Santiago 453 Mass. 782 · cited by 54
• Hennessey v. Taylor 189 Mass. 583 · cited by 54
• Commonwealth v. Conefrey 420 Mass. 508 · cited by 54
• American Waltham Watch Co. v. United States Watch Co. 43 L.R.A. 826 · cited by 54
• Myers v. Commonwealth 363 Mass. 843 · cited by 54
• Schuler v. Schuler 382 Mass. 366 · cited by 54
• Spence v. Boston Edison Co. 390 Mass. 604 · cited by 54
• Commonwealth v. Stuckich 450 Mass. 449 · cited by 54
• Commonwealth v. Alvarado 423 Mass. 266 · cited by 54
• Cimino v. Milford Keg, Inc. 385 Mass. 323 · cited by 54
• Twin Fires Investment, LLC v. Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co. 445 Mass. 411 · cited by 54
• Lafayette Place Associates v. Boston Redevelopment Authority 427 Mass. 509 · cited by 54
• Khoury v. Edison Electric Illuminating Co. 265 Mass. 236 · cited by 54
• Russell v. Cooley Dickinson Hospital, Inc. 437 Mass. 443 · cited by 54
• Commonwealth v. Chavis 415 Mass. 703 · cited by 54
• Commonwealth v. Berry 431 Mass. 326 · cited by 54
• Boston Edison Co. v. Board of Selectmen of Concord 355 Mass. 79 · cited by 54
• Smith-Pfeffer v. Superintendent of the Walter E. Fernald State School 404 Mass. 145 · cited by 54
• Smith v. Ariens Co. 375 Mass. 620 · cited by 54
• Blake v. Massachusetts Parole Board 369 Mass. 701 · cited by 54
• Commonwealth v. Lewis 346 Mass. 373 · cited by 54
• Storer v. Freeman 6 Mass. 435 · cited by 54
• Commonwealth v. Toro 395 Mass. 354 · cited by 54
• Commonwealth v. Blake 413 Mass. 823 · cited by 54
• Demoulas v. Demoulas 428 Mass. 555 · cited by 54
• Commonwealth v. Amazeen 375 Mass. 73 · cited by 54
• Commonwealth v. Cruz 373 Mass. 676 · cited by 54
• Trustees of the Stigmatine Fathers, Inc. v. Secretary of Administration & Finance 369 Mass. 562 · cited by 54
• Commonwealth v. Medeiros 395 Mass. 336 · cited by 54
• Commonwealth v. Sheline 391 Mass. 279 · cited by 54
• Farley v. Sprague 374 Mass. 419 · cited by 54
• Commonwealth v. King 389 Mass. 233 · cited by 54
• Commonwealth v. Boyd 367 Mass. 169 · cited by 54
• Comey v. Hill 387 Mass. 11 · cited by 54
• Charbonnier v. Amico 367 Mass. 146 · cited by 54
• Haddad v. Gonzalez 410 Mass. 855 · cited by 54
• Flint v. Commissioner of Public Welfare 412 Mass. 416 · cited by 53
• Cook v. Kozlowski 351 Mass. 708 · cited by 53
• Commonwealth v. Zone Book, Inc. 372 Mass. 366 · cited by 53
• Commonwealth v. Cohen 456 Mass. 94 · cited by 53
• Commonwealth v. a Juvenile 368 Mass. 580 · cited by 53
• Brett v. Building Commissioner 250 Mass. 73 · cited by 53
• Commonwealth v. Conceicao 388 Mass. 255 · cited by 53
• Commonwealth v. Bongarzone 390 Mass. 326 · cited by 53
• Datacomm Interface, Inc. v. Computerworld, Inc. 396 Mass. 760 · cited by 53
• Luk v. Commonwealth 421 Mass. 415 · cited by 53
• Commonwealth v. Smith 387 Mass. 900 · cited by 53
• Gilmore v. Driscoll 122 Mass. 199 · cited by 53
• Leshefsky v. American EmPloyers' Insurance 293 Mass. 164 · cited by 53
• Jones v. Fales 4 Mass. 245 · cited by 53
• Ginther v. Commissioner of Insurance 427 Mass. 319 · cited by 53
• Commonwealth v. O'Brien 305 Mass. 393 · cited by 53
• Meehan v. SHAUGHNESSY COHEN 404 Mass. 419 · cited by 53
• Commonwealth v. Connolly 454 Mass. 808 · cited by 53
• Commonwealth v. Zagranski 408 Mass. 278 · cited by 53
• Commonwealth v. Plaisted 148 Mass. 375 · cited by 53
• Commonwealth v. Burke 390 Mass. 480 · cited by 53
• Attorney General v. School Committee of Essex 387 Mass. 326 · cited by 53
• In Re the Department of Public Welfare to Dispense With Consent to Adoption 383 Mass. 573 · cited by 53
• Commonwealth v. Berry 420 Mass. 95 · cited by 53
• Commonwealth v. Barros 435 Mass. 171 · cited by 53
• Mole v. University of Massachusetts 442 Mass. 582 · cited by 53
• Berry v. Kyes 304 Mass. 56 · cited by 53
• Commonwealth v. Jones-Pannell 472 Mass. 429 · cited by 53
• Barnstable County Mutual Fire Insurance v. Lally 374 Mass. 602 · cited by 53
• Kelly v. Railway Express Agency, Inc. 315 Mass. 301 · cited by 52
• Commonwealth v. Madeiros 255 Mass. 304 · cited by 52
• Commonwealth v. Watkins 375 Mass. 472 · cited by 52
• Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co. v. Belleville Industries, Inc. 407 Mass. 675 · cited by 52
• Adoption of Paula 420 Mass. 716 · cited by 52
• Meagher v. Driscoll 99 Mass. 281 · cited by 52
• Martin v. Ring 401 Mass. 59 · cited by 52
• Grace v. Adams 100 Mass. 505 · cited by 52
• Iamele v. Asselin 444 Mass. 734 · cited by 52
• Adoption of Vito 431 Mass. 550 · cited by 52
• Commonwealth v. Roberts 378 Mass. 116 · cited by 52
• LaClair v. Silberline Manufacturing Co., Inc. 379 Mass. 21 · cited by 52
• Commonwealth v. O'CONNOR 406 Mass. 112 · cited by 52
• Berry v. Donovan 188 Mass. 353 · cited by 52
• Commonwealth v. Pressley 390 Mass. 617 · cited by 52
• Buster v. George W. Moore, Inc. 438 Mass. 635 · cited by 52
• Commonwealth v. Daye 411 Mass. 719 · cited by 52
• City of Boston v. Santosuosso 307 Mass. 302 · cited by 52
• Commonwealth v. Clary 388 Mass. 583 · cited by 52
• Mechanics National Bank of Worcester v. Killeen 377 Mass. 100 · cited by 52
• Commonwealth v. Otsuki 411 Mass. 218 · cited by 52
• Commonwealth v. St. Germain 381 Mass. 256 · cited by 52
• Sherman v. Fitch 98 Mass. 59 · cited by 52
• Gibbons v. Denoncourt 297 Mass. 448 · cited by 52
• Boothby v. Texon, Inc. 414 Mass. 468 · cited by 52
• Stewart v. Finkelstone 206 Mass. 28 · cited by 52
• Cartwright's Case 114 Mass. 230 · cited by 52
• Commonwealth v. Green 420 Mass. 771 · cited by 51
• Commonwealth v. Dwyer 448 Mass. 122 · cited by 51
• Sullivan v. Boston Elevated Railway Co. 224 Mass. 405 · cited by 51
• Commonwealth v. Donahue 430 Mass. 710 · cited by 51
• Commonwealth v. Polian 288 Mass. 494 · cited by 51
• Seaco Insurance v. Barbosa 435 Mass. 772 · cited by 51
• Deerskin Trading Post, Inc. v. Spencer Press, Inc. 398 Mass. 118 · cited by 51
• Cardullo v. Landau 329 Mass. 5 · cited by 51
• Commonwealth v. Lavalley 410 Mass. 641 · cited by 51
• Bain v. City of Springfield 424 Mass. 758 · cited by 51
• Daniels v. Newton 114 Mass. 530 · cited by 51
• Commonwealth v. McKenna 355 Mass. 313 · cited by 51
• Sargent v. Massachusetts Accident Co. 307 Mass. 246 · cited by 51
• Polaroid Corp. v. Rollins Environmental Services (NJ), Inc. 416 Mass. 684 · cited by 51
• Commonwealth v. Rivera 425 Mass. 633 · cited by 51
• Guernsey v. Cook 120 Mass. 501 · cited by 51
• Trustees of Tufts University v. Commercial Union Insurance 415 Mass. 844 · cited by 51
• Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Niziolek 395 Mass. 737 · cited by 51
• Williams v. Ely 423 Mass. 467 · cited by 51
• Brewer v. Proprietors of the Boston Theatre 104 Mass. 378 · cited by 51
• O'Brien v. New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. 422 Mass. 686 · cited by 51
• Commonwealth v. Johnson 420 Mass. 458 · cited by 51
• Commonwealth v. Edwards 420 Mass. 666 · cited by 51
• DoCanto v. Ametek, Inc. 367 Mass. 776 · cited by 51
• Commonwealth v. Augustine 467 Mass. 230 · cited by 51
• Commonwealth v. Montanino 409 Mass. 500 · cited by 50
• Claflin v. Claflin 3 L.R.A. 370 · cited by 50
• Bucholz v. Green Bros. Co. 272 Mass. 49 · cited by 50
• Commonwealth v. Albano 373 Mass. 132 · cited by 50
• Commonwealth v. Miles 420 Mass. 67 · cited by 50
• Thurston v. Hancock 12 Mass. 220 · cited by 50
• Commonwealth v. Curnin 409 Mass. 218 · cited by 50
• Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Co. v. Kendall 51 L.R.A. 781 · cited by 50
• Commonwealth v. Cordle 412 Mass. 172 · cited by 50
• Adoption of Quentin 424 Mass. 882 · cited by 50
• Dolham v. Peterson 297 Mass. 479 · cited by 50
• Commonwealth v. Washington 449 Mass. 476 · cited by 50
• Gill v. Middleton 105 Mass. 477 · cited by 50
• Commonwealth v. Fisher 433 Mass. 340 · cited by 50
• Bohaker v. Travelers Insurance 215 Mass. 32 · cited by 50
• Stone & Webster Engineering Corp. v. First National Bank & Trust Co. 345 Mass. 1 · cited by 50
• Donovan's Case 217 Mass. 76 · cited by 50
• General Electric Co. v. Department of Environmental Protection 429 Mass. 798 · cited by 50
• Commonwealth v. Haywood 377 Mass. 755 · cited by 50
• Commonwealth v. Bacon 381 Mass. 642 · cited by 50
• Duralith Corp. v. Leonard 274 Mass. 397 · cited by 50
• Opinion of the Justices to the Senate 279 Mass. 607 · cited by 50
• Commonwealth v. Macloon 101 Mass. 1 · cited by 50
• Commonwealth v. Nardi 452 Mass. 379 · cited by 50
• Rideout v. Knox 2 L.R.A. 81 · cited by 50
• Welch v. Swasey 193 Mass. 364 · cited by 50
• O'CONNELL v. Chasdi 400 Mass. 686 · cited by 50
• McDonough v. Metropolitan Life Insurance 228 Mass. 450 · cited by 50
• Beal v. Board of Selectmen 419 Mass. 535 · cited by 50
• Hurley v. Brown 98 Mass. 545 · cited by 50
• Beekman v. Marsters 195 Mass. 205 · cited by 50
• Borden, Inc. v. Commissioner of Public Health 388 Mass. 707 · cited by 50
• Wilson v. Colonial Air Transport, Inc. 278 Mass. 420 · cited by 50
• McNamara v. Honeyman 406 Mass. 43 · cited by 50
• Chester Glass Co. v. Dewey 16 Mass. 94 · cited by 50
• Commonwealth v. Crocker 384 Mass. 353 · cited by 50
• Commonwealth v. Andrews 403 Mass. 441 · cited by 50
• Commonwealth v. Fryar 425 Mass. 237 · cited by 50
• Selectmen of Topsfield v. State Racing Commission 324 Mass. 309 · cited by 50
• MacLeod v. Davis 290 Mass. 335 · cited by 49
• MacDonald v. Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp. 394 Mass. 131 · cited by 49
• Barttro v. Watertown Square Theatre, Inc. 309 Mass. 223 · cited by 49
• Johnson Controls, Inc. v. Bowes 381 Mass. 278 · cited by 49
• Kelley v. Goldberg 288 Mass. 79 · cited by 49
• Freelander v. G. & K. REALTY CORP. 357 Mass. 512 · cited by 49
• Bronstein v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America 390 Mass. 701 · cited by 49
• Calimlim v. Foreign Car Center, Inc. 392 Mass. 228 · cited by 49
• Commonwealth v. Claudio 418 Mass. 103 · cited by 49
• Commonwealth v. Donovan 395 Mass. 20 · cited by 49
• Heil v. McCann 360 Mass. 507 · cited by 49
• Commonwealth v. Garcia 379 Mass. 422 · cited by 49
• Commonwealth v. Sinnott 399 Mass. 863 · cited by 49
• Kneeland v. Emerton 280 Mass. 371 · cited by 49
• GTE Products Corp. v. Stewart 421 Mass. 22 · cited by 49
• Sohier v. Trinity Church 109 Mass. 1 · cited by 49
• Liquor Liability Joint Underwriting Ass'n v. Hermitage Insurance 419 Mass. 316 · cited by 49
• Jean W. v. Commonwealth 414 Mass. 496 · cited by 49
• Industrial Finance Corp. v. State Tax Commission 367 Mass. 360 · cited by 49
• Kuklis v. Commonwealth 361 Mass. 302 · cited by 49
• Moies v. Bird 11 Mass. 436 · cited by 49
• Commonwealth v. Wren 391 Mass. 705 · cited by 49
• Stoops v. Smith 100 Mass. 63 · cited by 49
• Commonwealth v. Kater 388 Mass. 519 · cited by 49
• Reardon v. Thompson 149 Mass. 267 · cited by 49
• Lockhart v. Attorney General 390 Mass. 780 · cited by 49
• Commonwealth v. Simpson 434 Mass. 570 · cited by 49
• Commonwealth v. Pratt 407 Mass. 647 · cited by 49
• Howarth v. Lombard 175 Mass. 570 · cited by 49
• Protective Life Insurance v. Sullivan 425 Mass. 615 · cited by 49
• Cardin v. Royal Insurance Co. of America 394 Mass. 450 · cited by 49
• Commonwealth v. LaCorte 373 Mass. 700 · cited by 49
• Hoadley v. Northern Transportation Co. 115 Mass. 304 · cited by 49
• Yorke v. Taylor 332 Mass. 368 · cited by 49
• Attorney General v. City of Boston 123 Mass. 460 · cited by 49
• Commonwealth v. Bui 419 Mass. 392 · cited by 49
• Davenport v. New England Mutual Fire Insurance 6 Allen 340 · cited by 49
• Commonwealth v. Alvarado 420 Mass. 542 · cited by 49
• Custody of a Minor 375 Mass. 733 · cited by 49
• Guardianship of Roe 383 Mass. 415 · cited by 49
• Trade Mutual Liability Insurance v. Peters 291 Mass. 79 · cited by 48
• Commonwealth v. Fuller 423 Mass. 216 · cited by 48
• Turnpike Motors, Inc. v. Newbury Group, Inc. 413 Mass. 119 · cited by 48
• Commonwealth v. Jackson 132 Mass. 16 · cited by 48