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. Gomes 453 Mass. 506 · cited by 41
• Swinton v. Whitinsville Savings Bank 311 Mass. 677 · cited by 41
• Commonwealth v. Niemic 427 Mass. 718 · cited by 41
• Commonwealth v. Fayerweather 406 Mass. 78 · cited by 41
• Commonwealth v. Lydon 413 Mass. 309 · cited by 41
• Commonwealth v. Haas 398 Mass. 806 · cited by 41
• General Motors Acceptance Corp. v. Abington Casualty Insurance 413 Mass. 583 · cited by 41
• Commonwealth v. Ortiz 424 Mass. 853 · cited by 40
• Ingraham v. Geyer 13 Mass. 146 · cited by 40
• Leibovich v. Antonellis 410 Mass. 568 · cited by 40
• Broomfield v. Kosow 349 Mass. 749 · cited by 40
• Harvard Law School Coalition for Civil Rights v. President & Fellows of Harvard College 413 Mass. 66 · cited by 40
• Wormstead v. Town Manager of Saugus 366 Mass. 659 · cited by 40
• Jackson v. Stevenson 156 Mass. 496 · cited by 40
• Commonwealth v. Pinckney 419 Mass. 341 · cited by 40
• Assessors of Quincy v. Boston Consolidated Gas Co. 309 Mass. 60 · cited by 40
• Somerset Savings Bank v. Chicago Title Insurance 420 Mass. 422 · cited by 40
• Commonwealth v. Zukoski 370 Mass. 23 · cited by 40
• Prusik v. Board of Appeal 262 Mass. 451 · cited by 40
• Pollack v. Kelly 372 Mass. 469 · cited by 40
• Commonwealth v. Edwards 444 Mass. 526 · cited by 40
• Commonwealth v. Farrell 322 Mass. 606 · cited by 40
• Commonwealth v. Lao 460 Mass. 12 · cited by 40
• Wright MacHine Corp. v. Seaman-Andwall Corp. 364 Mass. 683 · cited by 40
• Commonwealth v. Coonan 428 Mass. 823 · cited by 40
• Commonwealth v. Trapp 423 Mass. 356 · cited by 40
• Commonwealth v. Smith 163 Mass. 411 · cited by 40
• Hendrick v. Whittemore 105 Mass. 23 · cited by 40
• Durfee v. Durfee & Canning, Inc. 323 Mass. 187 · cited by 40
• Lindenbaum v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford Railroad 197 Mass. 314 · cited by 40
• Maynard v. Maynard 10 Mass. 456 · cited by 40
• Capano v. Melchionno 297 Mass. 1 · cited by 40
• Poly v. Moylan 423 Mass. 141 · cited by 40
• Stackpole v. Healy 16 Mass. 33 · cited by 40
• All Stainless, Inc. v. Colby 364 Mass. 773 · cited by 40
• Commonwealth v. McGahee 393 Mass. 743 · cited by 40
• Commonwealth v. Quincy Q. 434 Mass. 859 · cited by 40
• Inhabitants of Westfield v. Mayo 122 Mass. 100 · cited by 40
• McGuinness v. Cotter 412 Mass. 617 · cited by 40
• Care & Protection of Robert 408 Mass. 52 · cited by 40
• Baseball Publishing Co. v. Bruton 302 Mass. 54 · cited by 40
• Commonwealth v. Johnson 461 Mass. 44 · cited by 40
• Daniels v. New York & New England Railroad 13 L.R.A. 248 · cited by 40
• Commonwealth v. McCowen 458 Mass. 461 · cited by 40
• Moran v. Dunphy 52 L.R.A. 115 · cited by 40
• Gordon v. Bedard 265 Mass. 408 · cited by 40
• Pierce v. Drew 136 Mass. 75 · cited by 40
• Comeau v. Comeau 285 Mass. 578 · cited by 40
• Commonwealth v. Coleman 390 Mass. 797 · cited by 40
• Deane v. Caldwell 127 Mass. 242 · cited by 40
• Zezuski v. Jenny Manufacturing Co. 363 Mass. 324 · cited by 40
• Colter v. Barber-Greene Co. 403 Mass. 50 · cited by 40
• Schrottman v. Barnicle 386 Mass. 627 · cited by 40
• Commonwealth v. Snow 269 Mass. 598 · cited by 40
• Milliken & Co. v. Duro Textiles, LLC 451 Mass. 547 · cited by 40
• Commonwealth v. Trapp 396 Mass. 202 · cited by 40
• Little v. Rosenthal 376 Mass. 573 · cited by 40
• Paige v. Sinclair 237 Mass. 482 · cited by 40
• Commonwealth v. Cook 419 Mass. 192 · cited by 40
• Brodeur v. Seymour 315 Mass. 527 · cited by 40
• Stetson v. Board of Selectmen of Carlisle 369 Mass. 755 · cited by 40
• Home Owners Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Northwestern Fire & Marine Insurance 354 Mass. 448 · cited by 40
• Police Commissioner v. Municipal Court of Dorchester District 374 Mass. 640 · cited by 40
• Commonwealth v. Ferguson 365 Mass. 1 · cited by 40
• City of Salem v. Eastern Railroad 98 Mass. 431 · cited by 40
• Commonwealth v. Couture 407 Mass. 178 · cited by 40
• Commonwealth v. Ortega 441 Mass. 170 · cited by 40
• Commonwealth v. Ellison 376 Mass. 1 · cited by 40
• Pond v. Negus 3 Mass. 230 · cited by 40
• Stockbridge Iron Co. v. Hudson Iron Co. 107 Mass. 290 · cited by 39
• Chippendale v. North Adams Savings Bank 222 Mass. 499 · cited by 39
• A-Z Servicenter, Inc. v. Segall 334 Mass. 672 · cited by 39
• Lowrie v. Castle 225 Mass. 37 · cited by 39
• Vincent Realty Corp. v. City of Boston 375 Mass. 775 · cited by 39
• Keene v. Brigham & Women's Hospital, Inc. 439 Mass. 223 · cited by 39
• In Re Department of Social Services to Dispense With Consent to Adoption 392 Mass. 696 · cited by 39
• Stonehill College v. Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination 441 Mass. 549 · cited by 39
• Leahy v. Inspector of Buildings 308 Mass. 128 · cited by 39
• Comerford v. Meier 302 Mass. 398 · cited by 39
• Commonwealth v. Basch 386 Mass. 620 · cited by 39
• Commonwealth v. Burke 414 Mass. 252 · cited by 39
• Kimball v. Cunningham 4 Mass. 502 · cited by 39
• Opinion of the Justices to the Senate 423 Mass. 1201 · cited by 39
• Commonwealth v. Green 302 Mass. 547 · cited by 39
• Marquis v. Messier 303 Mass. 553 · cited by 39
• Nelson v. Commissioner of Correction 390 Mass. 379 · cited by 39
• CRIBERG v. Raymond 370 Mass. 105 · cited by 39
• Green v. Crapo 181 Mass. 55 · cited by 39
• Commonwealth v. Barnes 399 Mass. 385 · cited by 39
• Garfield v. Director of the Division of Employment Security 377 Mass. 94 · cited by 39
• Commonwealth v. Lao 450 Mass. 215 · cited by 39
• Bander v. Metropolitan Life Insurance 313 Mass. 337 · cited by 39
• Commonwealth v. Drumgold 423 Mass. 230 · cited by 39
• Commonwealth v. Goodreau 442 Mass. 341 · cited by 39
• Keljikian v. Star Brewing Co. 303 Mass. 53 · cited by 39
• Murdock Parlor Grate Co. v. Commonwealth 152 Mass. 28 · cited by 39
• Stiles v. Municipal Council 233 Mass. 174 · cited by 39
• Commonwealth v. Gaynor 443 Mass. 245 · cited by 39
• Canal Electric Co. v. Westinghouse Electric Corp. 406 Mass. 369 · cited by 39
• Kelsey v. Hampton Court Hotel Co. 327 Mass. 150 · cited by 39
• Commonwealth v. Richardson 423 Mass. 180 · cited by 39
• Michnik-Zilberman v. Gordon's Liquor, Inc. 390 Mass. 6 · cited by 39
• Commonwealth v. Egerton 396 Mass. 499 · cited by 39
• Harlow v. Chin 405 Mass. 697 · cited by 39
• Dickerson v. Attorney General 396 Mass. 740 · cited by 39
• Wilson v. Powers 131 Mass. 539 · cited by 39
• Department of Public Welfare v. J. K. B. 379 Mass. 1 · cited by 39
• Commonwealth v. Robertson 408 Mass. 747 · cited by 39
• Commonwealth v. Neal 392 Mass. 1 · cited by 39
• Commonwealth v. Anderson 461 Mass. 616 · cited by 39
• Commonwealth v. Parker 420 Mass. 242 · cited by 39
• Gottsegen v. Gottsegen 397 Mass. 617 · cited by 39
• Harvard Crimson, Inc. v. President & Fellows of Harvard College 445 Mass. 745 · cited by 39
• Commonwealth v. Thomas 429 Mass. 146 · cited by 39
• Calkins v. Wire Hardware Co. 267 Mass. 52 · cited by 39
• Boston Diatite Co. v. Florence Manufacturing Co. 114 Mass. 69 · cited by 39
• Frost v. Thompson 219 Mass. 360 · cited by 39
• Commonwealth v. Kendrick 351 Mass. 203 · cited by 39
• Dahill v. Police Department 434 Mass. 233 · cited by 39
• Elias v. Unisys Corp. 410 Mass. 479 · cited by 39
• Gaynor's Case 217 Mass. 86 · cited by 39
• Weber v. Community Teamwork, Inc. 434 Mass. 761 · cited by 39
• Waldman v. American Honda Motor Co. 413 Mass. 320 · cited by 39
• Commonwealth v. Watkins 425 Mass. 830 · cited by 39
• Commonwealth v. Linton 456 Mass. 534 · cited by 39
• Commonwealth v. King 374 Mass. 5 · cited by 39
• Dumaine v. Dumaine 301 Mass. 214 · cited by 39
• White v. University of Massachusetts at Boston 410 Mass. 553 · cited by 39
• Leary v. Boston & Albany Railroad 139 Mass. 580 · cited by 39
• Holmes v. Hunt 122 Mass. 505 · cited by 39
• Cronan v. Cotting 104 Mass. 245 · cited by 39
• Pearsall v. Dwight 2 Mass. 84 · cited by 39
• Kapp v. Ballantine 380 Mass. 186 · cited by 39
• Massachusetts Teachers Ass'n v. Secretary of the Commonwealth 384 Mass. 209 · cited by 39
• Shea v. Emmanuel College 425 Mass. 761 · cited by 39
• Salem Trust Co. v. Deery 289 Mass. 431 · cited by 39
• Woodman v. Metropolitan Railroad 4 L.R.A. 213 · cited by 39
• Commonwealth v. Costello 120 Mass. 358 · cited by 39
• King v. Driscoll 424 Mass. 1 · cited by 39
• Balles v. Babcock Power Inc. 476 Mass. 565 · cited by 39
• Berry v. Commonwealth 393 Mass. 793 · cited by 39
• Custody of a Minor 389 Mass. 755 · cited by 38
• Nelson v. Salem State College 446 Mass. 525 · cited by 38
• Ross v. Ross 385 Mass. 30 · cited by 38
• Decatur v. Auditor of Peabody 251 Mass. 82 · cited by 38
• Commonwealth v. Repoza 382 Mass. 119 · cited by 38
• Sheehan's Case 122 Mass. 445 · cited by 38
• Commonwealth v. Vizcarrondo 427 Mass. 392 · cited by 38
• Peck v. Conway 119 Mass. 546 · cited by 38
• Inhabitants of Worcester v. Eaton 11 Mass. 368 · cited by 38
• Commonwealth v. Town of Hudson 315 Mass. 335 · cited by 38
• Commonwealth v. Triplett 398 Mass. 561 · cited by 38
• Commissioner of Correction v. Superior Court Department of the Trial Court 446 Mass. 123 · cited by 38
• Bigwood v. Boston & Northern Street Railway Co. 209 Mass. 345 · cited by 38
• Pearson v. Mulloney 289 Mass. 508 · cited by 38
• Commonwealth v. Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard & Nantucket Steamship Authority 352 Mass. 617 · cited by 38
• Commonwealth v. White 409 Mass. 266 · cited by 38
• Commonwealth v. Kostka 370 Mass. 516 · cited by 38
• Commonwealth v. DiMonte 427 Mass. 233 · cited by 38
• Commonwealth v. Scanlon 412 Mass. 664 · cited by 38
• Higgins v. Central New England & Western Railroad 155 Mass. 176 · cited by 38
• Liberty Mutual Insurance v. SCA Services, Inc. 412 Mass. 330 · cited by 38
• Smith v. New England Aircraft Co. 270 Mass. 511 · cited by 38
• Ward v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. 231 Mass. 90 · cited by 38
• Commonwealth v. Burke 373 Mass. 569 · cited by 38
• Field v. Gowdy 199 Mass. 568 · cited by 38
• Chase v. New York Central & Hudson River Railroad 208 Mass. 137 · cited by 38
• Saint Luke's Hospital v. Labor Relations Commission 320 Mass. 467 · cited by 38
• Russell v. Foley 278 Mass. 145 · cited by 38
• Commonwealth v. Perez 411 Mass. 249 · cited by 38
• Reardon v. Boston Elevated Railway Co. 247 Mass. 124 · cited by 38
• Commonwealth v. Clark 292 Mass. 409 · cited by 38
• Commonwealth v. Ruddock 428 Mass. 288 · cited by 38
• Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Continental Casualty Co. 413 Mass. 730 · cited by 38
• Commonwealth v. Rhoades 379 Mass. 810 · cited by 38
• National Shawmut Bank v. Johnson 317 Mass. 485 · cited by 38
• Pizer v. Hunt 253 Mass. 321 · cited by 38
• Commonwealth v. McGeoghegan 389 Mass. 137 · cited by 38
• Cumis Insurance Society, Inc. v. BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc. 455 Mass. 458 · cited by 38
• Commonwealth v. Christian 430 Mass. 552 · cited by 38
• Commonwealth v. Sands 424 Mass. 184 · cited by 38
• Craig v. Everett M. Brooks Co. 351 Mass. 497 · cited by 38
• Commonwealth v. Fanelli 412 Mass. 497 · cited by 38
• Commonwealth v. Nickerson 236 Mass. 281 · cited by 38
• Burgess v. Mayor of Brockton 235 Mass. 95 · cited by 38
• Hunnewell's Case 220 Mass. 351 · cited by 38
• Commonwealth v. Funches 379 Mass. 283 · cited by 38
• Singarella v. City of Boston 342 Mass. 385 · cited by 38
• Commonwealth v. Lowe 391 Mass. 97 · cited by 38
• Commonwealth v. Lamb 365 Mass. 265 · cited by 38
• Commonwealth v. Jordan 207 Mass. 259 · cited by 38
• Cox v. New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. 414 Mass. 375 · cited by 38
• Commonwealth v. Davis 26 L.R.A. 712 · cited by 38
• Jones v. Taibbi 400 Mass. 786 · cited by 38
• Commonwealth v. Nichols 114 Mass. 285 · cited by 38
• Goldberg v. Board of Health 444 Mass. 627 · cited by 38
• Tindley v. City of Salem 137 Mass. 171 · cited by 38
• Stetson v. Kempton 13 Mass. 272 · cited by 38
• Roosa v. Boston Loan Co. 132 Mass. 439 · cited by 38
• Bliss v. New York Central & Hudson River Railroad 160 Mass. 447 · cited by 38