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Media Contact for UPDATE: Special Sitting on April 7 at Suffolk University Law School is now a regular sitting at John Adams Courthouse
Jennifer Donahue and Erika Gully-Santiago
UPDATE: This event has been changed. The sitting will occur on the same date and time, but not at Suffolk University School of Law. Instead this will be a regular sitting in Courtroom 4 of the John Adams Courthouse.
(Original news item) As part of a continuing effort to broaden public awareness, understanding, and accessibility of the Massachusetts court system, the Appeals Court will hold a special sitting on April 7, 2020 at Suffolk University Law School.
The sitting, part of the Appeals Court's educational outreach program, is open to the public. A panel of three justices will hear oral arguments in six appeals. Oral arguments for each case take approximately thirty minutes. Seating is on a first come, first served basis. A listing of cases being heard by the court are below.
Established in 1972, the Appeals Court is an intermediate court of general appellate jurisdiction. Most appeals from the Trial Court are entered initially in the Appeals Court. Some are then transferred to the Supreme Judicial Court, but a large majority will be decided by the Appeals Court. The Appeals Court also has jurisdiction over appeals from final decisions of three state agencies: the Appellate Tax Board, the Department of Industrial Accidents, and the Commonwealth Employment Relations Board.
April 7 special sitting at Suffolk University Law School:
Location
Suffolk University Law School
120 Tremont Street
Boston MA 02108
Date & Time
Tuesday, April 7, 2020
9:30 AM
Presiding Justices
William J. Meade, Associate Justice, Panel Chief
Gregory I. Massing, Associate Justice
Kenneth V. Desmond, Jr., Associate Justice
Sitting List of Cases
2019-P-0005 COMMONWEALTH vs. LUIZ M. MUNIZ
2019-P-0917 COMMONWEALTH vs. MICHAEL DANCEWICZ
2019-P-0914 COMMONWEALTH vs. FRANK A. ROSARIO
2019-P-1390 IMPOUNDED CASE
2019-P-0475 PETER ANTONELLIS vs. DEPARTMENT OF ELDER AFFAIRS & another
2019-P-1310 PETER BAKIS & another vs. JOHN S. HANNA & others
The Appeals Court argument calendar is available here.
Parking information at Suffolk University Law School can be found here.