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. Platt 440 Mass. 396 · cited by 38
• G.E.B. v. S.R.W. 422 Mass. 158 · cited by 38
• Whittaker v. Saraceno 418 Mass. 196 · cited by 38
• Ware v. Minot 202 Mass. 512 · cited by 38
• Friend v. Childs Dining Hall Co. 231 Mass. 65 · cited by 38
• Foster v. Richard Busteed 100 Mass. 409 · cited by 38
• Commonwealth v. Davis 380 Mass. 1 · cited by 38
• Rogers v. Commissioner of the Department of Mental Health 390 Mass. 489 · cited by 38
• Commonwealth v. Austin 421 Mass. 357 · cited by 38
• Commonwealth v. Smallwood 379 Mass. 878 · cited by 38
• Commonwealth v. Lam Hue To 391 Mass. 301 · cited by 38
• Commonwealth v. Balliro 349 Mass. 505 · cited by 38
• Town of Brookline v. Goldstein 388 Mass. 443 · cited by 38
• Commonwealth v. Weichell 390 Mass. 62 · cited by 38
• Superintendent of Worcester State Hospital v. Hagberg 374 Mass. 271 · cited by 38
• Moe v. Secretary of Administration & Finance 382 Mass. 629 · cited by 38
• Fiorntino v. Mason 233 Mass. 451 · cited by 38
• Graustein v. H. P. Hood & Sons, Inc. 293 Mass. 207 · cited by 38
• Commonwealth v. Holmgren 421 Mass. 224 · cited by 38
• Stop & Shop Companies, Inc. v. Fisher 387 Mass. 889 · cited by 38
• In the Matter of Moe 385 Mass. 555 · cited by 38
• Air Technology Corp. v. General Electric Co. 347 Mass. 613 · cited by 38
• Commonwealth v. Robinson 146 Mass. 571 · cited by 37
• Commonwealth v. Santo 375 Mass. 299 · cited by 37
• Gallagher v. Atkins 305 Mass. 261 · cited by 37
• Sullivan v. Town of Brookline 416 Mass. 825 · cited by 37
• Schofield v. Merrill 386 Mass. 244 · cited by 37
• Bagley v. Moxley 407 Mass. 633 · cited by 37
• Commonwealth v. Mahoney 406 Mass. 843 · cited by 37
• Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination v. Liberty Mutual Insurance 371 Mass. 186 · cited by 37
• Cort v. Bristol-Myers Co. 385 Mass. 300 · cited by 37
• Commonwealth v. Bonds 445 Mass. 821 · cited by 37
• Commonwealth v. Douzanis 384 Mass. 434 · cited by 37
• Youmans v. Ramos 429 Mass. 774 · cited by 37
• Commonwealth v. Robbins 407 Mass. 147 · cited by 37
• Cannon v. Sears, Roebuck & Co. 374 Mass. 739 · cited by 37
• Brown v. Russell 32 L.R.A. 253 · cited by 37
• Commonwealth v. Cruz 445 Mass. 589 · cited by 37
• Inhabitants of Worcester County v. Mayor of Worcester 116 Mass. 193 · cited by 37
• Berish v. Bornstein 437 Mass. 252 · cited by 37
• Eustace v. Dickey 240 Mass. 55 · cited by 37
• Epstein v. Boston Housing Authority 317 Mass. 297 · cited by 37
• Commonwealth v. Cordle 404 Mass. 733 · cited by 37
• Commonwealth v. Diaz 422 Mass. 269 · cited by 37
• Coe v. Coe 313 Mass. 232 · cited by 37
• Commonwealth v. Ruiz 442 Mass. 826 · cited by 37
• Commonwealth v. Barros 425 Mass. 572 · cited by 37
• Commonwealth v. Spencer 212 Mass. 438 · cited by 37
• Tosti v. Ayik 394 Mass. 482 · cited by 37
• Commonwealth v. Colon 449 Mass. 207 · cited by 37
• Graustein v. Dolan 282 Mass. 579 · cited by 37
• Commonwealth v. Bartolini 299 Mass. 503 · cited by 37
• Norton v. Sewall 106 Mass. 143 · cited by 37
• Silver v. Graves 210 Mass. 26 · cited by 37
• Commonwealth v. Santoli 424 Mass. 837 · cited by 37
• Commonwealth v. Stokes 374 Mass. 583 · cited by 37
• Bemis v. Leonard 118 Mass. 502 · cited by 37
• CONCERNED MIN. EDUCATORS v. Sch. Comm. of Worcester 392 Mass. 184 · cited by 37
• Stop & Shop, Inc. v. Ganem 347 Mass. 697 · cited by 37
• Pew v. First National Bank 130 Mass. 391 · cited by 37
• Kerrigan v. City of Boston 361 Mass. 24 · cited by 37
• Graham v. Badger 164 Mass. 42 · cited by 37
• Willitts v. Roman Catholic Archbishop of Boston 411 Mass. 202 · cited by 37
• Riley v. DAVISON CONSTRUCTION CO., INC. 381 Mass. 432 · cited by 37
• Hopkins v. Liberty Mutual Insurance 434 Mass. 556 · cited by 37
• Goulet v. Whitin MacHine Works, Inc. 399 Mass. 547 · cited by 37
• Commonwealth v. Brown 364 Mass. 471 · cited by 37
• Chadwick v. Covell 6 L.R.A. 839 · cited by 37
• Commonwealth v. Bray 407 Mass. 296 · cited by 37
• Hall v. Corcoran 107 Mass. 251 · cited by 37
• Owen v. Williams 322 Mass. 356 · cited by 37
• Myers v. Boston Magazine Co., Inc. 380 Mass. 336 · cited by 37
• Carlson Corp. v. University of Vermont 380 Mass. 102 · cited by 37
• Commonwealth v. Lamrini 392 Mass. 427 · cited by 37
• Commonwealth v. Jones 423 Mass. 99 · cited by 37
• French v. Taunton Branch Railroad 116 Mass. 537 · cited by 37
• Commonwealth v. Roucoulet 413 Mass. 647 · cited by 37
• Wiedmann v. Bradford Group, Inc. 444 Mass. 698 · cited by 37
• Commonwealth v. Trumble 396 Mass. 81 · cited by 37
• Leonard v. School Committee of the City of Springfield 241 Mass. 325 · cited by 37
• Commonwealth v. Cruz 430 Mass. 838 · cited by 37
• Commonwealth v. Robicheau 421 Mass. 176 · cited by 37
• Town of Lexington v. Town of Bedford 378 Mass. 562 · cited by 37
• John P. Squire & Co. v. Tellier 185 Mass. 18 · cited by 37
• Bougas v. Chief of Police of Lexington 371 Mass. 59 · cited by 37
• Commonwealth v. Kelly 470 Mass. 682 · cited by 37
• Dillon v. Town of Framingham 288 Mass. 511 · cited by 37
• Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. v. Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination 441 Mass. 632 · cited by 37
• Ellis v. Boston, Hartford & Erie Railroad 107 Mass. 1 · cited by 37
• Commonwealth v. Walker 443 Mass. 213 · cited by 37
• Chokel v. Genzyme Corp. 449 Mass. 272 · cited by 37
• Graphic Arts Finishers, Inc. v. Boston Redevelopment Authority 357 Mass. 40 · cited by 37
• York v. Sullivan 369 Mass. 157 · cited by 37
• Lowell v. Strahan 145 Mass. 1 · cited by 37
• T. L. Edwards, Inc. v. Fields 371 Mass. 895 · cited by 37
• Damon v. Carrol 163 Mass. 404 · cited by 37
• Commonwealth v. McCoy 456 Mass. 838 · cited by 37
• Commonwealth v. Pope 406 Mass. 581 · cited by 37
• Commonwealth v. Young 401 Mass. 390 · cited by 37
• Commonwealth v. Garrey 436 Mass. 422 · cited by 36
• Commonwealth v. Powell 459 Mass. 572 · cited by 36
• Commonwealth v. Rosario 422 Mass. 48 · cited by 36
• Gearing v. Berkson 223 Mass. 257 · cited by 36
• Berdos v. Tremont & Suffolk Mills 209 Mass. 489 · cited by 36
• Commonwealth v. Tevlin 433 Mass. 305 · cited by 36
• Commonwealth v. Hood 389 Mass. 581 · cited by 36
• Commonwealth v. Goodwin 414 Mass. 88 · cited by 36
• Anzalone v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority 403 Mass. 119 · cited by 36
• In the Matter of Spring 380 Mass. 629 · cited by 36
• Benton v. Trustees of the City Hospital 140 Mass. 13 · cited by 36
• Royal-Globe Insurance v. Craven 411 Mass. 629 · cited by 36
• Commonwealth v. Flynn 362 Mass. 455 · cited by 36
• Kagan v. Levenson 334 Mass. 100 · cited by 36
• Commonwealth v. White 370 Mass. 703 · cited by 36
• Hunt v. Wyman 100 Mass. 198 · cited by 36
• Bowe v. Hunking 135 Mass. 380 · cited by 36
• Commonwealth v. Grant 418 Mass. 76 · cited by 36
• Commonwealth v. Jackson 384 Mass. 572 · cited by 36
• Marsch v. Southern New England Railroad 230 Mass. 483 · cited by 36
• Mastercraft Wayside Furniture Co. v. Sightmaster Corp. 332 Mass. 383 · cited by 36
• Linnehan v. Sampson 126 Mass. 506 · cited by 36
• Darcy v. HARTFORD INS. CO. ROYAL GLOBE INS. CO. 407 Mass. 481 · cited by 36
• Commonwealth v. Schulze 389 Mass. 735 · cited by 36
• Anderson v. Phoenix Investment Counsel of Boston, Inc. 387 Mass. 444 · cited by 36
• Peters v. Wallach 366 Mass. 622 · cited by 36
• Winchester v. Missin 278 Mass. 427 · cited by 36
• Farmington River Water Power Co. v. County Commissioners 112 Mass. 206 · cited by 36
• Commonwealth v. Burke 105 Mass. 376 · cited by 36
• Thomes v. Meyer Store Inc. 268 Mass. 587 · cited by 36
• Commonwealth v. Ascolillo 405 Mass. 456 · cited by 36
• Amherst-Pelham Regional School Committee v. Department of Education 376 Mass. 480 · cited by 36
• Commonwealth v. Foster 368 Mass. 100 · cited by 36
• Royce v. Commissioner of Correction 390 Mass. 425 · cited by 36
• Pendergast v. Board of Appeals 331 Mass. 555 · cited by 36
• Hunt v. Adams 5 Mass. 358 · cited by 36
• Telesetsky v. Wight 395 Mass. 868 · cited by 36
• Hammond v. Danielson 126 Mass. 294 · cited by 36
• Save the Bay, Inc. v. Department of Public Utilities 366 Mass. 667 · cited by 36
• Dresel v. Jordan 104 Mass. 407 · cited by 36
• Commonwealth v. Whitehead 379 Mass. 640 · cited by 36
• Osborne v. Morgan 130 Mass. 102 · cited by 36
• Commonwealth v. Albert 391 Mass. 853 · cited by 36
• Commonwealth v. Barnett 371 Mass. 87 · cited by 36
• Bank v. Thermo Elemental Inc. 451 Mass. 638 · cited by 36
• Commercial Wharf East Condominium Ass'n v. Waterfront Parking Corp. 407 Mass. 123 · cited by 36
• Swartz v. General Motors Corp. 375 Mass. 628 · cited by 36
• Medway Cotton Manufactory v. Adams 10 Mass. 360 · cited by 36
• Finkelstein v. Board of Registration in Optometry 370 Mass. 476 · cited by 36
• Bellows v. Worcester Storage Co. 297 Mass. 188 · cited by 36
• Commonwealth v. Adams 389 Mass. 265 · cited by 36
• Commonwealth v. Boucher 403 Mass. 659 · cited by 36
• Woods v. Naumkeag Steam Cotton Co. 134 Mass. 357 · cited by 36
• Millennium Equity Holdings, LLC v. Mahlowitz 456 Mass. 627 · cited by 36
• Shepard v. Jacobs 204 Mass. 110 · cited by 36
• Commonwealth v. Smith 370 Mass. 335 · cited by 36
• Furnas v. Durgin 119 Mass. 500 · cited by 36
• Commonwealth v. Sneed 413 Mass. 387 · cited by 36
• Kacavas v. Diamond 303 Mass. 88 · cited by 36
• Kohl v. Silver Lake Motors, Inc. 369 Mass. 795 · cited by 36
• Pridgen v. Boston Housing Authority 364 Mass. 696 · cited by 36
• Town of Burlington v. Dunn 318 Mass. 216 · cited by 36
• Commonwealth v. Koney 421 Mass. 295 · cited by 36
• Massachusetts General Hospital v. Inhabitants of Belmont 233 Mass. 190 · cited by 36
• Gurry v. Cumberland Farms, Inc. 406 Mass. 615 · cited by 36
• Holton v. Shepard 291 Mass. 513 · cited by 36
• Prince v. Crocker 166 Mass. 347 · cited by 36
• Souza's Case 316 Mass. 332 · cited by 36
• McMahon v. Monarch Life Insurance 345 Mass. 261 · cited by 36
• Hawthorne's, Inc. v. Warrenton Realty, Inc. 414 Mass. 200 · cited by 36
• Wells v. Calnan 107 Mass. 514 · cited by 36
• Commonwealth v. Marini 375 Mass. 510 · cited by 36
• Greenfield Savings Bank v. Stowell 123 Mass. 196 · cited by 36
• Gould's Case 215 Mass. 480 · cited by 36
• Commonwealth v. Borans 379 Mass. 117 · cited by 36
• Aldoupolis v. Commonwealth 386 Mass. 260 · cited by 36
• Commonwealth v. Anderson 366 Mass. 394 · cited by 36
• Commonwealth v. Mavredakis 430 Mass. 848 · cited by 36
• Massachusetts Medical Society v. Commissioner of Insurance 402 Mass. 44 · cited by 36
• Commonwealth v. Haley 413 Mass. 770 · cited by 36
• Commonwealth v. Stewart 358 Mass. 747 · cited by 36
• Commonwealth v. Fall River Motor Sales, Inc. 409 Mass. 302 · cited by 36
• Commonwealth v. Nickerson 386 Mass. 54 · cited by 36
• Bettigole v. Assessors of Springfield 343 Mass. 223 · cited by 36
• Brooks v. Secretary of the Commonwealth 257 Mass. 91 · cited by 36
• Mahoney v. Norcross 284 Mass. 153 · cited by 36
• Kent v. Morrison 153 Mass. 137 · cited by 36
• Standerwick v. Zoning Board of Appeals 447 Mass. 20 · cited by 36
• Commonwealth v. Loughlin 385 Mass. 60 · cited by 36
• Commonwealth v. McInerney 373 Mass. 136 · cited by 36
• Boston Gas Co. v. Century Indemnity Co. 454 Mass. 337 · cited by 36
• Boston Herald, Inc. v. Sharpe 432 Mass. 593 · cited by 36
• Commonwealth v. Fitzgerald 380 Mass. 840 · cited by 36
• Burnham v. Mark IV Homes, Inc. 387 Mass. 575 · cited by 36
• Holden v. Fitchburg Railroad 129 Mass. 268 · cited by 36
• Commonwealth v. Clarke 461 Mass. 336 · cited by 36
• Commonwealth v. Dougan 377 Mass. 303 · cited by 36
• Jones v. Town of Wayland 374 Mass. 249 · cited by 36
• Telegram Newspaper Co. v. Commonwealth 44 L.R.A. 159 · cited by 35
• Carter v. Towne 98 Mass. 567 · cited by 35
• Okin v. Sullivan 307 Mass. 227 · cited by 35