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.

Aliases (6)

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	Governor's Council of Massachusetts →
country	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	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 → Massachusetts Trial Court →
interprets	Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts → laws of Massachusetts →
isOneOfOldestContinuouslyFunctioningAppellateCourtsIn	United States →
jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Massachusetts →
legalAbbreviation	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 (36)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Massachusetts District Court ("Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (in limited circumstances)") → Massachusetts Land Court ("Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts") → Massachusetts Superior Court ("Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts") →	appealsTo
Government of Massachusetts ("Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts") → Judiciary of Massachusetts ("Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts") → Massachusetts ("Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts") →	highestCourt
Court of Oyer and Terminer ("Superior Court of Judicature of Massachusetts") → Superior Court of Judicature → Superior Court of Judicature ("Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts") →	replacedBy
Kimberly S. Budd → Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. →	memberOf
SJC ("Supreme Judicial Court") → SJC →	standsFor
Supreme Judicial Court →	alsoKnownAs
Reporter of Decisions of the Supreme Judicial Court ("Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts") →	appliesTo
Reporter of Decisions of the Supreme Judicial Court ("Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts") →	appointedBy
Massachusetts Appeals Court ("Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts") →	canBeReviewedBy
Pemberton Square, Boston →	contains
Massachusetts Reports →	court
Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Superior Court of Judicature of the Province of Massachusetts Bay ("Superior Court of Judicature of the Province of Massachusetts Bay") →	courtReported
Declaration of Rights (Massachusetts) ("Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts") →	enforcedBy
Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts →	establishes
Superior Court of Judicature →	followedBy
Judiciary of Massachusetts ("Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts") →	hasBranch
Massachusetts ("Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts") →	hasHighestCourt
Government of Massachusetts ("Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts") →	hasPart
Massachusetts Housing Court →	hearsAppealsTo
Massachusetts Appeals Court ("Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts") →	higherCourt
John Adams Courthouse ("Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts") →	houses
Massachusetts →	judicialBody
Kimberly S. Budd →	officeHeldIn
Reporter of Decisions of the Supreme Judicial Court ("Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts") →	officialOf
Massachusetts Rules of Professional Conduct ("Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts") →	promulgatedBy
Superior Court of Judicature ("Supreme Judicial Court under the Massachusetts Constitution of 1780") →	reorganizedAs
Reporter of Decisions of the Supreme Judicial Court ("Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts") →	reportsTo
Boston Municipal Court ("Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts") →	supervisingAuthority