United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts

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United States district court federal trial court

The United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising under federal law in the state of Massachusetts.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts canonical	24
United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts (administrative connection)	1
United States federal judicial district of Massachusetts	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T434492 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
Context triple: [United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, reviewsCasesFrom, United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts]

A. United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit is a federal appellate court that reviews cases from federal district courts in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Puerto Rico, and Rhode Island.
B. Judiciary of Massachusetts
The Judiciary of Massachusetts is the state’s court system responsible for interpreting and applying Massachusetts law, administering justice, and overseeing legal proceedings across its various trial and appellate courts.
C. Massachusetts Appeals Court
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.
D. United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising in the eastern region of North Carolina.
E. Massachusetts General Court
The Massachusetts General Court is the bicameral state legislature of Massachusetts, consisting of the Senate and House of Representatives and responsible for making the state's laws.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
Target entity description: The United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising under federal law in the state of Massachusetts.

A. United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit is a federal appellate court that reviews cases from federal district courts in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Puerto Rico, and Rhode Island.
B. Judiciary of Massachusetts
The Judiciary of Massachusetts is the state’s court system responsible for interpreting and applying Massachusetts law, administering justice, and overseeing legal proceedings across its various trial and appellate courts.
C. Massachusetts Appeals Court
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.
D. United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising in the eastern region of North Carolina.
E. Massachusetts General Court
The Massachusetts General Court is the bicameral state legislature of Massachusetts, consisting of the Senate and House of Representatives and responsible for making the state's laws.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States district court ⓘ federal trial court ⓘ
abbreviation	D. Mass. ⓘ
associatedWith	United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts ⓘ
basedIn	Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
category	Federal courts in Massachusetts ⓘ United States district courts ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
employs	United States district judges ⓘ United States magistrate judges ⓘ
established	1789 ⓘ
establishedBy	Judiciary Act of 1789 ⓘ
governingLaw	Title 28 of the United States Code ⓘ
handles	bankruptcy appeals from the District of Massachusetts ⓘ
hasAppellateCourt	United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit ⓘ
hasChiefJudge	Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts ⓘ
hasCourthouse	John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse ⓘ
hasDivision	Central Division ⓘ Eastern Division ⓘ Western Division ⓘ
hasLocation	Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ Springfield, Massachusetts ⓘ Worcester, Massachusetts ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.mad.uscourts.gov/ ⓘ
hears	cases involving federal statutes ⓘ cases involving the United States Constitution ⓘ cases involving treaties of the United States ⓘ diversity jurisdiction cases ⓘ federal question jurisdiction cases ⓘ
jurisdiction	civil cases arising under federal law ⓘ criminal cases arising under federal law ⓘ federal law ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Massachusetts ⓘ
oversees	United States Pretrial Services for the District of Massachusetts ⓘ linked to: federal pretrial services system United States Probation Office for the District of Massachusetts ⓘ
partOf	United States federal court system ⓘ linked to: federal judiciary of the United States federal judiciary of the United States ⓘ
seat	Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
subjectToReviewBy	United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit ⓘ
territorialJurisdiction	Commonwealth of Massachusetts ⓘ linked to: Massachusetts
type	Article III court ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (26)

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

United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit → reviewsCasesFrom → United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts ⓘ

Maine District of Massachusetts → partOf → United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts (administrative connection) ⓘ

linked to: United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts

John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse → houses → United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts ⓘ

John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse → jurisdictionOf → United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts ⓘ

Town of Shirley → isInFederalDistrict → United States federal judicial district of Massachusetts ⓘ

linked to: United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts

United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts → worksWith → United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts ⓘ

Western Division (United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts) → partOf → United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts ⓘ

subject linked to: Western Division

United States Probation Office for the District of Massachusetts → jurisdiction → United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts ⓘ

Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts → partOf → United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts ⓘ

Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts → appliesToCourt → United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts ⓘ

D. Mass. → fullName → United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts ⓘ

D. Mass. → abbreviationFor → United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts ⓘ

Eastern Division (United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts) → partOf → United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts ⓘ

subject linked to: Eastern Division

Central Division (United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts) → partOf → United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts ⓘ

subject linked to: Central Division

Central Division (United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts) → hasParentCourt → United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts ⓘ

subject linked to: Central Division

District of Massachusetts → hasOfficialName → United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts ⓘ

Woburn toxic waste contamination cases → jurisdiction → United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts ⓘ

Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College → originatingCourt → United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts ⓘ

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev → convictedIn → United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts ⓘ

Assistant United States Attorneys for the District of Massachusetts → jurisdiction → United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts ⓘ

Anderson v. Cryovac → court → United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts ⓘ

Walter Jay Skinner → jurisdiction → United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts ⓘ

Walter Jay Skinner → employer → United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts ⓘ

United States Courthouse, Springfield, Massachusetts → usedBy → United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts ⓘ

Federal Public Defender Office for the District of Massachusetts → jurisdiction → United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts ⓘ

subject linked to: federal public defender for the District of Massachusetts

Federal Public Defender Office for the District of Massachusetts → worksWith → United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts ⓘ