Law Library  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Orders

Table of Contents

• Order regarding sampling of case records pursuant to section 6 of Supreme Judicial Court Rule 1:11, rule relative to the disposal of court papers and records G.L. c. 221, §27A, as amended 
• Seventh updated order regarding court operations under the exigent circumstances created by the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic  
• Updated order regarding remote depositions 
• Supplemental order regarding virtual proceedings and administration of oaths and affirmations 
• Updated order authorizing use of electronic signatures by attorneys and self-represented parties 
• Order in re COVID-19 concerning electronic signatures of judges and clerks 
• Order in re COVID-19 for the administering of oaths at depositions via remote audio-video communication equipment 
• Order regarding amount-in-controversy requirement under G.L. c. 218, § 19 and G.L. c. 212, § 3 
• Order governing appeals from convictions of murder in the first degree 
• Order regarding attorney fees for representation before the CJC 
• Order regarding electronic filing pilot projects 
• Order regarding record of proceedings in the SJC of Suffolk County 
• Time within which cases may be determined by appellate courts 
• Agreement between the SJC and the State Archivist 
• Authority of appellate clerks to make microforms of transcripts 
• Order regarding stays pending U.S. Supreme Court consideration 
• Order regarding dismissals for lack of prosecution 
• Matters pending in the SJC for more than 6 months 
• Applications to a single justice pursuant to Mass.R.Crim.P. 15(a)(2) 
• Matters not disposed of in the county court for more than 3 months 
• Order entered in Commonwealth v. Dwyer, 448 Mass. 122 
• Order regarding the protection of personal information 
• Order regarding the William A. Hinton State Laboratory Institute