Sources & Types of Civil Appeals
FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Superior Court | 520 | 430 | 421 | 381 | 471 |
Probate & Family Court | 110 | 100 | 61 | 108 | 102 |
Boston Municipal Court | 7 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 11 |
District Court | 52 | 69 | 62 | 54 | 72 |
Juvenile Court | 60 | 91 | 60 | 73 | 79 |
Land Court | 52 | 43 | 45 | 52 | 46 |
Housing Court | 50 | 58 | 36 | 46 | 49 |
Appellate Tax Board | 22 | 10 | 4 | 17 | 2 |
Industrial Accident Review Board | 6 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
Employment Relations Board | 7 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 |
Appeals Court Single Justice | 17 | 20 | 18 | 27 | 28 |
Gross Civil Panel Entries | 903 | 842 | 725 | 773 | 868 |
Sources & Types of Criminal Appeals
FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Superior Court | 492 | 388 | 323 | 214 | 251 |
Boston Municipal Court | 57 | 51 | 33 | 29 | 18 |
District Court | 290 | 252 | 198 | 170 | 241 |
Juvenile Court | 14 | 30 | 11 | 10 | 18 |
Appeals Court Single Justice | 2 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 8 |
Gross Criminal Panel Entries | 855 | 736 | 582 | 433 | 536 |
Dispositions
FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total Panel Entries | 1758 | 1578 | 1307 | 1206 | 1404 |
Transferred to SJC | 87 | 77 | 59 | 68 | 58 |
Dismissed/Settled/Withdrawn/Consolidated |
455 | 429 | 422 | 325 | 298 |
Net Annual Entries | 1216 | 1072 | 826 | 813 | 1048 |
Total Panel Decisions (Civil/Criminal)*
FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total Panel Decisions | 1064 | 1175 | 1172 | 959 | 765 |
(Civil/Criminal)* | (553/511) | (576/599) | (626/546) | (527/432) | (486/279) |
Published Opinions | 175 | 197 | 168 | 126 | 126 |
Summary Dispositions | 889 | 978 | 1004 | 833 | 639 |
*NOTE: Includes decisions disposing of cases that may have been consolidated.
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