Appeals Court Case Statistics

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

Sources & Types of Civil Appeals

	FY2012	FY2013	FY2014	FY2015	FY2016
Superior Court	642	638	632	531	487
Probate & Family Court	140	128	143	127	138
BMC/District Court	52	55	44	52	74
Juvenile Court	63	78	65	70	82
Land Court	51	51	61	48	62
Housing Court	26	41	48	49	43
Appellate Tax Board	11	13	12	14	20
Industrial Accident Review Board	44	28	12	15	25
Employment Relations Board	1	2	7	8	3
Appeals Court Single Justice	0	0	1	3	5
Gross Panel Entries (Civil)	1030	1034	1025	918	939

	FY2012	FY2013	FY2014	FY2015	FY2016
Superior Court	543	494	577	455	386
BMC/District Court	459	446	414	493	387
Juvenile Court	33	18	17	14	27
Appeals Court Single Justice	6	1	1	0	0
Gross Panel Entries (Criminal)	1041	959	1009	962	801

	FY2012	FY2013	FY2014	FY2015	FY2016
Total Panel Entries	2071	1993	2034	1880	1740
Transferred to SJC	80	99	58	87	87
Dismissed/Settled/Withdrawn/Consolidated	497	526	545	469	460
Net Annual Entries	1494	1368	1431	1324	1193

	FY2012	FY2013	FY2014	FY2015	FY2016
Total Panel Decisions (Civil/Criminal)*	1583 (833/750)	1351 (673/678)	1464 (778/686)	1360 (651/709)	1337 (609/728)
Published Opinions	210	173	140	162	202
Summary Dispositions	1373	1178	1324	1198	1135
Decision of Lower Court Affirmed (Civil/Criminal)	653/592	530/550	643/572	492/603	459/581
Decision of Lower Court Reversed (Civil/Criminal)	112/109	78/89	81/77	82/67	87/99
Other Result Reached (Civil/Criminal)	68/49	65/39	54/37	77/39	63/48

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

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