Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211A, § 1 (2026)

Appeals court; establishment

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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 associate justices.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1973–2020 · leading case: Kunen v. First Agric. Nat'l Bank, 382 N.E.2d 750 (Mass. App. Ct. 1978).

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Kunen v. First Agric. Nat'l Bank, 382 N.E.2d 750 (Mass. App. Ct. 1978). “See G. L. c. 211A, § 1, as appearing in St. 1978, c.”

Burke v. Toothaker, 295 N.E.2d 184 (Mass. App. Ct. 1973). “This is an “intermediate appellate court” (G. L. c. 211A, § 1, inserted by St. 1972, c.”

Commonwealth v. Billingslea (Mass. 2020). “11 During the seven-year period between the creation of the Appeals Court in 1972, see G. L. c. 211A, § 1, and the removal of convictions of murder in the second degree from the definition of "capital case," the respective roles of the two courts were being clarified.”

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