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.

• Adoption of Gregory 434 Mass. 117 · cited by 44
• Commonwealth v. Willie 400 Mass. 427 · cited by 44
• Commonwealth v. Kolenovic 471 Mass. 664 · cited by 44
• Little v. Chadwick 7 L.R.A. 570 · cited by 44
• Commonwealth v. Bergstrom 402 Mass. 534 · cited by 44
• Commonwealth v. Gabbidon 398 Mass. 1 · cited by 44
• Beecy v. Pucciarelli 387 Mass. 589 · cited by 44
• McGrath v. Mishara 386 Mass. 74 · cited by 44
• Commonwealth v. Clap 4 Mass. 163 · cited by 44
• Commonwealth v. Fickett 403 Mass. 194 · cited by 44
• Sewall v. Roberts 115 Mass. 262 · cited by 44
• Commonwealth v. McCan 277 Mass. 199 · cited by 44
• Pereira v. New England LNG Co., Inc. 364 Mass. 109 · cited by 44
• Commonwealth v. Vanderpool 367 Mass. 743 · cited by 44
• Arnold v. Lyman 17 Mass. 400 · cited by 44
• Entrialgo v. Twin City Dodge, Inc. 368 Mass. 812 · cited by 44
• Merrimac Chemical Co. v. Moore 279 Mass. 147 · cited by 44
• Miller v. Horton 10 L.R.A. 116 · cited by 44
• Costarelli v. Commonwealth 374 Mass. 677 · cited by 44
• Hayes v. Ariens Co. 391 Mass. 407 · cited by 43
• Wellington v. Downer Kerosene Oil Co. 104 Mass. 64 · cited by 43
• Hersey v. Hersey 271 Mass. 545 · cited by 43
• Blair v. Forehand 100 Mass. 136 · cited by 43
• Commonwealth v. John Dowdican's Bail 115 Mass. 133 · cited by 43
• Squire v. New York Central Railroad 98 Mass. 239 · cited by 43
• R.W. Granger & Sons, Inc. v. J & S Insulation, Inc. 435 Mass. 66 · cited by 43
• Flattery v. Gregory 397 Mass. 143 · cited by 43
• Commonwealth v. Shelley 374 Mass. 466 · cited by 43
• Mello v. Stop & Shop Companies, Inc. 402 Mass. 555 · cited by 43
• Commonwealth v. Keizer 377 Mass. 264 · cited by 43
• Bagley v. Monticello Insurance 430 Mass. 454 · cited by 43
• Wilkinson v. Scott 17 Mass. 249 · cited by 43
• Gallant v. Worcester 383 Mass. 707 · cited by 43
• Commonwealth v. Chalifoux 362 Mass. 811 · cited by 43
• Bucchiere v. New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. 396 Mass. 639 · cited by 43
• Povey v. Colonial Beacon Oil Co. 294 Mass. 86 · cited by 43
• Commonwealth v. Figueroa 413 Mass. 193 · cited by 43
• Assessors of Boston v. Garland School of Home Making 296 Mass. 378 · cited by 43
• Care & Protection of Three Minors 392 Mass. 704 · cited by 43
• Maillet v. ATF-Davidson Co. 407 Mass. 185 · cited by 43
• Anderson v. Fox Hill Village Homeowners Corp. 424 Mass. 365 · cited by 43
• Exchange Bank v. Rich 107 Mass. 37 · cited by 43
• McKenna v. Andreassi 292 Mass. 213 · cited by 43
• Rizzo v. Cunningham 303 Mass. 16 · cited by 43
• Brown v. Quinn 406 Mass. 641 · cited by 43
• Commonwealth v. Sandler 368 Mass. 729 · cited by 43
• Fogarty v. Commonwealth 406 Mass. 103 · cited by 43
• Commonwealth v. Vynorius 369 Mass. 17 · cited by 43
• Brophy v. New England Sinai Hospital, Inc. 398 Mass. 417 · cited by 43
• Szalla v. Locke 421 Mass. 448 · cited by 43
• Boston & Albany Railroad v. Reardon 226 Mass. 286 · cited by 43
• Commonwealth v. Pytou Heang 458 Mass. 827 · cited by 43
• Commonwealth v. Warren 475 Mass. 530 · cited by 43
• First Universalist Society of North Adams v. Boland 15 L.R.A. 231 · cited by 43
• Opinion of the Justices to the Senate & the House of Representatives 297 Mass. 559 · cited by 43
• Mackintosh v. Chambers 285 Mass. 594 · cited by 43
• Commonwealth v. Gordon 410 Mass. 498 · cited by 43
• Marlow v. City of New Bedford 369 Mass. 501 · cited by 43
• Commonwealth v. McLeod 394 Mass. 727 · cited by 43
• Hall v. Paine 224 Mass. 62 · cited by 43
• Codman v. Beane 312 Mass. 570 · cited by 43
• Champigny v. Commonwealth 422 Mass. 249 · cited by 43
• Commonwealth v. Williams 378 Mass. 217 · cited by 43
• Lonergan v. American Railway Express Co. 250 Mass. 30 · cited by 43
• Longval v. Commissioner of Correction 404 Mass. 325 · cited by 43
• Vieira v. Balsamo 328 Mass. 37 · cited by 43
• Commonwealth v. Person 400 Mass. 136 · cited by 43
• Worthington v. Scribner 109 Mass. 487 · cited by 43
• Commonwealth v. Tibbetts 157 Mass. 519 · cited by 43
• Commonwealth v. Perrot 407 Mass. 539 · cited by 43
• Talmage v. Chapel 16 Mass. 71 · cited by 43
• Commonwealth v. Catalina 407 Mass. 779 · cited by 43
• Commonwealth v. Mandeville 386 Mass. 393 · cited by 43
• Psy-Ed Corporation v. KLEIN HIRSCH 459 Mass. 697 · cited by 43
• Commonwealth v. Gordon 422 Mass. 816 · cited by 43
• Commonwealth v. Lyons 426 Mass. 466 · cited by 43
• Batchelder v. Allied Stores International, Inc. 388 Mass. 83 · cited by 43
• Parker v. Barnard 135 Mass. 116 · cited by 43
• Commonwealth v. Gagliardi 418 Mass. 562 · cited by 43
• Commonwealth v. Nadworny 396 Mass. 342 · cited by 43
• Wilton v. Middlesex Railroad 107 Mass. 108 · cited by 43
• Choate, Hall & Stewart v. SCA Services, Inc. 378 Mass. 535 · cited by 43
• Metcalf v. First Parish in Framingham 128 Mass. 370 · cited by 43
• Commonwealth v. Nichypor 419 Mass. 209 · cited by 43
• Haskell v. City of New Bedford 108 Mass. 208 · cited by 42
• Shipley v. Fifty Associates 106 Mass. 194 · cited by 42
• Yakubowicz v. Paramount Pictures Corp. 404 Mass. 624 · cited by 42
• Howland v. Stowe 290 Mass. 142 · cited by 42
• Murphy v. Commonwealth 172 Mass. 264 · cited by 42
• Commonwealth v. Eagles 419 Mass. 825 · cited by 42
• First Massachusetts Turnpike Corp. v. Field 3 Mass. 201 · cited by 42
• Minot v. Minot 319 Mass. 253 · cited by 42
• Sharon v. City of Newton 437 Mass. 99 · cited by 42
• Zimmerman v. Bogoff 402 Mass. 650 · cited by 42
• Commonwealth v. S. S. Kresge Co. 267 Mass. 145 · cited by 42
• Commonwealth v. Cavanaugh 371 Mass. 46 · cited by 42
• Weaver v. Commonwealth 387 Mass. 43 · cited by 42
• Commonwealth v. Arana 453 Mass. 214 · cited by 42
• United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. English Construction Co. 303 Mass. 105 · cited by 42
• Bridge v. Eggleston 14 Mass. 245 · cited by 42
• Blank v. Chelmsford Ob/Gyn, P.C. 420 Mass. 404 · cited by 42
• Commonwealth v. Scott 467 Mass. 336 · cited by 42
• Tate v. Department of Mental Health 419 Mass. 356 · cited by 42
• Boazova v. Safety Insurance 462 Mass. 346 · cited by 42
• Commonwealth v. Freeman 430 Mass. 111 · cited by 42
• Roosen v. Peter Bent Brigham Hospital 235 Mass. 66 · cited by 42
• Commonwealth v. Chappee 397 Mass. 508 · cited by 42
• Jet Spray Cooler, Inc. v. Crampton 377 Mass. 159 · cited by 42
• Aime v. Commonwealth 414 Mass. 667 · cited by 42
• Commonwealth v. Kennedy 426 Mass. 703 · cited by 42
• Deagle v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. 343 Mass. 263 · cited by 42
• Commonwealth v. Manning 373 Mass. 438 · cited by 42
• Commonwealth v. Atchue 393 Mass. 343 · cited by 42
• Commonwealth v. Miller 361 Mass. 644 · cited by 42
• Comfort Air Systems, Inc. v. Cacopardo 370 Mass. 255 · cited by 42
• Slocum v. Metropolitan Life Insurance 245 Mass. 565 · cited by 42
• Gauvin v. Clark 404 Mass. 450 · cited by 42
• Commonwealth v. Day 387 Mass. 915 · cited by 42
• Commonwealth v. MacKenzie 413 Mass. 498 · cited by 42
• Commonwealth v. Coe 115 Mass. 481 · cited by 42
• Commonwealth v. Larkin 429 Mass. 426 · cited by 42
• Harry Stoller & Co. v. City of Lowell 412 Mass. 139 · cited by 42
• Commonwealth v. Hason 387 Mass. 169 · cited by 42
• Thibeault v. Poole 283 Mass. 480 · cited by 42
• Willett v. Herrick 258 Mass. 585 · cited by 42
• Commonwealth v. Bonomi 335 Mass. 327 · cited by 42
• Redding v. Redding 398 Mass. 102 · cited by 42
• Blanchette v. School Committee of Westwood 427 Mass. 176 · cited by 42
• Commonwealth v. Brown 121 Mass. 69 · cited by 42
• Evangelio v. Metropolitan Bottling Co. Inc. 339 Mass. 177 · cited by 42
• Gutierrez v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority 437 Mass. 396 · cited by 42
• Harrison v. Trustees of Phillips Academy 12 Mass. 456 · cited by 42
• Miles v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. 412 Mass. 424 · cited by 42
• Vassallo v. Baxter Healthcare Corp. 428 Mass. 1 · cited by 42
• Commonwealth v. Repoza 400 Mass. 516 · cited by 42
• Arthurs v. Board of Registration in Medicine 383 Mass. 299 · cited by 42
• White v. E. T. Slattery Co. 236 Mass. 28 · cited by 42
• Productora E Importadora De Papel v. Fleming 376 Mass. 826 · cited by 42
• Preferred Mutual Insurance v. Gamache 426 Mass. 93 · cited by 42
• T.W. Nickerson, Inc. v. Fleet National Bank 456 Mass. 562 · cited by 41
• Menici v. Orton Crane & Shovel Co. 285 Mass. 499 · cited by 41
• Mathis v. Massachusetts Electric Co. 409 Mass. 256 · cited by 41
• Gayetty v. Bethune 14 Mass. 49 · cited by 41
• Coggins v. New England Patriots Football Club, Inc. 397 Mass. 525 · cited by 41
• Southern Worcester County Regional Vocational School District v. Labor Relations Commission 386 Mass. 414 · cited by 41
• Lewis v. Emerson 391 Mass. 517 · cited by 41
• Commonwealth v. Peloquin 437 Mass. 204 · cited by 41
• General Convention of the New Jerusalem in the United States of America, Inc. v. MacKenzie 449 Mass. 832 · cited by 41
• Commonwealth v. Mandile 403 Mass. 93 · cited by 41
• Commonwealth v. Valentin 420 Mass. 263 · cited by 41
• Commonwealth v. De Christoforo 360 Mass. 531 · cited by 41
• Opinion of the Justices to the Senate 412 Mass. 1201 · cited by 41
• Jet Spray Cooler, Inc. v. Crampton 361 Mass. 835 · cited by 41
• Butler v. Cromartie 339 Mass. 4 · cited by 41
• Pheasant Ridge Associates Ltd. Partnership v. Town of Burlington 399 Mass. 771 · cited by 41
• Commonwealth v. Sama 411 Mass. 293 · cited by 41
• Masingill v. EMC Corp. 449 Mass. 532 · cited by 41
• Mead v. Parker 115 Mass. 413 · cited by 41
• Commonwealth v. Lane 113 Mass. 458 · cited by 41
• Manning v. Nobile 411 Mass. 382 · cited by 41
• Commonwealth v. Amendola 406 Mass. 592 · cited by 41
• Commonwealth v. Abbott 130 Mass. 472 · cited by 41
• Commonwealth v. Schand 420 Mass. 783 · cited by 41
• Opinion of the Justices to the Senate 302 Mass. 605 · cited by 41
• Hatch v. Hatch 9 Mass. 307 · cited by 41
• Commonwealth v. Bys 370 Mass. 350 · cited by 41
• Taygeta Corp. v. Varian Associates, Inc. 436 Mass. 217 · cited by 41
• Nuclear Metals, Inc. v. Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Board 421 Mass. 196 · cited by 41
• Board of Assessors v. Suffolk Law School 295 Mass. 489 · cited by 41
• Elliott v. Warwick Stores, Inc. 329 Mass. 406 · cited by 41
• Fuller v. Sylvia 240 Mass. 49 · cited by 41
• Huntley v. Whittier 105 Mass. 391 · cited by 41
• Commonwealth v. Chretien 383 Mass. 123 · cited by 41
• Ryalls v. Mechanics' Mills 150 Mass. 190 · cited by 41
• McCarthy v. Tobin 429 Mass. 84 · cited by 41
• Aiken v. Holyoke Street Railway Co. 184 Mass. 269 · cited by 41
• Commonwealth v. Gorman 288 Mass. 294 · cited by 41
• Commonwealth v. Bohannon 385 Mass. 733 · cited by 41
• Bird v. Ross 393 Mass. 789 · cited by 41
• Hudson v. Massachusetts Property Insurance Underwriting Ass'n 386 Mass. 450 · cited by 41
• Crimmins & Peirce Co. v. Kidder Peabody Acceptance Corp. 282 Mass. 367 · cited by 41
• Edmands v. City of Boston 108 Mass. 535 · cited by 41
• Commonwealth v. One 1987 Mercury Cougar Automobile 413 Mass. 534 · cited by 41
• Commonwealth v. Greenberg 339 Mass. 557 · cited by 41
• Commonwealth v. Andrade 422 Mass. 236 · cited by 41
• O'Brion, Russell & Co. v. LeMay 370 Mass. 243 · cited by 41
• Danforth v. Groton Water Co. 178 Mass. 472 · cited by 41
• Commissioner of Revenue v. Cargill, Inc. 429 Mass. 79 · cited by 41
• Goldstein v. Gontarz 364 Mass. 800 · cited by 41
• Commonwealth v. Hallet 427 Mass. 552 · cited by 41
• Adoption of Frederick 405 Mass. 1 · cited by 41
• U.S. Bank National Ass'n v. Schumacher 467 Mass. 421 · cited by 41
• Coughlan v. City of Cambridge 166 Mass. 268 · cited by 41
• Commonwealth v. Millen 289 Mass. 441 · cited by 41
• Commonwealth v. Sinforoso 434 Mass. 320 · cited by 41
• Commonwealth v. Santiago 410 Mass. 737 · cited by 41
• Commonwealth v. Lodge 431 Mass. 461 · cited by 41
• Commonwealth v. Smigliano 427 Mass. 490 · cited by 41
• Commonwealth v. Ferrara 376 Mass. 502 · cited by 41
• Duarte v. Healy 405 Mass. 43 · cited by 41