Supreme Judicial Court case statistics

Full bench caseload and disposition information.

Data on cases held in the Supreme Judicial Court, including the source of case and dispositions from Fiscal Year 2010 to the latest available fiscal year.

SJC Case Statistics FY 2022 - FY 2023

Case Type	FY 2022	FY 2023
Direct Entries	87	80
Direct Appellate Review Applications Allowed/Considered	28 / 68	25 / 83
Further Appellate Review Applications Allowed/Considered	12 / 514	12 / 393
Transferred by SJC on its Motion from Review of Entire Appeals Court Caseload	40	32
Gross Entries	167	149
Dismissals	28	15
Net Entries	139	134

Dispositions

Dispositions	FY 2022	FY 2023
Full Opinions	117	109
Rescripts	32	39
Total Opinions	149	148
Total Appeals Decided*	151	148

*Indicates total number of appeals resolved by the Court's opinions.

SJC Case Statistics FY 2016 - FY 2021

Case Type	FY 2016	FY 2017	FY 2018	FY 2019	FY 2020	FY 2021
Direct Entries	107	108	102	104	127	94
Direct Appellate Review Applications Allowed/Considered	53/ 126	48/ 122	44/ 110	41/ 91	31/ 75	25/ 64
Further Appellate Review Applications Allowed/Considered	39/ 847	19/ 795	15/ 726	17/ 613	11/ 487	10/ 786
Transferred by SJC on its Motion from Review of Entire Appeals Court Caseload	30	42	33	46	42	33
Gross Entries	229	217	194	208	211	162
Dismissals	19	12	14	30	26	31
Net Entries	210	205	180	178	185	131

Dispositions

Dispositions	FY 2016	FY 2017	FY 2018	FY 2019	FY 2020	FY 2021
Full Opinions	152	170	145	138	131	144
Rescripts	39	45	49	72	63	24
Total Opinions	191	215	194	210	194	168
Total Appeals Decided*	196	227	195	217	197	173

*Indicates total number of appeals resolved by the Court's opinions.

SJC Case Statistics FY 2010 - FY 2015

Case Type	FY 2010	FY 2011	FY 2012	FY 2013	FY 2014	FY 2015
Direct Entries	130	137	120	89	134	83
Direct Appellate Review Applications Allowed/Considered	34/ 82	35/ 87	36/ 78	45/ 94	42/ 98	40/ 100
Further Appellate Review Applications Allowed/Considered	32/ 726	46/ 960	29/ 814	37/ 826	24/ 786	26/ 697
Transferred by SJC on its Motion from Review of Entire Appeals Court Caseload	35	46	46	54	28	44
Gross Entries	231	264	231	225	228	193
Dismissals	42	17	14	29	15	17
Net Entries	189	247	217	196	213	176

Dispositions

Dispositions	FY 2010	FY 2011	FY 2012	FY 2013	FY 2014	FY 2015
Full Opinions	164	150	155	164	157	161
Rescripts	61	37	40	44	43	34
Total Opinions	225	187	195	208	200	195
Total Appeals Decided*	231	194	200	211	205	201

*Indicates total number of appeals resolved by the Court's opinions.