Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211A, § 5 (2026)

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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 its jurisdiction according to the rules and principles of common law and the Constitution and laws of the commonwealth, and subject to the appellate jurisdiction, supervision and superintendence of the supreme judicial court. The appeals court shall have original jurisdiction over the enforcement or review of final orders of the labor relations commission issued pursuant to section six or section six A of chapter one hundred and fifty A or section eleven of chapter one hundred and fifty E.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 9 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1972–2025 · leading case: Cnty. of Suffolk v. Labor Relations Comm'n, 444 N.E.2d 953 (Mass. App. Ct. 1983).

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Cnty. of Suffolk v. Labor Relations Comm'n, 444 N.E.2d 953 (Mass. App. Ct. 1983). “G. L. c. 211A, § 5, as amended by St. 1981, c.”

Pemberton v. Pemberton, 411 N.E.2d 1303 (Mass. App. Ct. 1980). “G. L. c. 211A, § 5. Nor does Mass.R.Civ.P.”

Ford v. Flaherty Yankee Dodge, Inc., 294 N.E.2d 437 (Mass. App. Ct. 1972). “G. L. c. 211A, §§ 5 and 10, as inserted by St.”

Turner v. Guy, 311 N.E.2d 921 (Mass. App. Ct. 1974). “231, §§ 55 and 125; G. L. c. 211A, §§ 5 and 10. See also Adams v.”

Jones v. Bailey, 294 N.E.2d 599 (Mass. App. Ct. 1973). “G. L. c. 211A, §§ 5 and 10, as inserted by St.”

Wormstead v. Town Manager, 308 N.E.2d 921 (Mass. App. Ct. 1974). “If so, no such order has been brought before us for review under G. L. c. 214, § 21 or § 22, as amended, under either of which this court may act (with respect to action taken in the Superior Court) by reason of the provisions of G.”

Plan. Bd. of Cambridge v. Bd. of Zoning Appeal of Cambridge, 390 N.E.2d 1121 (Mass. App. Ct. 1979). “” In view of the present ownership and occupancy of the property by Harvard University, an analysis in terms of such findings based on RPA’s uses and needs would be an exercise in unreality, in which it seems pointless to indulge. The new circumstances presented to us "by…”

Commonwealth v. Billingslea (Mass. 2020). · cites it 2× “211A, § 5, provided the Appeals Court with the power and authority necessary to fulfill its obligations, and early on the Appeals Court addressed the application of statutes that by their terms or through interpretation had applied to the Supreme Judicial Court. See G. L. c.…”

Andover Educ. Ass'n v. Commonwealth Emp. Relations Bd. & Another. (Mass. App. Ct. 2025). “" The board also ordered the union to "[b]argain in good faith with the School Committee by dealing only with it as to matters of collective bargaining" and to send its members notice of these orders.”

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