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Massachusetts Appeals Court

15,321 records in the bulk data of CourtListener / Free Law Project (CC0).

Short name: Massachusetts Appeals Court
Court type: State appellate court
Citation abbreviation: Mass. App. Ct.
Court start date: 1972-10-06
Record dates in this index: 1972-12-29 to 2026-06-29
Court website: http://www.mass.gov/courts/appealscourt/

Most-cited opinions

Ranked by the number of later opinions citing each one, as recorded by CourtListener.

Chace v. Curran
2008-02-25· cited 2,731×
Siebe, Inc. v. Louis M. Gerson Co.
2009-06-30· cited 344×
Levings v. Forbes & Wallace, Inc.
1979-10-24· cited 318×
Sterilite Corp. v. Continental Casualty Co.
1983-12-28· cited 209×
Kurker v. Hell
1998-01-22· cited 195×
Commonwealth v. Peruzzi
1983-03-10· cited 188×
Berube v. McKesson Wine & Spirits Co.
1979-04-19· cited 185×
Davisson v. Commissioner
1984-11-07· cited 179×
South Street Nominee Trust v. Board of Assessors of Carlisle
2007-12-19· cited 179×
First Main Street Corp. v. Board of Assessors
2000-03-23· cited 178×
Zimmerman v. Kent
1991-07-18· cited 176×
Merisme v. Board of Appeals on Motor Vehicle Liability Policies & Bonds
1989-06-20· cited 175×
CLAUDIA MURROW v. BOARD OF ASSESSORS OF BOSTON.
2023-02-06· cited 175×
USM Corp. v. Arthur D. Little Systems, Inc.
1989-11-27· cited 164×
Terrio v. McDONOUGH HARTFORD FIRE INS. CO.
1983-06-15· cited 140×
Commonwealth v. Miranda
1986-04-07· cited 137×
Cellucci v. Sun Oil Co.
1974-12-30· cited 134×
Nota Construction Corp. v. Keyes Associates, Inc.
1998-05-29· cited 133×
Jefferson Insurance Co. of New York v. City of Holyoke
1987-02-06· cited 125×
Santagate v. Tower
2005-08-25· cited 123×
Howcroft v. City of Peabody
2001-05-17· cited 118×
Evans v. Multicon Construction Corp.
1991-06-21· cited 117×
Mouradian v. General Electric Co.
1987-02-24· cited 116×
VMark Software, Inc. v. EMC Corp.
1994-11-18· cited 113×
Melley v. Gillette Corp.
1985-03-21· cited 112×
Adoption of Jacques
2012-10-10· cited 110×
Camp Dresser & McKee, Inc. v. Home Insurance
1991-03-26· cited 107×
Atkinson v. Rosenthal
1992-08-25· cited 107×
Steranko v. Inforex, Inc.
1977-04-29· cited 104×
Barvenik v. Board of Aldermen of Newton
1992-08-03· cited 102×
Markell v. Sidney B. Pfeifer Foundation, Inc.
1980-03-24· cited 100×
Adoption of Katharine
1997-01-06· cited 100×
International Mobiles Corp. v. Corroon & Black/Fairfield & Ellis, Inc.
1990-09-14· cited 98×
Sheehy v. Lipton Industries, Inc.
1987-05-20· cited 97×
Kobayashi v. Orion Ventures, Inc.
1997-04-18· cited 97×
W. Oliver Tripp Co. v. American Hoechst Corp.
1993-07-14· cited 96×
Community Builders, Inc. v. Indian Motocycle Associates, Inc.
1998-04-07· cited 96×
Beaupre v. Cliff Smith & Associates
2000-11-16· cited 96×
Commonwealth v. Adamides
1994-09-27· cited 94×
Cameron v. Carelli
1995-08-10· cited 90×
Fox v. F & J Gattozzi Corp.
1996-11-14· cited 90×
Vittands v. Sudduth
2000-06-15· cited 89×
Robert L. Sullivan, D.D.S., P.C. v. Birmingham
1981-02-13· cited 88×
Glickman v. Brown
1985-12-16· cited 88×
Ourfalian v. Aro Manufacturing Co.
1991-08-29· cited 87×
Suffolk Construction Co. v. Lanco Scaffolding Co.
1999-09-15· cited 87×
Brewster Wallcovering Co. v. Blue Mountain Wallcoverings, Inc.
2007-04-06· cited 87×
Makino, U.S.A., Inc. v. Metlife Capital Credit Corp.
1988-01-21· cited 86×
Hanover Insurance v. Sutton
1999-01-15· cited 86×
Chase Commercial Corp. v. Owen
1992-03-20· cited 85×

Most recent records

Newest filing dates first.

Guardianship of Finley
2026-06-29
Adoption of Zula
2026-06-24
New England Carpenters Central Collection Agency v. Arch Insurance Company
2026-06-10
Doe, Sex Offender Registry Board No. 190908 v. Sex Offender Registry Board
2026-06-05
Fontana v. City of Boston
2026-06-02
Ducharme v. Mobile Home Rent Control Board of Chicopee
2026-05-22
Doe, Sex Offender Registry Board No. 97000 v. Sex Offender Registry Board
2026-05-15
Commonwealth v. Milan
2026-05-14
Commonwealth v. Brunette-Silveira
2026-05-12
Adoption of Varnell
2026-05-06
Commonwealth v. Benevides
2026-04-28
Commonwealth v. Hraiz
2026-04-23
In the Matter of the Estate of Jasiul
2026-04-10
Lester v. Old Republic Title Insurance Company
2026-04-10
Commonwealth v. Theogene
2026-04-09
Layman v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
2026-04-06
Wright v. Zantuhos
2026-04-01
Fern v. Baker
2026-03-27
Nan N. v. Rex R.
2026-03-20
Hladik v. LPL Financial LLC
2026-03-19
Agnitti v. Philip Morris USA Inc.
2026-03-13
Commonwealth v. Atweri
2026-03-11
Hull v. Ferrera
2026-03-05
Bombaugh v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America
2026-03-04
Adoption of Mattis
2026-03-03
Doe v. Thorell
2026-02-26
Perry v. Wellpath, LLC
2026-02-17
Commonwealth v. Caraballo-Nieves
2026-02-13
Grafton & Upton Railroad Company v. Burt
2026-02-12
Adoption of Doretta
2026-01-30
Employer's Reinsurance Corporation v. Workers' Compensation Trust Fund
2026-01-30
Care and Protection of Gaston
2026-01-16
Commonwealth v. Bustard
2026-01-16
Commonwealth v. Ivarson
2026-01-16
Scott Lucey v. Neil Kinnon
2025-12-15
MTGLQ INVESTORS, LP v. KATHLEEN McINTOSH & Others.
2025-12-11
Commonwealth v. Ashlie Lewis
2025-12-10
John Doe, Sex Offender Registry Board No. 524174 v. Sex Offender Registry Board
2025-12-09
DOMINION BUILDERS, LLC v. HENNEP PROPERTIES LLC & Others.
2025-12-03
Commonwealth v. Barry A. Hanson, Jr.
2025-12-02
Robert Driscoll v. City of Melrose
2025-11-21
PAUL E. ASPELL & Another[1 ] v. TEOFILO RAAD & Others.
2025-11-14
Commonwealth v. David W. Howard
2025-11-13
Commonwealth v. Luis Morales
2025-11-12
Commonwealth v. Markell Tremaine Mitchell
2025-11-07
Commonwealth v. Carlos Cuba
2025-11-06
MICHAEL MARKS v. ROSS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE, INC., & Others.
2025-11-05
Commonwealth v. Ronald Badgett
2025-11-03
Commonwealth v. David A. Delratez
2025-10-30
Commonwealth v. Epi S. Baez
2025-10-24

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