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Appeals Court Case Statistics

Data on cases held in the Appeals Court, including source and type of appeal, dispositions, and the number of panel decisions. Data is available going back to Fiscal Year 2012 (July 1, 2011 - June 30, 2012).
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Appeals Court Case Statistics FY 2020 - FY 2025

Sources & Types of Civil Appeals

Source & TypeFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Superior Court430421381471443455
Probate & Family Court10061108102142151
Boston Municipal Court1068111119
District Court696254726990
Juvenile Court9160737910697
Land Court434552465844
Housing Court583646496489
Appellate Tax Board10417285
Industrial Accident Review Board1032543
Employment Relations Board195352
Appeals Court Single Justice201827281926
Gross Civil Panel Entries842725773868929981

Sources & Types of Criminal Appeals

Source & TypeFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Superior Court388323214251240241
Boston Municipal Court513329184851
District Court252198170241256244
Juvenile Court301110182414
Appeals Court Single Justice151710844
Gross Criminal Panel Entries736582433536572554

Dispositions

DispositionsFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Total Panel Entries157813071206140415011535
Transferred to SJC775968584852
Dismissed/Settled/Withdrawn/Consolidated429422325298363508
Net Annual Entries107282681310481090975

Total Panel Decisions (Civil/Criminal)*

Total Panel DecisionsFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Total Panel Decisions117511729597658161032
(Civil/Criminal)*(576/599)(626/546)(527/432)(486/279)(490/326)(628/404)
Published Opinions19716812612611897
Summary Dispositions9781004833639698935
Decision of Lower Court Affirmed (Civil/Criminal)411/490463/439391/354366/227366/253515/301
Decision of Lower Court Reversed (Civil/Criminal)83/7091/6980/5769/3670/4451/75
Other Result Reached (Civil/Criminal)82/3972/3856/2151/1654/2962/28

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

Appeals Court Case Statistics FY 2015 - FY 2019

Sources & Types of Civil Appeals

Source & TypeFY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019
Superior Court531487434497520
Probate & Family Court127138137125110
Boston Municipal Court109791017
District Court4265687952
Juvenile Court7082615560
Land Court4862463252
Housing Court49436850
Appellate Tax Board142023722
Industrial Accident Review Board15252376
Employment Relations Board83437
Appeals Court Single Justice3571517
Gross Panel Entries (Civil)918939865922903

Sources & Types of Criminal Appeals

Source & TypeFY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019
Superior Court455386468455492
Boston Municipal Court10777624457
District Court386310289289290
Juvenile Court1427261614
Appeals Court Single Justice00322
Gross Criminal Panel Entries962801849806855

Dispositions

DispositionsFY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019
Total Panel Entries18801740171417281758
Transferred to SJC8787937887
Dismissed/Settled/Withdrawn/Consolidated469460517469455
Net Annual Entries13241193110411811216

Total Panel Decisions (Civil/Criminal)*

Total Panel DecisionsFY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019
Total Panel Decisions 136013371443
 		11541064
(Civil/Criminal)*(651/709)(609/728)(709/734)(554/600)(553/511)
Published Opinions162202192157175
Summary Dispositions119811351251997889
Decision of Lower Court Affirmed (Civil/Criminal)492/603459/581538/594412/492402/399
Decision of Lower Court Reversed (Civil/Criminal)82/6787/9984/10283/7988/79
Other Result Reached (Civil/Criminal)77/3963/4877/3859/2963/33

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

Appeals Court Case Statistics FY 2012 - FY 2014

Sources & Types of Civil Appeals

Source & TypeFY2012FY2013FY2014
Superior Court642638632
Probate & Family Court140128143
Boston Municipal Court13145
District Court394139
Juvenile Court637865
Land Court515161
Housing Court264148
Appellate Tax Board111312
Industrial Accident Review Board442812
Employment Relations Board127
Appeals Court Single Justice001
Gross Civil Panel Entries103010341025

Sources & Types of Criminal Appeals

Source & TypeFY2012FY2013FY2014
Superior Court543494577
Boston Municipal Court948873
District Court365358341
Juvenile Court331817
Appeals Court Single Justice611
Gross Criminal Panel Entries10419591009

Dispositions

DispositionsFY2012FY2013FY2014
Total Panel Entries207119932034
Transferred to SJC809958
Dismissed/Settled/Withdrawn/Consolidated497526545
Net Annual Entries149413681431

Total Panel Decisions (Civil/Criminal)*

Total Panel DecisionsFY2012FY2013FY2014
Total Panel Decisions158313511464
(Civil/Criminal)*(833/750)(673/678)(778/686)
Published Opinions210173140
Summary Dispositions137311781324
Decision of Lower Court Affirmed (Civil/Criminal)653/592530/550643/572
Decision of Lower Court Reversed (Civil/Criminal)112/10978/8981/77
Other Result Reached (Civil/Criminal)68/4965/3954/37

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

Contact

Phone

Clerk's Office Call Appeals Court, Clerk's Office at (617) 921-4443

NOTE: The Clerk's Office does not respond to email inquiries. If you have questions concerning appellate procedure or a case, please call the telephone number above.

Judges' Lobby Call Appeals Court, Judges' Lobby at (617) 725-8085
Human Resources Department Call Appeals Court, Human Resources Department at (617) 994-4155
Oral Argument Postponement or Cancellation Updates Line Call Appeals Court, Oral Argument Postponement or Cancellation Updates Line at (617) 725-8114

Address

John Adams Courthouse, One Pemberton Square, Room 1200, Boston, MA 02108
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