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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 213, § 1A (2026)
Concurrent jurisdiction; exception
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Section 1A. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the superior court shall have original jurisdiction, concurrently with the supreme judicial court, of all proceedings, cases and matters of which the supreme judicial court has jurisdiction, excepting those within the appellate jurisdiction of the full court, those provided for under section four of chapter two hundred and eleven, and those which cannot be transferred under section four A of said chapter.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 18
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1958–2025 · leading case: Hastoupis v. Gargas, 398 N.E.2d 745 (Mass. App. Ct. 1980).
Hastoupis v. Gargas, 398 N.E.2d 745 (Mass. App. Ct. 1980). “197, § 10, by virtue of G. L. c. 213, § 1A. 4 General Laws c. 197, § 1, as amended through St.”
Murphy v. Contributory Ret. Appeal Bd., 974 N.E.2d 46 (Mass. 2012). “Shortly thereafter, he filed a petition in the county court pursuant to G. L. c. 213, § 1A, and G. L. c. 211, §§ 4A and 14, requesting that the matter be transferred to this court.”
Worcester Cnty. Nat'l Bank v. Comm'r of Banks, 166 N.E.2d 551 (Mass. 1960). “of all cases and matters of equity of which the supreme judicial court has had exclusive original jurisdiction under section two of chapter two hundred and fourteen or otherwise, other than cases arising .”
Hershkoff v. Bd. of Registrars of Voters of Worcester, 321 N.E.2d 656 (Mass. 1974). “Contrary to the board’s contention, there was no error in extending the board’s return to include the stenographic transcript.”
Stearns, 175 N.E.2d 470 (Mass. 1961). “By G. L. c. 213, § 1A, inserted by St. 1939, c.”
Needel, 182 N.E.2d 125 (Mass. 1962). “See G. L. c. 213, § 1A (as amended through St.”
Springfield Hotel Ass'n v. Alcoholic Beverages Control Comm'n, 157 N.E.2d 219 (Mass. 1959). “249, § 4, as extended by G. L. c. 213, § 1A] and therefore have drawn this petition with a double aspect.”
Town of Hatfield v. Klimoski, 153 N.E.2d 648 (Mass. 1958). “See G. L. c. 213, § 1A, as amended through St.”
Attorney Gen. v. Baldwin, 279 N.E.2d 710 (Mass. 1972). “Even assuming, however, that § 57 provides the only available remedy, the same result would follow since G. L. c. 213, § 1A, as appearing in St. 1962, c.”
Congregational Ch. of Chicopee Falls v. Attorney Gen., 381 N.E.2d 1305 (Mass. 1978). “That statute starts with the expression "[ujnless otherwise specifically provided”; § 11A otherwise provides through "the sole method” language, aided by the contrast between § 11A and § 11 and by the fact that the text of § 11A was reenacted in 1971.”
Brooks v. Registrar of Motor Vehs., 294 N.E.2d 487 (Mass. App. Ct. 1973). “filed with the clerk ... in civil cases tried by a jury, within twenty days after the verdict is rendered, and in cases tried without a jury, within twenty days after the notice of the decision has been received, unless further time is allowed by the court.”
Kleczka v. Massachusetts, 259 F. Supp. 462 (D. Mass. 1966). “Also a writ of habeas corpus may be issued as a matter of discretion in the courts of the Commonwealth under G.L. c. 213 § 1A in situations where a prisoner is not entitled to one as a matter of right under G.”
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