Appeals Court Case Statistics

Information about the Appeals Court caseload and activity during recent fiscal years.

Sources & Types of Civil Appeals

	FY2014	FY2015	FY2016	FY2017	FY2018
Superior Court	632	531	487	434	497
Probate & Family Court	143	127	138	137	125
BMC/District Court	44	52	74	79	101
Juvenile Court	65	70	82	68	79
Land Court	61	48	62	61	55
Housing Court	48	49	43	46	32
Appellate Tax Board	12	14	20	6	8
Industrial Accident Review Board	12	15	25	23	7
Employment Relations Board	7	8	3	4	3
Appeals Court Single Justice	1	3	5	7	15
Gross Panel Entries (Civil)	1025	918	939	865	922

	FY2014	FY2015	FY2016	FY2017	FY2018
Superior Court	577	455	386	468	455
BMC/District Court	414	493	387	351	333
Juvenile Court	17	14	27	26	16
Appeals Court Single Justice	1	0	0	3	2
Gross Panel Entries (Criminal)	1009	962	801	849	806

	FY2014	FY2015	FY2016	FY2017	FY2018
Total Panel Entries	2034	1880	1740	1714	1728
Transferred to SJC	58	87	87	93	78
Dismissed/Settled/Withdrawn/Consolidated	545	469	460	517	469
Net Annual Entries	1431	1324	1193	1104	1181

	FY2014	FY2015	FY2016	FY2017	FY2018
Total Panel Decisions (Civil/Criminal)*	1464 (778/686)	1360 (651/709)	1337 (609/728)	1443 (709/734)	1154 (554/600)
Published Opinions	140	162	202	192	157
Summary Dispositions	1324	1198	1135	1251	997
Decision of Lower Court Affirmed (Civil/Criminal)	643/572	492/603	459/581	538/594	412/492
Decision of Lower Court Reversed (Civil/Criminal)	81/77	82/67	87/99	84/102	83/79
Other Result Reached (Civil/Criminal)	54/37	77/39	63/48	77/38	59/29

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

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