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.

• Kennedy Bros. v. Bird 287 Mass. 477 · cited by 48
• Commonwealth v. Anderson 396 Mass. 306 · cited by 48
• Adoption of Nancy 443 Mass. 512 · cited by 48
• Correia v. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. 388 Mass. 342 · cited by 48
• Rhode Island Hospital Trust National Bank v. Varadian 419 Mass. 841 · cited by 48
• Sears v. Treasurer & Receiver General 327 Mass. 310 · cited by 48
• Raytheon Co. v. Director of Division of Employment Security 364 Mass. 593 · cited by 48
• Furtado v. Furtado 380 Mass. 137 · cited by 48
• Yannas v. Frondistou-Yannas 395 Mass. 704 · cited by 48
• Creamer v. West End Street Railway Co. 156 Mass. 320 · cited by 48
• Fidler v. E. M. Parker Co. 394 Mass. 534 · cited by 48
• Commonwealth v. Marquetty 416 Mass. 445 · cited by 48
• School Committee of Newton v. Labor Relations Comm. 388 Mass. 557 · cited by 48
• Adamowicz v. Town of Ipswich 395 Mass. 757 · cited by 48
• Bloom v. City of Worcester 363 Mass. 136 · cited by 48
• Commonwealth v. Harvard 356 Mass. 452 · cited by 48
• Kannavos v. Annino 356 Mass. 42 · cited by 48
• Commonwealth v. Joyce 382 Mass. 222 · cited by 48
• Boswell v. Zephyr Lines, Inc. 414 Mass. 241 · cited by 48
• Commonwealth v. Hall 366 Mass. 790 · cited by 48
• Biggs v. Densmore 323 Mass. 106 · cited by 48
• Commonwealth v. Vick 454 Mass. 418 · cited by 48
• Commonwealth v. Rodriguez 370 Mass. 684 · cited by 48
• Gray v. President of the Portland Bank 3 Mass. 364 · cited by 48
• Doe v. Sex Offender Registry Board 459 Mass. 603 · cited by 48
• Anjou v. Boston Elevated Railway Co. 208 Mass. 273 · cited by 48
• Bolster v. Commissioner of Corporations & Taxation 319 Mass. 81 · cited by 48
• Maynard v. Royal Worcester Corset Co. 200 Mass. 1 · cited by 48
• School Committee of Danvers v. Tyman 372 Mass. 106 · cited by 48
• Connolly v. Bolster 187 Mass. 266 · cited by 48
• Lumiansky v. Tessier 213 Mass. 182 · cited by 48
• Page v. Frazier 388 Mass. 55 · cited by 48
• Santiago v. Commonwealth 428 Mass. 39 · cited by 48
• Newton Girl Scout Council, Inc. v. Massachusetts Turnpike Authority 335 Mass. 189 · cited by 48
• Dudley v. Northampton Street Railway Co. 202 Mass. 443 · cited by 48
• Boyle v. Wenk 378 Mass. 592 · cited by 48
• Minot v. Winthrop 26 L.R.A. 259 · cited by 48
• City Council of Waltham v. Vinciullo 364 Mass. 624 · cited by 47
• Commonwealth v. Motta 424 Mass. 117 · cited by 47
• Commonwealth v. Montecalvo 367 Mass. 46 · cited by 47
• Jordan Marsh Co. v. National Shawmut Bank 201 Mass. 397 · cited by 47
• Hurle's Case 217 Mass. 223 · cited by 47
• Symmons v. O'Keeffe 419 Mass. 288 · cited by 47
• Chatham Furnace Co. v. Moffatt 147 Mass. 403 · cited by 47
• Glenn v. Aiken 409 Mass. 699 · cited by 47
• Custody of Vaughn 422 Mass. 590 · cited by 47
• National Shawmut Bank v. Joy 315 Mass. 457 · cited by 47
• Worcester Mutual Insurance v. Marnell 398 Mass. 240 · cited by 47
• Sullivan v. Chief Justice for Administration & Management of the Trial Court 448 Mass. 15 · cited by 47
• Circle Lounge & Grille, Inc. v. Board of Appeal 324 Mass. 427 · cited by 47
• School Comm. of Greenfield v. Greenfield Educ. Ass'n 385 Mass. 70 · cited by 47
• National Ass'n of Government Employees, Inc. v. Central Broadcasting Corp. 379 Mass. 220 · cited by 47
• Commonwealth v. Vitello 376 Mass. 426 · cited by 47
• Commonwealth v. Rosario 430 Mass. 505 · cited by 47
• Pearce v. Atwood 13 Mass. 324 · cited by 47
• Leland v. Order of United Commercial Travelers of America 233 Mass. 558 · cited by 47
• Commonwealth v. White 374 Mass. 132 · cited by 47
• VAPPI & CO. INC. v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. 348 Mass. 427 · cited by 47
• Commonwealth v. DiStasio 294 Mass. 273 · cited by 47
• Commonwealth v. Murphy 282 Mass. 593 · cited by 47
• Commonwealth v. Jackson 376 Mass. 790 · cited by 47
• Gurley v. Commonwealth 363 Mass. 595 · cited by 47
• Commonwealth v. Campbell 352 Mass. 387 · cited by 47
• Albert v. Municipal Court of the City of Boston 388 Mass. 491 · cited by 47
• Nancy P. v. D'AMATO 401 Mass. 516 · cited by 47
• Frewen v. Page 238 Mass. 499 · cited by 47
• Commonwealth v. Angiulo 415 Mass. 502 · cited by 47
• Commonwealth v. Acevedo 427 Mass. 714 · cited by 47
• Avery v. Steele 414 Mass. 450 · cited by 47
• Commonwealth v. Comita 441 Mass. 86 · cited by 47
• Commonwealth v. Nardone 406 Mass. 123 · cited by 47
• McDermott's Case 283 Mass. 74 · cited by 47
• In the Matter of Hiss 368 Mass. 447 · cited by 47
• Commonwealth v. Galvin 388 Mass. 326 · cited by 47
• MacGibbon v. Board of Appeals of Duxbury 356 Mass. 635 · cited by 46
• Commonwealth v. Cruz 459 Mass. 459 · cited by 46
• Commonwealth v. Mass. Crinc 392 Mass. 79 · cited by 46
• Union Trust Co. v. McGinty 212 Mass. 205 · cited by 46
• Commonwealth v. a Juvenile 365 Mass. 421 · cited by 46
• Commonwealth v. Fryar 414 Mass. 732 · cited by 46
• Commonwealth v. Forde 392 Mass. 453 · cited by 46
• Commonwealth v. McDuffee 379 Mass. 353 · cited by 46
• Trustees of Boston & Maine Corp. v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority 363 Mass. 386 · cited by 46
• Bradley v. Board of Zoning Adjustment 255 Mass. 160 · cited by 46
• Paro v. Longwood Hospital 373 Mass. 645 · cited by 46
• Commonwealth v. Chipman 418 Mass. 262 · cited by 46
• Commonwealth v. Gonsalves 445 Mass. 1 · cited by 46
• Commonwealth v. Hobbs 385 Mass. 863 · cited by 46
• Commonwealth v. Keevan 400 Mass. 557 · cited by 46
• Konstantopoulos v. Town of Whately 384 Mass. 123 · cited by 46
• College v. Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination 376 Mass. 221 · cited by 46
• ELM Medical Laboratory, Inc. v. RKO General, Inc. 403 Mass. 779 · cited by 46
• Santiago v. Commonwealth 427 Mass. 298 · cited by 46
• Bronson v. Coffin 108 Mass. 175 · cited by 46
• Sullivan v. Boston Gas Co. 414 Mass. 129 · cited by 46
• Commonwealth v. McGovern 397 Mass. 863 · cited by 46
• Sears v. Choate 146 Mass. 395 · cited by 46
• Mulvey v. City of Boston 197 Mass. 178 · cited by 46
• Wynn & Wynn, P.C. v. Massachusetts Commission against Discrimination 431 Mass. 655 · cited by 46
• Commonwealth v. Souza 428 Mass. 478 · cited by 46
• Commonwealth v. Long 419 Mass. 798 · cited by 46
• McDuffy v. Secretary of the Executive Office of Education 415 Mass. 545 · cited by 46
• Commonwealth v. Wetherbee 105 Mass. 149 · cited by 46
• Commonwealth v. Gallo 275 Mass. 320 · cited by 46
• Commonwealth v. Clarke 460 Mass. 30 · cited by 46
• Green v. Kemp 13 Mass. 515 · cited by 46
• Commonwealth v. Gil 393 Mass. 204 · cited by 46
• Grocery Manufacturers of America, Inc. v. Department of Public Health 379 Mass. 70 · cited by 46
• Nashua Corp. v. First State Insurance 420 Mass. 196 · cited by 46
• Service Publications, Inc. v. Goverman 396 Mass. 567 · cited by 46
• Commonwealth v. Daggett 416 Mass. 347 · cited by 46
• Commonwealth v. Lanoue 392 Mass. 583 · cited by 46
• City of Lynn v. Thompson 435 Mass. 54 · cited by 46
• Shultz v. Old Colony Street Railway Co. 193 Mass. 309 · cited by 46
• Marine Contractors Co. Inc. v. Hurley 365 Mass. 280 · cited by 46
• Forbes v. Gordon & Gerber, Inc. 298 Mass. 91 · cited by 46
• Litton Business Systems, Inc. v. Commissioner of Revenue 383 Mass. 619 · cited by 46
• Cosme v. Whitin MacHine Works, Inc. 417 Mass. 643 · cited by 46
• Holton v. American Pastry Products Corp. 274 Mass. 268 · cited by 46
• Cottam v. CVS Pharmacy 436 Mass. 316 · cited by 46
• Blaisdell v. Commonwealth 372 Mass. 753 · cited by 46
• Commonwealth v. Jones 362 Mass. 83 · cited by 46
• Parrell v. Keenan 389 Mass. 809 · cited by 46
• Seagram Distillers Co. v. Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission 401 Mass. 713 · cited by 45
• Alegata v. Commonwealth 353 Mass. 287 · cited by 45
• Posell v. Herscovitz 237 Mass. 513 · cited by 45
• E.N.O. v. L.M.M. 429 Mass. 824 · cited by 45
• Simon v. Town of Needham 311 Mass. 560 · cited by 45
• Cohen v. Board of Registration in Pharmacy 350 Mass. 246 · cited by 45
• Office One, Inc. v. Lopez 437 Mass. 113 · cited by 45
• Von Ette's Case 223 Mass. 56 · cited by 45
• American Family Life Assurance Co. v. Commissioner of Insurance 388 Mass. 468 · cited by 45
• School Committee of West Springfield v. Korbut 373 Mass. 788 · cited by 45
• Fascione v. CNA Insurance Companies 435 Mass. 88 · cited by 45
• DesLauries v. Shea 300 Mass. 30 · cited by 45
• Caswell's Case 305 Mass. 500 · cited by 45
• Folger v. Columbian Insurance 99 Mass. 267 · cited by 45
• Dziokonski v. Babineau 375 Mass. 555 · cited by 45
• Adoption of Carlos 413 Mass. 339 · cited by 45
• Registrar of Motor Vehicles v. Board of Appeal on Motor Vehicle Liability Policies & Bonds 382 Mass. 580 · cited by 45
• Richards v. Forrest 278 Mass. 547 · cited by 45
• Knox v. Remick 371 Mass. 433 · cited by 45
• Opinion of the Justices to the House of Representatives 234 Mass. 597 · cited by 45
• Commonwealth v. Watson 377 Mass. 814 · cited by 45
• Commonwealth v. Earltop 372 Mass. 199 · cited by 45
• D'Annolfo v. Stoneham Housing Authority 375 Mass. 650 · cited by 45
• Williams v. Massa 431 Mass. 619 · cited by 45
• Mulchey v. Methodist Religious Society 125 Mass. 487 · cited by 45
• Warner-Lambert Co. v. Execuquest Corp. 427 Mass. 46 · cited by 45
• Pentucket Manor Chronic Hospital, Inc. v. Rate Setting Commission 394 Mass. 233 · cited by 45
• Commonwealth v. Lawrence 404 Mass. 378 · cited by 45
• Kobrin v. Gastfriend 443 Mass. 327 · cited by 45
• Himelfarb v. Novadel Agene Corp. 305 Mass. 446 · cited by 45
• Adamian v. Three Sons, Inc. 353 Mass. 498 · cited by 45
• Commonwealth v. Barbosa 457 Mass. 773 · cited by 45
• Commonwealth v. Gove 366 Mass. 351 · cited by 45
• Commonwealth v. Cefalo 381 Mass. 319 · cited by 45
• Commonwealth v. Orlando 371 Mass. 732 · cited by 45
• Allydonn Realty Corp. v. Holyoke Housing Authority 304 Mass. 288 · cited by 45
• Cleary v. Cardullo's, Inc. 347 Mass. 337 · cited by 45
• Commonwealth v. Kennedy 170 Mass. 18 · cited by 45
• Miller v. Mooney 431 Mass. 57 · cited by 45
• Wingate v. Emery Air Freight Corp. 385 Mass. 402 · cited by 45
• Commonwealth v. Shelley 381 Mass. 340 · cited by 45
• Neill v. Brackett 234 Mass. 367 · cited by 45
• Commonwealth v. Ortiz 408 Mass. 463 · cited by 45
• Dobos v. Driscoll 404 Mass. 634 · cited by 45
• Commonwealth v. D'Amour 428 Mass. 725 · cited by 45
• Eigerman v. Putnam Investments, Inc. 450 Mass. 281 · cited by 45
• O'Maley v. South Boston Gas Light Co. 47 L.R.A. 161 · cited by 45
• Patsos v. First Albany Corp. 433 Mass. 323 · cited by 45
• Cameron v. Buckley 299 Mass. 432 · cited by 45
• Commonwealth v. Fordham 417 Mass. 10 · cited by 45
• Sandler v. Silk 292 Mass. 493 · cited by 45
• Daniels v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford Railroad 62 L.R.A. 751 · cited by 45
• Commonwealth v. Booker 386 Mass. 466 · cited by 44
• Commonwealth v. Robinson 382 Mass. 189 · cited by 44
• Bowe v. Secretary of Commonwealth 320 Mass. 230 · cited by 44
• Purinton v. Jamrock 195 Mass. 187 · cited by 44
• Bilodeau v. Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co. 392 Mass. 537 · cited by 44
• Commonwealth v. Graziano 368 Mass. 325 · cited by 44
• Baldassari v. Public Finance Trust 369 Mass. 33 · cited by 44
• Commonwealth v. Clermy 421 Mass. 325 · cited by 44
• Commonwealth v. Connolly 394 Mass. 169 · cited by 44
• Chase v. Hathaway 14 Mass. 222 · cited by 44
• Commonwealth v. Stewart 411 Mass. 345 · cited by 44
• Commonwealth v. Schnopps 383 Mass. 178 · cited by 44
• Royce v. Guggenheim 106 Mass. 201 · cited by 44
• Commonwealth v. Cancel 394 Mass. 567 · cited by 44
• Drapek v. Drapek 399 Mass. 240 · cited by 44
• Allen v. South Boston Railroad 5 L.R.A. 716 · cited by 44
• Commonwealth v. Cooper 264 Mass. 368 · cited by 44
• Connihan v. Thompson 111 Mass. 270 · cited by 44
• Lovequist v. Conservation Commission of Dennis 379 Mass. 7 · cited by 44
• Pierce v. Jackson 6 Mass. 242 · cited by 44
• Boston Teachers Union v. School Committee 386 Mass. 197 · cited by 44
• Harnish v. Children's Hospital Medical Center 387 Mass. 152 · cited by 44
• Foster v. President of the Essex Bank 16 Mass. 245 · cited by 44
• Sandler v. Commonwealth Station Co. 307 Mass. 470 · cited by 44
• Redgrave v. Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. 399 Mass. 93 · cited by 44