Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

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The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court is the highest appellate court in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, serving as its court of last resort and one of the oldest continuously functioning appellate courts in the United States.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts 25
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court canonical 17
Superior Court of Judicature of Massachusetts 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf appellate court ⓘ
court ⓘ
state supreme court ⓘ
supreme court ⓘ
alsoKnownAs SJC ⓘ
appointingAuthorityForJustices Governor of Massachusetts ⓘ
branchOfGovernment Judicial branch of Massachusetts ⓘ
building John Adams Courthouse ⓘ
buildingLocation Pemberton Square, Boston ⓘ
canPromulgate rules of court ⓘ
canRegulate practice of law in Massachusetts ⓘ
chiefJusticeSinceYear 2020 ⓘ
confirmationBodyForJustices Massachusetts Governor's Council ⓘ
surface form: Governor's Council of Massachusetts
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
courtOfLastResortFor Massachusetts ⓘ
courtType court of last resort ⓘ
highest appellate court ⓘ
createdBy Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
currentChiefJustice Kimberly S. Budd ⓘ
decisionsCanBeReviewedBy Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
establishedInYear 1692 ⓘ
handles administrative appeals ⓘ
civil appeals ⓘ
criminal appeals ⓘ
hasAuthorityFrom Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Massachusetts Constitution
hasMandatoryRetirementAge 70 ⓘ
hasOriginalJurisdictionOver certain civil matters ⓘ
certain criminal matters ⓘ
hasPosition Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ⓘ
Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ⓘ
hasWebsite https://www.mass.gov/orgs/supreme-judicial-court ⓘ
hearsAppealsFrom Massachusetts Appeals Court ⓘ
Judiciary of Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Massachusetts Trial Court
interprets Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts ⓘ
laws of Massachusetts ⓘ
isOneOfOldestContinuouslyFunctioningAppellateCourtsIn United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
jurisdiction Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth of Massachusetts
legalAbbreviation Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Mass.
location Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
mayIssue advisory opinions ⓘ
notableFor being one of the oldest appellate courts in continuous operation in North America ⓘ
numberOfJustices 7 ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Judiciary of Massachusetts ⓘ
predecessor Superior Court of Judicature ⓘ
regionServed New England ⓘ
reportsPublishedIn Massachusetts Reports ⓘ
state Massachusetts ⓘ

Referenced by (47)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Massachusetts → judicialBody → Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ⓘ
Government of Massachusetts → hasPart → Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
Government of Massachusetts → highestCourt → Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
Court of Oyer and Terminer → replacedBy → Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ⓘ
this entity surface form: Superior Court of Judicature of Massachusetts
Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts → establishes → Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ⓘ
Superior Court of Judicature → replacedBy → Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ⓘ
Superior Court of Judicature → followedBy → Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ⓘ
Superior Court of Judicature → replacedBy → Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
Superior Court of Judicature → reorganizedAs → Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supreme Judicial Court under the Massachusetts Constitution of 1780
John Adams Courthouse → houses → Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
Massachusetts Reports → court → Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ⓘ
SJC → standsFor → Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supreme Judicial Court
SJC → standsFor → Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ⓘ
SJC → alsoKnownAs → Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ⓘ
subject surface form: Supreme Judicial Court
Judiciary of Massachusetts → hasBranch → Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
Judiciary of Massachusetts → highestCourt → Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
Pemberton Square, Boston → contains → Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ⓘ
Massachusetts Appeals Court → higherCourt → Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
Massachusetts Appeals Court → canBeReviewedBy → Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. → memberOf → Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ⓘ
Massachusetts Rules of Professional Conduct → promulgatedBy → Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
Declaration of Rights → enforcedBy → Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ⓘ
subject surface form: Declaration of Rights (Massachusetts)
this entity surface form: Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
Kimberly S. Budd → memberOf → Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ⓘ
Kimberly S. Budd → officeHeldIn → Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ⓘ
Reporter of Decisions of the Supreme Judicial Court → appliesTo → Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
Reporter of Decisions of the Supreme Judicial Court → officialOf → Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
Reporter of Decisions of the Supreme Judicial Court → appointedBy → Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
Reporter of Decisions of the Supreme Judicial Court → reportsTo → Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
Massachusetts Superior Court → appealsTo → Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
Massachusetts District Court → appealsTo → Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (in limited circumstances)
Boston Municipal Court → supervisingAuthority → Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
Massachusetts Housing Court → hearsAppealsTo → Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ⓘ
Massachusetts Land Court → appealsTo → Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
Massachusetts (via Supreme Judicial Court located there) → hasHighestCourt → Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ⓘ
subject surface form: Massachusetts
this entity surface form: Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
Massachusetts (via Supreme Judicial Court located there) → highestCourt → Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ⓘ
subject surface form: Massachusetts
this entity surface form: Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Superior Court of Judicature of the Province of Massachusetts Bay → courtReported → Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ⓘ
this entity surface form: Superior Court of Judicature of the Province of Massachusetts Bay
Elizabeth Shaw Melville → associatedWith → Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ⓘ
Massachusetts law → interpretedBy → Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ⓘ
Massachusetts Rules of Appellate Procedure → appliesToCourt → Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ⓘ
Massachusetts Rules of Appellate Procedure → promulgatedBy → Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
Superior Court Department of the Trial Court → appealsTo → Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
Massachusetts Rules of Civil Procedure (as applicable) → promulgatedBy → Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ⓘ
subject surface form: Massachusetts Rules of Civil Procedure
this entity surface form: Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure → promulgatedBy → Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
Massachusetts Rules of Juvenile Procedure → promulgatedBy → Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
Franklin Probate and Family Court → appealsTo → Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ⓘ
Hampshire Probate and Family Court → appealsTo → Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
Horace Gray → memberOfCourt → Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ⓘ