Massachusetts Appeals Court

The Appeals Court is located in the John Adams Courthouse

The Massachusetts Appeals Court is the intermediate appellate court of Massachusetts. It was created in 1972 as a court of general appellate jurisdiction. The court is located at the John Adams Courthouse at Pemberton Square in Boston, the same building which houses the Supreme Judicial Court and the Social Law Library.

Jurisdiction

The court hears most appeals from the departments of the Trial Courts of Massachusetts, including the Massachusetts Land Court, the Department of Industrial Accidents, the Appellate Tax Board, and the Commonwealth Employment Relations Board.

Some types of appeals are not heard before the Appeals Court. For example, an appeal from a conviction of first degree murder goes directly to the Supreme Judicial Court. The Supreme Judicial Court can also elect to bypass review by the Appeals Court and hear a case on "direct appellate review." In the District Court Department, appeals in certain civil cases are made first to the Appellate Division of the District Court before being eligible for appeal to the Appeals Court. After a decision by the Appeals Court, parties may seek "further appellate review" by requesting review by the Supreme Judicial Court.

Procedure

The Appeals Court usually hears cases in three-judge panels, which rotate so that every judge has an opportunity to sit with every other judge. However, single judges will often hear interlocutory appeals concerning such issues as court orders, stays of civil proceedings, and awards of attorney's fees. The Appeals Court consists of twenty-five active justices as well as several recall justices who despite having retired continue to assist the Court with its case load. Appeals are heard from September through June at the John Adams Courthouse as well as at special sessions held at various locations such as law schools throughout Massachusetts.

The Chief Justice of the Appeals Court is Scott L. Kafker.

Justices

Twenty-five Justices sit on the Appeals Court: one Chief Justice and 24 Associate Justices. If an Appellate Justice (that is, a Justice of either the Appeals Court or of the Supreme Judicial Court) attains age 70 and retires, he or she may be recalled to active service on the Appeals Court as needed. Currently, no recall Justices are serving.[1][2] The court's members are:

  • Chief Justice Scott L. Kafker[3]
  • Justice Elspeth Cypher
  • Justice Janis M. Berry
  • Justice Cynthia J. Cohen
  • Justice Mark V. Green
  • Justice Joseph A. Trainor
  • Justice Ariane D. Vuono
  • Justice Andrew R. Grainger
  • Justice William J. Meade
  • Justice Peter J. Rubin
  • Justice Gabrielle R. Wolohojian
  • Justice James R. Milkey
  • Justice Sydney Hanlon
  • Justice Judd J. Carhart
  • Justice Peter W. Agnes, Jr.
  • Justice Mary T. Sullivan
  • Justice Diana Maldonado
  • Justice Amy Lyn Blake[4]
  • Justice Gregory Massing[5]
  • Justice C. Jeffrey Kinder[6]

Former Justices:

References

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