- Appeals Court
Media Contact for UPDATE: Special Sitting on April 1 at Western New England University School of Law 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 the Western New England University School of Law. Instead this will be a regular sitting in Courtroom 4 of the John Adams Courthouse.
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 1, 2020 at Western New England University School of Law.
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 1 sitting at Western New England University School of Law:
Location
Western New England University School of Law
1215 Wilbraham Road
Springfield MA 01119
Date & Time
Wednesday, April 1, 2020
9:30 AM
Presiding Justices
Ariane D. Vuono, Associate Justice, Panel Chief
James R. Lemire, Associate Justice
Edward J. McDonough, Associate Justice
Sitting List of Cases
2017-P-1471 COMMONWEALTH vs. LEE THIBEAULT
2018-P-0303 COMMONWEALTH vs. EDWARD B. FLEURY
2019-P-0379 COMMONWEALTH vs. SCOTT B. KING
2019-P-1155 QUALITY SYSTEM ORGANIZERS, INC vs. DEBORAH LEBRECQUE & another
2019-P-1040 BETH SAGER AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF HOWARD SAGER & others vs. NEW ENGLAND PRIME PROPERTIES, INC & others
2019-P-0753 WELLESLEY CONSERVATION COUNCIL, INC. vs. TRUSTEE FOR 19 PEMBROKE ROAD REALTY TRUST & others
The Appeals Court argument calendar is available here.
Parking information at the Western New England University School of Law can be found here.