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Supreme Judicial Court case statistics

Full bench caseload and disposition information.

Data on cases held in the Supreme Judicial Court, including the source of case and dispositions from Fiscal Year 2010 to the latest available fiscal year.

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SJC Case Statistics FY 2022

  FY 2022
Direct Entries 87
Direct Appellate Review Applications Allowed/Considered 28 / 68
Further Appellate Review Applications Allowed/Considered 12 / 514
Transferred by SJC on its Motion from Review of Entire Appeals Court Caseload 40
Gross Entries 167
Dismissals 28
Net Entries 139

Dispositions

  FY 2022
Full Opinions 117
Rescripts 32
Total Opinions 149
Total Appeals Decided* 151

*Indicates total number of appeals resolved by the Court's opinions.

SJC Case Statistics FY 2016 - FY 2021

  FY 2016 FY 2017 FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021
Direct Entries 107 108 102 104 127 94
Direct Appellate Review Applications Allowed/Considered 53/ 126 48/ 122 44/ 110 41/ 91 31/ 75 25/ 64
Further Appellate Review Applications Allowed/Considered 39/ 847 19/ 795 15/ 726 17/ 613 11/
487		 10/ 786
Transferred by SJC on its Motion from Review of Entire Appeals Court Caseload 30 42 33 46 42 33
Gross Entries 229 217 194 208 211 162
Dismissals 19 12 14 30 26 31
Net Entries 210 205 180 178 185 131

Dispositions

  FY 2016 FY 2017 FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021
Full Opinions 152 170 145 138 131 144
Rescripts 39 45 49 72 63 24
Total Opinions 191 215 194 210 194 168
Total Appeals Decided* 196 227 195 217 197 173

*Indicates total number of appeals resolved by the Court's opinions.

 

SJC Case Statistics FY 2010 - FY 2015

  FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 FY 2014 FY 2015
Direct Entries 130 137 120 89 134 83
Direct Appellate Review Applications Allowed/Considered 34/ 82 35/ 87 36/ 78 45/ 94 42/ 98 40/ 100
Further Appellate Review Applications Allowed/Considered 32/ 726 46/ 960 29/ 814 37/ 826 24/ 786 26/ 697
Transferred by SJC on its Motion from Review of Entire Appeals Court Caseload 35 46 46 54 28 44
Gross Entries 231 264 231 225 228 193
Dismissals 42 17 14 29 15 17
Net Entries 189 247 217 196 213 176

Dispositions

  FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 FY 2014 FY 2015
Full Opinions 164 150 155 164 157 161
Rescripts 61 37 40 44 43 34
Total Opinions 225 187 195 208 200 195
Total Appeals Decided* 231 194 200 211 205 201

*Indicates total number of appeals resolved by the Court's opinions.

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