Massachusetts Appeals Court
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The Massachusetts Appeals Court is an intermediate appellate court that reviews decisions from the state’s trial courts and certain administrative agencies within the Massachusetts judicial system.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
court of law
→
intermediate appellate court → |
| abbreviation |
Massachusetts Appeals Court
→
surface form: "Mass. App. Ct."
|
| appointmentMethod | gubernatorial appointment with council consent → |
| beganOperation | 1972 → |
| building | John Adams Courthouse → |
| canBeReviewedBy |
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
→
surface form: "Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts"
|
| city |
Boston, Massachusetts
→
surface form: "Boston"
|
| country |
United States of America
→
surface form: "United States"
|
| courtSystem | Massachusetts court system → |
| courtSystemLevel | state court → |
| courtType | appellate court of general jurisdiction → |
| established | 1972 → |
| establishedBy | Massachusetts General Court → |
| governingLaw | Massachusetts General Laws → |
| handles | appeals as of right in most cases → |
| hasAdministrativeHead | Chief Justice of the Appeals Court → |
| hasClerkOffice | Office of the Clerk of the Appeals Court → |
| hasJudgeTitle |
Associate Justice
→
Chief Justice → |
| hasJurisdictionOver |
administrative appeals
→
civil cases → criminal cases → |
| hearsAppealsFrom |
Massachusetts District Court
→
Massachusetts Housing Court → Massachusetts Juvenile Court → Massachusetts Probate and Family Court → Massachusetts Superior Court → |
| higherCourt |
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
→
surface form: "Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts"
|
| judgesServeUntil | mandatory retirement age → |
| jurisdiction |
Massachusetts
→
surface form: "Commonwealth of Massachusetts"
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| level | intermediate appellate level → |
| location | Boston, Massachusetts → |
| mandatoryRetirementAge | 70 → |
| mayIssue |
published opinions
→
unpublished memorandum and order decisions → |
| maySitEnBanc | yes, in limited circumstances → |
| officialLanguage | English → |
| partOf | Judiciary of Massachusetts → |
| publishes | Massachusetts Appeals Court Reports → |
| regionServed |
eastern Massachusetts
→
surface form: "New England (Massachusetts)"
|
| reviews |
Massachusetts trial court decisions
→
decisions of certain Massachusetts administrative agencies → |
| seat | John Adams Courthouse → |
| state | Massachusetts → |
| subjectMatterJurisdiction | broad, except where statute assigns appeals directly to Supreme Judicial Court → |
| uses | panels of three judges for most appeals → |
| website | https://www.mass.gov/orgs/appeals-court → |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "Mass. App. Ct."
this entity surface form: "Massachusetts Appeals Court Single Justice Session"