Appeals Court Case Statistics

Data on cases held in the Appeals Court, including source and type of appeal, dispositions, and the number of panel decisions. Data is available for the last five years.

Sources & Types of Civil Appeals

  FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022
Superior Court 497 520 430 421 381
Probate & Family Court 125 110 100 61 108
Boston Municipal Court 12 7 10 6 8
District Court 89 52 69 62 54
Juvenile Court 79 60 91 60 73
Land Court 55 52 43 45 52
Housing Court 32 50 58 36 46
Appellate Tax Board 8 22 10 4 17
Industrial Accident Review Board 7 6 10 3 2
Employment Relations Board 3 7 1 9 5
Appeals Court Single Justice 15 17 20 18 27
Gross Civil Panel Entries 922 903 842 725 773

Sources & Types of Criminal Appeals

  FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022
Superior Court 455 492 388 323 214
Boston Municipal Court 44 57 51 33 29
District Court 289 290 252 198 170
Juvenile Court 16 14 30 11 10
Appeals Court Single Justice 2 2 15 17 10
Gross Criminal Panel Entries 806 855 736 582 433

Dispositions

  FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022
Total Panel Entries 1728 1758 1578 1307 1206
Transferred to SJC 78 87 77 59 68

Dismissed/Settled/Withdrawn/Consolidated

469 455 429 422 325
Net Annual Entries 1181 1216 1072 826 813

Total Panel Decisions (Civil/Criminal)*

  FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022
Total Panel Decisions 1154 1064 1175 1172 959
(Civil/Criminal)* (554/600) (553/511) (576/599) (626/546) (527/432)
Published Opinions 157 175 197 168 126
Summary Dispositions 997 889 978 1004 833

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

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