This page contains online and paper resources for researching Massachusetts case law.
The Commonwealth's court system consists of the following courts that decide case law:
Massachusetts also has the following trial courts:
MA Court of Appeals Cases from 1972 From December 1972 (1 Mass. App. Ct. 1) through current. Selected unpublished decisions from 2008.
MA Supreme Judicial Court Cases from 1768 Earliest opinion dated March 1768 through current.
Massachusetts Superior Courts – Trial Orders Selected Opinions from all fourteen Massachusetts Superior courts. Coverage is from December 1984 through current. Selected cases available between 1984 and 1992. Selected unpublished decisions from 1993.
MA State Cases, Combined Supreme: From 1804; Appellate: From December 1972; Superior: From January 1993, with selected cases available from 1984 to 1992; Appellate Division: From 1990; Massachusetts Land Court decisions from January, 1993 to present. Selected unpublished decisions from 2008 for Court of Appeals and from 1993 for Superior.
In addition to the above courts, Lexis/Nexis has opinions of the following courts:
New Published Opinions – Updated daily with new opinions from the SJC and Appeals Court. After two week the opinions can be found in the Archives of Public Opinions.
Archives of Published Opinions - area of the web page you will find access to the published opinions of the Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) and Appeals Court released since 2001. These opinions are fully searchable. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts provides access to this material through Lexis/Nexis.
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