General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 211A Appeals Court

• Massachusetts General Laws - Appeals court; establishment - Chapter 211A, Section 1
  There shall be an intermediate appellate court to be known as the appeals court. The appeals court shall consist of a chief justice and twenty-four...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Justices; salaries; expenses; limitation of practice - Chapter 211A, Section 2
  [ Text of section effective until January 1, 2014. For text effective January 1, 2014, see below.]The chief justice shall receive a salary of $140,358...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Quorum; panels; presiding justice - Chapter 211A, Section 3
  Three justices shall constitute a quorum to decide all matters required to be heard by the appeals court or, upon order of the chief justice,...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Sitting of court; quarters and facilities; sessions - Chapter 211A, Section 4
  The appeals court shall sit in the city of Boston and at such other locations within the commonwealth as the supreme judicial court shall determine...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Powers and authority; jurisdiction - Chapter 211A, Section 5
  The appeals court shall be vested with all powers and authority necessary to carry into execution its judgments, decrees, determinations and orders in matters within...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Clerk and assistant clerks; terms; salaries - Chapter 211A, Section 6
  The justices of the appeals court shall appoint the clerk of the appeals court for a term of five years from the date of his...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Estimate for maintenance of court and revenue - Chapter 211A, Section 7
  The chief justice shall annually prepare and submit to the chief justice of the supreme judicial court an estimate, in detail, for the ordinary maintenance...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Clerk to serve as administrative officer; cost of maintaining office; duties - Chapter 211A, Section 8
  The clerk shall serve as the administrative officer of the court and shall maintain an office in Boston and at such other place or places...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Decisions, opinions and rescripts - Chapter 211A, Section 9
  In the determination of causes, all decisions of the appeals court shall be given in writing, except as otherwise provided herein, and the grounds for...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Concurrent appellate jurisdiction with supreme judicial court; limitations - Chapter 211A, Section 10
  Subject to such further appellate review by the supreme judicial court as may be permitted pursuant to section eleven or otherwise, the appeals court shall...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Further appellate review of certain cases by supreme judicial court - Chapter 211A, Section 11
  There shall be no further appellate review by the supreme judicial court of any matter within the jurisdiction of the appeals court which has been...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Report to supreme judicial court; transfers to and from supreme judicial court - Chapter 211A, Section 12
  The appeals court may, prior to or after final determination, report any case in whole or in part or any question of law arising therein...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Presentation of cases; law governing; adoption of rules - Chapter 211A, Section 13
  The law governing the presentation of cases to the supreme judicial court for appellate review, except as to the printing of records and briefs, shall...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Vacancy in office of chief justice - Chapter 211A, Section 14
  In the case of a vacancy in the office of chief justice of the appeals court, or of his illness or absence, his duties shall...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Frivolous appeals or exceptions; costs and interest - Chapter 211A, Section 15
  If, upon the hearing of an appeal or exceptions in any proceeding, it appears that the appeal or exceptions are frivolous, immaterial or intended for...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Services of retired justices - Chapter 211A, Section 16
  (a) A retired chief justice or associate justice of the appeals court whose name has been placed on the list of retired justices pursuant to...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Leave of absence; restrictions - Chapter 211A, Section 17
  The chief justice of the appeals court may, subject to the approval of the chief justice of the supreme judicial court, grant a leave of...

Last modified: September 11, 2015