Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211, § 2 (2026)

Quorum

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Section 2. The full court shall be the supreme judicial court in banc, and four justices shall constitute a quorum to decide all matters required to be heard by it.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1988–2001 · leading case: Kordis v. Appeals Court, 434 Mass. 662 (Mass. 2001).

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Kordis v. Appeals Court, 434 Mass. 662 (Mass. 2001). “See G. L. c. 211, § 2; G.L. c. 211 A, § 3. The single justice’s striking of the petitioner’s notice of appeal, and his purported denial of the petitioner’s “second request for review,” would appear to violate the spirit of the provision in Mass.”

Yankee Atomic Elec. Co. v. Sec'y of the Commonwealth, 403 Mass. 203 (Mass. 1988). “See G. L. c. 211, § 2 (1986 ed.) (“four justices .”

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