District of Massachusetts
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The District of Massachusetts is a federal judicial district encompassing the U.S. state of Massachusetts, where federal cases are heard in courts including the John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| District of Massachusetts canonical | 6 |
| District of Massachusetts federal judicial district | 1 |
| federal judicial district of Massachusetts | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | United States district court ⓘ |
| appealsTo | United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit ⓘ |
| appliesProceduralLaw |
United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
ⓘ
surface form:
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure ⓘ rules of evidence for the federal courts ⓘ
surface form:
Federal Rules of Evidence
|
| appliesToJurisdiction |
Massachusetts
ⓘ
surface form:
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
|
| authorizedJudgeships | multiple district judges ⓘ |
| basedInBuilding |
John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse
ⓘ
surface form:
John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse, Boston
|
| category |
Federal courts in Massachusetts
ⓘ
United States district courts ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| courtType | Article III court ⓘ |
| established | September 24, 1789 ⓘ |
| establishedBy | Judiciary Act of 1789 ⓘ |
| governingBody |
federal judiciary of the United States
ⓘ
surface form:
United States federal judiciary
|
| handlesAppealsFrom | federal administrative agencies within its jurisdiction ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | D. Mass. ⓘ |
| hasBankruptcyCourt | United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts ⓘ |
| hasChiefJudge | current chief judge of the District of Massachusetts ⓘ |
| hasClerkOffice |
United States District Court Clerk’s Office
ⓘ
surface form:
Clerk’s Office of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
|
| hasCourthouse |
John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse
ⓘ
United States Courthouse, Springfield, Massachusetts ⓘ United States Courthouse, Worcester, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalPrecedent | early federal admiralty and maritime cases in Massachusetts ⓘ |
| hasJurisdiction | federal law cases arising in Massachusetts ⓘ |
| hasMagistrateJudges | United States magistrate judges for the District of Massachusetts ⓘ |
| hasOfficialName | United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts ⓘ |
| hasType | federal trial court ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | official website of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts ⓘ |
| hearsCases |
bankruptcy appeals
ⓘ
civil cases under federal jurisdiction ⓘ criminal cases under federal jurisdiction ⓘ diversity jurisdiction cases ⓘ federal question jurisdiction cases ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Massachusetts ⓘ |
| partOf |
United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
ⓘ
surface form:
First Circuit
|
| relatedTo |
United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts
United States Marshals Service for the District of Massachusetts ⓘ United States Probation Office for the District of Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form:
United States Probation and Pretrial Services Office for the District of Massachusetts
|
| seat | Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| servesPopulation | residents of Massachusetts in federal matters ⓘ |
| subjectTo |
United States Constitution
ⓘ
federal statutes of the United States ⓘ |
| territorialJurisdiction | entire U.S. state of Massachusetts ⓘ |
| usesSeal | seal of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts ⓘ |
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts
→
jurisdiction
→
District of Massachusetts
ⓘ
United States Probation Office for the District of Massachusetts
→
operatesIn
→
District of Massachusetts
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
federal judicial district of Massachusetts
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
→
jurisdiction
→
District of Massachusetts
ⓘ
subject surface form:
Eastern Division (United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts)
subject surface form:
Central Division (United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts)
this entity surface form:
District of Massachusetts federal judicial district