The Massachusetts Judicial Branch

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Appeals Court Case Statistics FY2007-2011




 Origin of Appeals - Civil


 FY2007


FY2008    


 FY2009


FY2010 


 FY2011

Superior Court

657

621

626

689

705

Probate & Family Court

157

124

143

157

143

BMC/District Court

43

46

63

54

64

Juvenile Court

74

83

70

71

91

Land Court

62

58

72

72

71

Housing Court

23

16

22

24

32

Appellate Tax Board

15

28

16

19

8

Industrial Accident Review Board

33

24

81

57

54

Employment Relations Board

6

7

4

7

0

Appeals Court Single Justice

36

18

23

23

20

 Gross Panel Entries  (Civil) 1106  1025  1170   1173

 1188




 Origin of Appeals - Criminal


 FY2007


FY2008    


 FY2009


 FY2010


 FY2011

Superior Court

452

558

606

572

602

BMC/District Court

384

467

509

435

459

Juvenile Court

25

26

24

30

21

Appeals Court Single Justice

17

7

12

5

8

 Gross Panel Entries  (Criminal)  878 1058   1151  1042
1090




 Dispositions


FY2007   


 FY2008


 FY2009


 FY2010


 FY2011

Total Panel Entries

1984

2083

2321

2215

2278

Transferred to Supreme Judicial Court

80

70

82

76

81

Dismissed/settled/withdrawn/consolidated

504

498

486

487

526

Net Annual Entries

1400

1515

1753

1652

1671

Total Panel Decisions
(Civil/Criminal)*

1351(726/625)

 1330(669/661)

1583(812/771)

1582(817/765)

1773(891/882)

Published opinons

278

255

242

251

248

Summary dispositions

1073

1075

1341

1331

1525

Decision of lower court affirmed (Civil/Criminal)

564/527

528/543

624/636

623/524

691/653

Decision of lower court reversed (Civil/Criminal)

113/59

83/88

125/92

118/196

109/150

Other result reached (Civil/Criminal)

 

49/39

58/30

63/43

76/45

84/86

*NOTE:  Includes decisions disposing of cases that may have been consolidated