Massachusetts Appeals Court

State Appellate

The most-cited opinions of the Massachusetts Appeals Court on UpLaw — 177 decisions from 1974–2012, each with its treatment history and the cases that cite it.

Chace v. Curran 71 Mass. App. Ct. 258 · cited by 800
Berube v. McKesson Wine & Spirits Co. 7 Mass. App. Ct. 426 · cited by 124
Commonwealth v. Peruzzi 15 Mass. App. Ct. 437 · cited by 124
Levings v. Forbes & Wallace, Inc. 8 Mass. App. Ct. 498 · cited by 121
Commonwealth v. Miranda 22 Mass. App. Ct. 10 · cited by 97
Sterilite Corp. v. Continental Casualty Co. 17 Mass. App. Ct. 316 · cited by 96
Kurker v. Hell 44 Mass. App. Ct. 184 · cited by 74
USM Corp. v. Arthur D. Little Systems, Inc. 28 Mass. App. Ct. 108 · cited by 70
Jefferson Insurance Co. of New York v. City of Holyoke 23 Mass. App. Ct. 472 · cited by 67
W. Oliver Tripp Co. v. American Hoechst Corp. 34 Mass. App. Ct. 744 · cited by 64
Zimmerman v. Kent 31 Mass. App. Ct. 72 · cited by 63
Terrio v. McDONOUGH HARTFORD FIRE INS. CO. 16 Mass. App. Ct. 163 · cited by 58
Adoption of Katharine 42 Mass. App. Ct. 25 · cited by 56
Camp Dresser & McKee, Inc. v. Home Insurance 30 Mass. App. Ct. 318 · cited by 54
Markell v. Sidney B. Pfeifer Foundation, Inc. 9 Mass. App. Ct. 412 · cited by 52
Sheehy v. Lipton Industries, Inc. 24 Mass. App. Ct. 188 · cited by 51
Boyd v. Jamaica Plain Co-Operative Bank 7 Mass. App. Ct. 153 · cited by 51
Commonwealth v. Adamides 37 Mass. App. Ct. 339 · cited by 51
Evans v. Multicon Construction Corp. 30 Mass. App. Ct. 728 · cited by 51
Kobayashi v. Orion Ventures, Inc. 42 Mass. App. Ct. 492 · cited by 49
Cameron v. Carelli 39 Mass. App. Ct. 81 · cited by 48
Commonwealth v. Arias 29 Mass. App. Ct. 613 · cited by 48
Commonwealth v. SCHATVEN 23 Mass. App. Ct. 130 · cited by 47
Melley v. Gillette Corp. 19 Mass. App. Ct. 511 · cited by 47
Cellucci v. Sun Oil Co. 2 Mass. App. Ct. 722 · cited by 46
Bowers v. Board of Appeals of Marshfield 16 Mass. App. Ct. 29 · cited by 46
Beaupre v. Cliff Smith & Associates 50 Mass. App. Ct. 480 · cited by 46
Davidson v. Davidson 19 Mass. App. Ct. 364 · cited by 46
Noyes v. Quincy Mutual Fire Insurance 7 Mass. App. Ct. 723 · cited by 46
Nota Construction Corp. v. Keyes Associates, Inc. 45 Mass. App. Ct. 15 · cited by 46
Schwanbeck v. Federal-Mogul Corp. 31 Mass. App. Ct. 390 · cited by 46
Barvenik v. Board of Aldermen of Newton 33 Mass. App. Ct. 129 · cited by 45
VMark Software, Inc. v. EMC Corp. 37 Mass. App. Ct. 610 · cited by 45
Chu Tai v. City of Boston 45 Mass. App. Ct. 220 · cited by 45
Grubert v. Grubert 20 Mass. App. Ct. 811 · cited by 45
Merisme v. Board of Appeals on Motor Vehicle Liability Policies & Bonds 27 Mass. App. Ct. 470 · cited by 44
Mouradian v. General Electric Co. 23 Mass. App. Ct. 538 · cited by 44
Community Builders, Inc. v. Indian Motocycle Associates, Inc. 44 Mass. App. Ct. 537 · cited by 43
Atkinson v. Rosenthal 33 Mass. App. Ct. 219 · cited by 43
Greenleaf v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority 22 Mass. App. Ct. 426 · cited by 42
Covich v. Chambers 8 Mass. App. Ct. 740 · cited by 41
Chase Commercial Corp. v. Owen 32 Mass. App. Ct. 248 · cited by 41
Suffolk Construction Co. v. Lanco Scaffolding Co. 47 Mass. App. Ct. 726 · cited by 41
Steranko v. Inforex, Inc. 5 Mass. App. Ct. 253 · cited by 40
Makino, U.S.A., Inc. v. Metlife Capital Credit Corp. 25 Mass. App. Ct. 302 · cited by 40
Brown v. Gerstein 17 Mass. App. Ct. 558 · cited by 40
Commonwealth v. Villella 39 Mass. App. Ct. 426 · cited by 40
Ricky Smith Pontiac, Inc. v. Subaru of New England, Inc. 14 Mass. App. Ct. 396 · cited by 39
International Mobiles Corp. v. Corroon & Black/Fairfield & Ellis, Inc. 29 Mass. App. Ct. 215 · cited by 39
Brewster Wallcovering Co. v. Blue Mountain Wallcoverings, Inc. 68 Mass. App. Ct. 582 · cited by 38
Commonwealth v. Brown 11 Mass. App. Ct. 288 · cited by 38
Robert L. Sullivan, D.D.S., P.C. v. Birmingham 11 Mass. App. Ct. 359 · cited by 37
Herson v. New Boston Garden Corp. 40 Mass. App. Ct. 779 · cited by 37
Allen v. Batchelder 17 Mass. App. Ct. 453 · cited by 37
Commonwealth v. James 30 Mass. App. Ct. 490 · cited by 37
Powers v. H.B. Smith Co. 42 Mass. App. Ct. 657 · cited by 37
Commonwealth v. LaPerle 19 Mass. App. Ct. 424 · cited by 37
Mongeau v. Boutelle 10 Mass. App. Ct. 246 · cited by 36
Shuman v. Stanley Works 30 Mass. App. Ct. 951 · cited by 36
Lynn v. Nashawaty 12 Mass. App. Ct. 310 · cited by 36
Commonwealth v. Tanner 45 Mass. App. Ct. 576 · cited by 36
Ellis v. Safety Insurance 41 Mass. App. Ct. 630 · cited by 36
Hull v. Attleboro Savings Bank 33 Mass. App. Ct. 18 · cited by 36
Commonwealth v. Grinkley 44 Mass. App. Ct. 62 · cited by 36
Wooldridge v. Hickey 45 Mass. App. Ct. 637 · cited by 36
Hastings Associates, Inc. v. Local 369 Building Fund, Inc. 42 Mass. App. Ct. 162 · cited by 36
Vittands v. Sudduth 49 Mass. App. Ct. 401 · cited by 35
Lynch v. Andrew 20 Mass. App. Ct. 623 · cited by 35
Fidelity Management & Research Co. v. Ostrander 40 Mass. App. Ct. 195 · cited by 35
Harvard Square Defense Fund, Inc. v. Planning Board 27 Mass. App. Ct. 491 · cited by 35
Putnam v. Putnam 5 Mass. App. Ct. 10 · cited by 34
Hodge v. Klug 33 Mass. App. Ct. 746 · cited by 34
TLT Construction Corp. v. A. Anthony Tappe & Associates, Inc. 48 Mass. App. Ct. 1 · cited by 34
Bump v. Robbins 24 Mass. App. Ct. 296 · cited by 34
Commonwealth v. Mosby 11 Mass. App. Ct. 1 · cited by 34
Sereni v. Star Sportswear Manufacturing Corp. 24 Mass. App. Ct. 428 · cited by 34
Glickman v. Brown 21 Mass. App. Ct. 229 · cited by 34
Malapanis v. Shirazi 21 Mass. App. Ct. 378 · cited by 33
Fox v. F & J Gattozzi Corp. 41 Mass. App. Ct. 581 · cited by 33
Santagate v. Tower 64 Mass. App. Ct. 324 · cited by 33
Yerardi's Moody Street Restaurant & Lounge, Inc. v. Board of Selectmen 19 Mass. App. Ct. 296 · cited by 33
O'Brien v. Analog Devices, Inc. 34 Mass. App. Ct. 905 · cited by 33
Goren v. Royal Investments Inc. 25 Mass. App. Ct. 137 · cited by 33
Lisbon v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board 41 Mass. App. Ct. 246 · cited by 32
McEneaney v. Chestnut Hill Realty Corp. 38 Mass. App. Ct. 573 · cited by 32
Long v. Wickett 50 Mass. App. Ct. 380 · cited by 32
Howcroft v. City of Peabody 51 Mass. App. Ct. 573 · cited by 32
Commonwealth v. McCormick 48 Mass. App. Ct. 106 · cited by 32
Johnson v. Witkowski 30 Mass. App. Ct. 697 · cited by 32
Gore v. Daniel O'Connell's Sons, Inc. 17 Mass. App. Ct. 645 · cited by 32
Lease-It, Inc. v. Massachusetts Port Authority 33 Mass. App. Ct. 391 · cited by 32
Fechtor v. Fechtor 26 Mass. App. Ct. 859 · cited by 31
Greenery Rehabilitation Group, Inc. v. Antaramian 36 Mass. App. Ct. 73 · cited by 31
Care & Protection of Bruce 44 Mass. App. Ct. 758 · cited by 31
Commonwealth v. Dominico 1 Mass. App. Ct. 693 · cited by 31
Zabin v. Picciotto 73 Mass. App. Ct. 141 · cited by 31
Rafferty v. Sancta Maria Hospital 5 Mass. App. Ct. 624 · cited by 31
Hanover Insurance v. Sutton 46 Mass. App. Ct. 153 · cited by 31
Frank Cooke, Inc. v. Hurwitz 10 Mass. App. Ct. 99 · cited by 31
Commonwealth v. Skea 18 Mass. App. Ct. 685 · cited by 31
Guity v. COMMERCE INSURANCE CO. 36 Mass. App. Ct. 339 · cited by 31
Rolde v. Rolde 12 Mass. App. Ct. 398 · cited by 30
Wolfe v. Ford Motor Co. 6 Mass. App. Ct. 346 · cited by 30
Edwin R. Sage Co. v. Foley 12 Mass. App. Ct. 20 · cited by 30
New England Insulation Co. v. General Dynamics Corp. 26 Mass. App. Ct. 28 · cited by 30
Adoption of George 27 Mass. App. Ct. 265 · cited by 30
Commonwealth v. Correa 43 Mass. App. Ct. 714 · cited by 30
Roderick v. Brandy Hill Co. 36 Mass. App. Ct. 948 · cited by 30
Schwartz v. Travelers Indemnity Co. 50 Mass. App. Ct. 672 · cited by 30
Bak v. Bak 24 Mass. App. Ct. 608 · cited by 30
Colucci v. Rosen, Goldberg, Slavet, Levenson & Wekstein, P.C. 25 Mass. App. Ct. 107 · cited by 30
Bergendahl v. Massachusetts Electric Co. 45 Mass. App. Ct. 715 · cited by 29
Ourfalian v. Aro Manufacturing Co. 31 Mass. App. Ct. 294 · cited by 29
Conway v. Smerling 37 Mass. App. Ct. 1 · cited by 29
Demeo v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance 38 Mass. App. Ct. 955 · cited by 29
Commonwealth v. Wooden 13 Mass. App. Ct. 417 · cited by 29
Springgate v. School Committee of Mattapoisett 11 Mass. App. Ct. 304 · cited by 29
Sound Techniques, Inc. v. Hoffman 50 Mass. App. Ct. 425 · cited by 29
Custody of Michel 28 Mass. App. Ct. 260 · cited by 29
Commonwealth v. Deagle 10 Mass. App. Ct. 563 · cited by 28
SCIT, Inc. v. Planning Board of Braintree 19 Mass. App. Ct. 101 · cited by 28
Commonwealth v. Olivares 30 Mass. App. Ct. 596 · cited by 28
Commonwealth v. Rivera 33 Mass. App. Ct. 311 · cited by 28
Commonwealth v. Velasquez 48 Mass. App. Ct. 147 · cited by 28
Palmer v. Murphy 42 Mass. App. Ct. 334 · cited by 28
Carter v. Commissioner of Correction 43 Mass. App. Ct. 212 · cited by 28
Hotchkiss v. State Racing Commission 45 Mass. App. Ct. 684 · cited by 28
Commonwealth v. Azar 32 Mass. App. Ct. 290 · cited by 28
Tardanico v. Aetna Life & Casualty Co. 41 Mass. App. Ct. 443 · cited by 28
Srebnick v. Lo-Law Transit Management, Inc. 29 Mass. App. Ct. 45 · cited by 28
Prozinski v. Northeast Real Estate Services, LLC 59 Mass. App. Ct. 599 · cited by 28
Commonwealth v. Nichols 4 Mass. App. Ct. 606 · cited by 28
McKenna v. Begin 5 Mass. App. Ct. 304 · cited by 28
Adoption of Nicole 40 Mass. App. Ct. 259 · cited by 28
Commonwealth v. Drew 4 Mass. App. Ct. 30 · cited by 27
Winthrop Corp. v. Lowenthal 29 Mass. App. Ct. 180 · cited by 27
New England Mutual Life Insurance v. Liberty Mutual Insurance 40 Mass. App. Ct. 722 · cited by 27
Nichols Associates, Inc. v. Starr 4 Mass. App. Ct. 91 · cited by 27
Bailey v. Metropolitan Property & Liability Insurance 24 Mass. App. Ct. 34 · cited by 27
Adoption of Jacques 82 Mass. App. Ct. 601 · cited by 27
Schinkel v. Maxi-Holding, Inc. 30 Mass. App. Ct. 41 · cited by 27
Larson v. Larson 28 Mass. App. Ct. 338 · cited by 27
Marshall v. Stratus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 51 Mass. App. Ct. 667 · cited by 27
City of Haverhill v. George Brox, Inc. 47 Mass. App. Ct. 717 · cited by 26
Hogan v. Riemer 35 Mass. App. Ct. 360 · cited by 26
Commonwealth v. Mosby 30 Mass. App. Ct. 181 · cited by 26
Shapiro v. Public Service Mutual Insurance 19 Mass. App. Ct. 648 · cited by 26
Transamerica Insurance Group v. Turner Construction Co. 33 Mass. App. Ct. 446 · cited by 26
Commonwealth v. Sendele 18 Mass. App. Ct. 755 · cited by 26
New England Power Co. v. Riley Stoker Corp. 20 Mass. App. Ct. 25 · cited by 26
Roberts-Haverhill v. City Coun. of Haverhill 2 Mass. App. Ct. 715 · cited by 26
Madan v. Royal Indemnity Co. 26 Mass. App. Ct. 756 · cited by 26
John B. Deary, Inc. v. Crane 4 Mass. App. Ct. 719 · cited by 26
Lorenzo-Martinez v. Safety Insurance 58 Mass. App. Ct. 359 · cited by 26
Beatty v. NP CORP. 31 Mass. App. Ct. 606 · cited by 26
Ward v. American Mutual Liability Insurance 15 Mass. App. Ct. 98 · cited by 26
Kunen v. First Agricultural National Bank 6 Mass. App. Ct. 684 · cited by 26
Heins v. Wilhelm Loh Wetzlar Optical Machinery GmbH & Co. KG. 26 Mass. App. Ct. 14 · cited by 26
Commonwealth v. Amaral 13 Mass. App. Ct. 238 · cited by 26
National Medical Care, Inc. v. Zigelbaum 18 Mass. App. Ct. 570 · cited by 26
Chemawa Country Golf, Inc. v. Wnuk 9 Mass. App. Ct. 506 · cited by 26
Key Capital Corp. v. M&S LIQUIDATING CORP. 27 Mass. App. Ct. 721 · cited by 25
Adoption of Abigail 23 Mass. App. Ct. 191 · cited by 25
City of Cambridge v. Civil Service Commission 43 Mass. App. Ct. 300 · cited by 25
Davis v. Zoning Board of Chatham 52 Mass. App. Ct. 349 · cited by 25
Glick v. Prince Italian Foods of Saugus, Inc. 25 Mass. App. Ct. 901 · cited by 25
International Totalizing Systems, Inc. v. PepsiCo, Inc. 29 Mass. App. Ct. 424 · cited by 25
Moriarty v. Stone 41 Mass. App. Ct. 151 · cited by 25
International Underwater Contractors, Inc. v. New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. 8 Mass. App. Ct. 340 · cited by 25
Cohen v. Liberty Mutual Insurance 41 Mass. App. Ct. 748 · cited by 25
Commonwealth v. Nolan 19 Mass. App. Ct. 491 · cited by 25
Westinghouse Broadcasting Co. v. New England Patriots Football Club, Inc. 10 Mass. App. Ct. 70 · cited by 25
Levy v. Bendetson 6 Mass. App. Ct. 558 · cited by 25
Johansen v. NCR Comten, Inc. 30 Mass. App. Ct. 294 · cited by 25
Commonwealth v. Brown 34 Mass. App. Ct. 222 · cited by 25
Bicknell, Inc. v. Havlin 9 Mass. App. Ct. 497 · cited by 25
Brum v. Town of Dartmouth 44 Mass. App. Ct. 318 · cited by 25