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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Generate an image of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (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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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 ⓘ
linked to: Massachusetts
legalAbbreviation Mass. ⓘ
linked to: Massachusetts
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 ⓘ

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Government of Massachusetts → highestCourt → Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts ⓘ
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Court of Oyer and Terminer → replacedBy → Superior Court of Judicature of Massachusetts ⓘ
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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 → Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts ⓘ
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Superior Court of Judicature → reorganizedAs → Supreme Judicial Court under the Massachusetts Constitution of 1780 ⓘ
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John Adams Courthouse → houses → Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts ⓘ
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Massachusetts Reports → court → Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ⓘ
SJC → standsFor → Supreme Judicial Court ⓘ
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SJC → standsFor → Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ⓘ
Supreme Judicial Court → alsoKnownAs → Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ⓘ
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Judiciary of Massachusetts → hasBranch → Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts ⓘ
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Judiciary of Massachusetts → highestCourt → Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts ⓘ
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Pemberton Square, Boston → contains → Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ⓘ
Massachusetts Appeals Court → higherCourt → Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts ⓘ
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Massachusetts Appeals Court → canBeReviewedBy → Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts ⓘ
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Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. → memberOf → Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ⓘ
Massachusetts Rules of Professional Conduct → promulgatedBy → Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts ⓘ
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Declaration of Rights (Massachusetts) → enforcedBy → Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts ⓘ
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Kimberly S. Budd → memberOf → Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ⓘ
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Reporter of Decisions of the Supreme Judicial Court → appliesTo → Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts ⓘ
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Reporter of Decisions of the Supreme Judicial Court → officialOf → Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts ⓘ
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Reporter of Decisions of the Supreme Judicial Court → appointedBy → Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts ⓘ
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Reporter of Decisions of the Supreme Judicial Court → reportsTo → Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts ⓘ
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Massachusetts Superior Court → appealsTo → Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts ⓘ
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Massachusetts District Court → appealsTo → Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (in limited circumstances) ⓘ
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Boston Municipal Court → supervisingAuthority → Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts ⓘ
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Massachusetts Housing Court → hearsAppealsTo → Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ⓘ
Massachusetts Land Court → appealsTo → Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts ⓘ
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Massachusetts → hasHighestCourt → Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts ⓘ
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Massachusetts → highestCourt → Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts ⓘ
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Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Superior Court of Judicature of the Province of Massachusetts Bay → courtReported → Superior Court of Judicature of the Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
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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 → Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts ⓘ
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Superior Court Department of the Trial Court → appealsTo → Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts ⓘ
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Massachusetts Rules of Civil Procedure → promulgatedBy → Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts ⓘ
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Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure → promulgatedBy → Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts ⓘ
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Massachusetts Rules of Juvenile Procedure → promulgatedBy → Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts ⓘ
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Franklin Probate and Family Court → appealsTo → Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ⓘ
Hampshire Probate and Family Court → appealsTo → Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts ⓘ
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Horace Gray → memberOfCourt → Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ⓘ
George Tyler Bigelow → memberOf → Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ⓘ
William Cushing → memberOf → Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ⓘ
Massachusetts Rules of Evidence → promulgatedBy → Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts ⓘ
linked to: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court