Massachusetts Court Cases
Supreme Judicial Court and Appeals Court
Cases
Newest Cases (Slip Opinions): Available within minutes of their release. Also provides a selective e-mail service, through which you can register for cases on selected topics to be sent to you.
- Also: Rule 1:28 Unpublished Decisions: Beginning with opinions issued 2/25/08.
Cases 1938-date (beginning with: v.300 Mass. and v.1 Mass. App.), Mass. Trial Court Law Libraries. Cases available by citation, name, or through a Google site search. Site also includes hundreds of often-cited earlier cases.
Cases 1915-date, Retrievelaw (Library Card Needed for access). 225 Mass (1915) - date and 1 Mass. App. (1972) - date.
Cases 1804-1921: Early Massachusetts Reports, Google Books. Most volumes between v.3 and v.238 are available.
Supporting Material
Cite Conversion: Early Mass. Reports Citation Conversion. Get a Mass. Reports cite if you have a cite to one of the nominative reports, such as Metcalf or Allen.
Docket Information: Supreme Judicial Court and Appeals Court of Massachusetts: Public Case Information: Provides docket information only on "cases entered since January 1, 1992 in the SJC, and since January 1, 1988 in the Appeals Court."
Oral Arguments: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Oral Arguments, Suffolk University Law School. "Webcasts of Supreme Judicial Court oral arguments at the John Adams Courthouse are available live while the cases are being argued. If you are interested in watching an argument on the web, please note the date of the case scheduled for argument listed below and select "View webcast" on that date. Broadcasts will also be archived so that after each argument, web site visitors will be able to review all arguments which have already occurred. The arguments can be searched by date, case title or by docket number, and will be accessible within four days of the court proceedings."
SJC Briefs: Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts: Public Case Information. "Beginning with its September, 2007 sitting, briefs filed in most cases scheduled to be argued before the Supreme Judicial Court will be available ... shortly before the sitting." Start at the docket page for an individual case to find the link to its briefs.
District Court
Massachusetts District Court Appellate Division Cases. Includes cases from last several months.
Land Court
Land Court Decisions. Decisions from July 2008-date available.