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. Piper 120 Mass. 185 · cited by 35
• Toubiana v. Priestly 402 Mass. 84 · cited by 35
• Commonwealth v. Brandano 359 Mass. 332 · cited by 35
• Commonwealth v. Levia 385 Mass. 345 · cited by 35
• Reggio v. Warren 207 Mass. 525 · cited by 35
• Pineo v. White 320 Mass. 487 · cited by 35
• Commonwealth v. Crawford 417 Mass. 358 · cited by 35
• Onofrio v. Department of Mental Health 411 Mass. 657 · cited by 35
• O'BRIEN v. Dwight 363 Mass. 256 · cited by 35
• Zarum v. Brass Mill Materials Corp. 334 Mass. 81 · cited by 35
• Weiler v. PortfolioScope, Inc. 469 Mass. 75 · cited by 35
• Fanciullo v. B. G. & S. Theatre Corp. 297 Mass. 44 · cited by 35
• Lydon v. Boston Elevated Railway Co. 309 Mass. 205 · cited by 35
• Inhabitants of Watertown v. Mayo 109 Mass. 315 · cited by 35
• Commonwealth v. Tobin 392 Mass. 604 · cited by 35
• Massachusetts Farm Bureau Federation, Inc. v. Blue Cross of Massachusetts, Inc. 403 Mass. 722 · cited by 35
• Loring v. Brodie 134 Mass. 453 · cited by 35
• Perkins School for the Blind v. Rate Setting Commission 383 Mass. 825 · cited by 35
• Insurance Rating Board v. Commissioner of Insurance 356 Mass. 184 · cited by 35
• Trustees of Forbes Library v. Labor Relations Commission 384 Mass. 559 · cited by 35
• Commonwealth v. Bumpus 354 Mass. 494 · cited by 35
• Horton v. Attorney General 269 Mass. 503 · cited by 35
• Wolf v. Commissioner of Public Welfare 367 Mass. 293 · cited by 35
• Gore v. Brazier 3 Mass. 523 · cited by 35
• Casey v. Gallagher 326 Mass. 746 · cited by 35
• Commonwealth v. Soaris 275 Mass. 291 · cited by 35
• Fireside Motors, Inc. v. Nissan Motor Corp. in U.S.A. 395 Mass. 366 · cited by 35
• In the Matter of Alter 389 Mass. 153 · cited by 35
• Commonwealth v. Mixer 207 Mass. 141 · cited by 35
• Reynolds v. Supreme Council of the Royal Arcanum 192 Mass. 150 · cited by 35
• Baker v. Parsons 434 Mass. 543 · cited by 35
• Di Clavio's Case 293 Mass. 259 · cited by 35
• Johnson v. Kanavos 296 Mass. 373 · cited by 35
• Commonwealth v. Chase 372 Mass. 736 · cited by 35
• Commonwealth v. Wright 469 Mass. 447 · cited by 35
• National Bank of Commerce v. City of New Bedford 175 Mass. 257 · cited by 35
• Commonwealth v. Dunn 407 Mass. 798 · cited by 35
• Pierce v. Pierce 455 Mass. 286 · cited by 35
• Gath v. M/A-Com, Inc. 440 Mass. 482 · cited by 35
• White v. City of Boston 428 Mass. 250 · cited by 35
• Commonwealth v. Novo 442 Mass. 262 · cited by 35
• Solomon v. Dabrowski 295 Mass. 358 · cited by 35
• General Electric Co. v. Board of Assessors 393 Mass. 591 · cited by 35
• Hunt v. Adams 6 Mass. 519 · cited by 35
• Commonwealth v. Porro 458 Mass. 526 · cited by 35
• Commonwealth v. Schnopps 390 Mass. 722 · cited by 35
• Parent v. Stone & Webster Engineering Corp. 408 Mass. 108 · cited by 35
• Keyes v. Construction Service, Inc. 340 Mass. 633 · cited by 35
• Commonwealth v. Swenson 368 Mass. 268 · cited by 35
• Holbrook v. Finney 4 Mass. 566 · cited by 35
• Mills v. Taunton Savings Bank 6 L.R.A. 249 · cited by 35
• Freeman v. Planning Board 419 Mass. 548 · cited by 35
• Davis v. Central Congregational Society of Jamaica Plain 129 Mass. 367 · cited by 35
• Commonwealth v. Ianello 401 Mass. 197 · cited by 35
• Kent v. Dunham 106 Mass. 586 · cited by 35
• Goldston v. Randolph 293 Mass. 253 · cited by 35
• Jackson v. Phillips 96 Mass. 539 · cited by 35
• Pigeon's Case 216 Mass. 51 · cited by 35
• Squire v. Western Union Telegraph Co. 98 Mass. 232 · cited by 35
• Commonwealth v. Stone 366 Mass. 506 · cited by 35
• Commonwealth v. Tarrant 367 Mass. 411 · cited by 35
• Aylward v. McCloskey 412 Mass. 77 · cited by 35
• Commonwealth v. Prater 420 Mass. 569 · cited by 35
• Everson v. General Accident, Fire & Life Assurance Corp. 202 Mass. 169 · cited by 35
• Cleaveland v. Malden Savings Bank 291 Mass. 295 · cited by 35
• Ryan v. Stavros 348 Mass. 251 · cited by 35
• Commonwealth v. Pillai 445 Mass. 175 · cited by 35
• Morse v. City of Boston 253 Mass. 247 · cited by 35
• Sperry & Hutchinson Co. v. Director of the Division on the Necessaries of Life 307 Mass. 408 · cited by 35
• George v. Jordan Marsh Company 359 Mass. 244 · cited by 35
• Rezendes v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America 285 Mass. 505 · cited by 35
• Commonwealth v. Pierce 419 Mass. 28 · cited by 35
• Morley v. Police Commissioner 261 Mass. 269 · cited by 35
• Merrifield v. City of Worcester 110 Mass. 216 · cited by 35
• Reilly v. Selectmen of Blackstone 266 Mass. 503 · cited by 35
• Stevens v. Gaylord 11 Mass. 256 · cited by 35
• Heins v. Ledis 422 Mass. 477 · cited by 35
• Pyle v. School Committee 423 Mass. 283 · cited by 35
• Atlantic Mutual Insurance v. McFadden 413 Mass. 90 · cited by 35
• Commonwealth v. Best 381 Mass. 472 · cited by 35
• Eaton v. Eaton 233 Mass. 351 · cited by 35
• Gorham v. Gross 125 Mass. 232 · cited by 35
• Bell v. Treasurer of Cambridge 310 Mass. 484 · cited by 35
• Bianco v. Bianco 371 Mass. 420 · cited by 35
• Hanna v. Shaw 244 Mass. 57 · cited by 35
• Adoption of Helen 429 Mass. 856 · cited by 35
• Commonwealth v. Gagnon 387 Mass. 567 · cited by 35
• Russia Cement Co. v. LePage 147 Mass. 206 · cited by 35
• Commonwealth v. Harris 371 Mass. 462 · cited by 35
• Commonwealth v. Britto 433 Mass. 596 · cited by 35
• Kimball v. Cushman 103 Mass. 194 · cited by 35
• Commonwealth v. Gorassi 432 Mass. 244 · cited by 35
• Bradshaw v. South Boston Railroad 135 Mass. 407 · cited by 35
• Commonwealth v. Power 420 Mass. 410 · cited by 35
• Smith v. Jordan 211 Mass. 269 · cited by 35
• Hatch v. United States Casualty Co. 197 Mass. 101 · cited by 35
• Commonwealth v. Mills 436 Mass. 387 · cited by 35
• Worthington v. Hylyer 4 Mass. 196 · cited by 35
• Sewall v. Wilmer 132 Mass. 131 · cited by 35
• Sennott's Case 146 Mass. 489 · cited by 35
• Commonwealth v. MacDonald (No. 1) 368 Mass. 395 · cited by 35
• Commonwealth v. Stockhammer 409 Mass. 867 · cited by 35
• Winchester v. Howard 97 Mass. 303 · cited by 34
• Doe v. Attorney General 426 Mass. 136 · cited by 34
• Fleming v. Dane 304 Mass. 46 · cited by 34
• Commonwealth v. Hunter 416 Mass. 831 · cited by 34
• Commonwealth v. Diaz 383 Mass. 73 · cited by 34
• Ladd v. New Bedford Railroad 119 Mass. 412 · cited by 34
• Opinion of the Justices to the Senate 261 Mass. 523 · cited by 34
• Puritan Medical Center, Inc. v. Cashman 413 Mass. 167 · cited by 34
• Atwood v. City of Boston 310 Mass. 70 · cited by 34
• Commonwealth v. Burno 396 Mass. 622 · cited by 34
• Commonwealth v. Rembiszewski 391 Mass. 123 · cited by 34
• Commonwealth v. Johnson 374 Mass. 453 · cited by 34
• Cargill, Inc. v. Beaver Coal & Oil Co. 424 Mass. 356 · cited by 34
• Commonwealth v. Errington 390 Mass. 875 · cited by 34
• Forlano v. Hughes 393 Mass. 502 · cited by 34
• Turner v. Revere Water Co. 40 L.R.A. 657 · cited by 34
• Commonwealth v. Bostock 450 Mass. 616 · cited by 34
• Cambridgeport Savings Bank v. Boersner 413 Mass. 432 · cited by 34
• Boston Police Patrolmen's Ass'n v. City of Boston 435 Mass. 718 · cited by 34
• Commonwealth v. Burke 392 Mass. 688 · cited by 34
• Larabee v. Potvin Lumber Co. 390 Mass. 636 · cited by 34
• Ash v. Childs Dining Hall Co. 231 Mass. 86 · cited by 34
• Commonwealth v. Thomas 358 Mass. 771 · cited by 34
• Nolin v. Pearson 191 Mass. 283 · cited by 34
• Barry v. Sparks 306 Mass. 80 · cited by 34
• Commonwealth v. Allen 395 Mass. 448 · cited by 34
• Bay State-Spray & Provincetown Steamship, Inc. v. Caterpillar Tractor Co. 404 Mass. 103 · cited by 34
• Hunt v. Bay State Iron Co. 97 Mass. 279 · cited by 34
• Stockus v. Boston Housing Authority 304 Mass. 507 · cited by 34
• Watros v. Greater Lynn Mental Health & Retardation Ass'n 421 Mass. 106 · cited by 34
• Felton v. Felton 383 Mass. 232 · cited by 34
• Jordan v. Osgood 109 Mass. 457 · cited by 34
• D. A. Schulte, Inc. v. North Terminal Garage Co. 291 Mass. 251 · cited by 34
• Commonwealth v. Cuffie 414 Mass. 632 · cited by 34
• Freyermuth v. Lutfy 376 Mass. 612 · cited by 34
• Davis v. County Commissioners 11 L.R.A. 750 · cited by 34
• Adoption of Kimberly 414 Mass. 526 · cited by 34
• Bridge v. Ford 4 Mass. 641 · cited by 34
• Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. v. Gove 303 Mass. 1 · cited by 34
• Pierce v. Boston Five Cents Savings Bank 129 Mass. 425 · cited by 34
• Hub Associates, Inc. v. Goode 357 Mass. 449 · cited by 34
• Commonwealth v. Netto 438 Mass. 686 · cited by 34
• Mone v. Greyhound Lines, Inc. 368 Mass. 354 · cited by 34
• Kyte v. Philip Morris Inc. 408 Mass. 162 · cited by 34
• Ahmed's Case 278 Mass. 180 · cited by 34
• Commonwealth v. O'BRIEN 377 Mass. 772 · cited by 34
• Commonwealth v. Greineder 464 Mass. 580 · cited by 34
• Sherman v. EMPLOYERS'LIABILITY ASSURANCE CORP. LTD. 343 Mass. 354 · cited by 34
• Piper v. Childs 290 Mass. 560 · cited by 34
• Birchall 454 Mass. 837 · cited by 34
• Commonwealth v. Habarek 402 Mass. 105 · cited by 34
• Kinnear v. General Mills, Inc. 308 Mass. 344 · cited by 34
• Opinion of the Justices to the Senate 333 Mass. 773 · cited by 34
• Commonwealth v. Fernandes 390 Mass. 714 · cited by 34
• Stern v. Old Colony Trust Co. 276 Mass. 456 · cited by 34
• Doe v. Liberty Mutual Insurance 423 Mass. 366 · cited by 34
• Morris v. Watsco, Inc. 385 Mass. 672 · cited by 34
• Brunner v. Stone & Webster Engineering Corp. 413 Mass. 698 · cited by 34
• Commonwealth v. Franklin 366 Mass. 284 · cited by 34
• Commonwealth v. Nine Hundred & Ninety-Two Dollars 383 Mass. 764 · cited by 34
• Commonwealth v. Maldonado 439 Mass. 460 · cited by 34
• Commonwealth v. Maynard 436 Mass. 558 · cited by 34
• Engel v. Checker Taxi Co. 275 Mass. 471 · cited by 34
• Phillips v. Stevens 16 Mass. 238 · cited by 34
• Elliott v. Kazajian 255 Mass. 459 · cited by 34
• A.Z. v. B.Z. 431 Mass. 150 · cited by 34
• Foley v. Lowell Sun Publishing Co. 404 Mass. 9 · cited by 34
• Noble v. Mead-Morrison Manufacturing Co. 237 Mass. 5 · cited by 34
• Jones v. Witter 13 Mass. 304 · cited by 34
• Commonwealth v. Clark 378 Mass. 392 · cited by 34
• Jacobs v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. 417 Mass. 75 · cited by 34
• Bryant v. Rich 106 Mass. 180 · cited by 34
• Commonwealth v. Clarke 418 Mass. 207 · cited by 34
• Commonwealth v. Walker 460 Mass. 590 · cited by 34
• Local 589, Amalgamated Transit Union v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority 392 Mass. 407 · cited by 34
• Commonwealth v. Van Cao 419 Mass. 383 · cited by 34
• Commonwealth v. Welcome 348 Mass. 68 · cited by 34
• Caswell v. Licensing Commission for Brockton 387 Mass. 864 · cited by 34
• Diatchenko v. District Attorney for the Suffolk District Commonwealth v. Roberio 471 Mass. 12 · cited by 34
• Commonwealth v. Harris 443 Mass. 714 · cited by 34
• Commonwealth v. Markvart 437 Mass. 331 · cited by 34
• Commonwealth v. Catanzaro 441 Mass. 46 · cited by 34
• Heller Financial v. Insurance Co. of North America 410 Mass. 400 · cited by 34
• Arcidi v. National Ass'n of Government Employees, Inc. 447 Mass. 616 · cited by 34
• Ashley v. Three Justices of the Superior Court 228 Mass. 63 · cited by 34
• Attorney General v. City of Methuen 236 Mass. 564 · cited by 34
• Carleton & Hovey Co. v. Burns 285 Mass. 479 · cited by 34
• White v. Mugar 280 Mass. 73 · cited by 34
• Tyler v. Treasurer & Receiver General 226 Mass. 306 · cited by 34
• Spence v. Reeder 382 Mass. 398 · cited by 34
• Josselyn v. Ames 3 Mass. 274 · cited by 34
• Boston Teachers Union v. School Committee of Boston 370 Mass. 455 · cited by 34
• Koshland v. Columbia Insurance 237 Mass. 467 · cited by 34
• Ober v. National Casualty Co. 318 Mass. 27 · cited by 34
• Commonwealth v. Costa 414 Mass. 618 · cited by 34
• Hayward v. Lesson 176 Mass. 310 · cited by 34
• Commonwealth v. Sineiro 432 Mass. 735 · cited by 34
• Opinion of the Justices 364 Mass. 847 · cited by 34