Mass. Gen. Laws » Part III Title I Chapter 221
Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 221, § 70 (2026)

Appointment; security of John Adams courthouse

✓ current as of July 2026
Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section MAmalegislature.gov (official) JustiaChapter on Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar

Section 70. Subject to appropriation, the court administrator may appoint for attendance upon the several sessions of the trial court such officers as he deems necessary for the efficient operation of said court.

If a trial court department shall locate to the John Adams courthouse, the court administrator shall assign such security personnel, who may be court officers or associate court officers, as are sufficient to meet the security needs in the areas of the John Adams courthouse occupied by any such trial court department.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1967–2007 · leading case: Bruno v. Chief Admin. Just. of Trial Court, 401 N.E.2d 849 (Mass. 1980).
Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment
Bruno v. Chief Admin. Just. of Trial Court, 401 N.E.2d 849 (Mass. 1980). · cites it 2× “The plaintiff is a court officer duly appointed to attend upon the Superior Court Department for Suffolk County, *129 pursuant to G. L. c. 221, § 70, most recently amended by § 252 of the Court Reorganization Act.”
Burnside v. Bristol Cnty. Bd. of Ret., 226 N.E.2d 234 (Mass. 1967). “37, § 16, which requires sheriffs to attend all sessions of the Superior Court in their respective counties “by themselves or by their deputies” and G. L. c. 221, § 70, which authorizes certain sheriffs to delegate their duty to salaried court officers.”
Mazetis v. Enter. Publ'g Co., 22 Mass. L. Rptr. 380 (Mass. Super. Ct. 2007). “Pursuant to G.L.c. 221, §70, court officers have police powers, although they are limited to the premises and immediate environs of the courts to which they are assigned.”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.