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16 Mar 2011, 6:45 am
The Supreme Judicial Court didn’t give an absolute answer, bur instructed what not to do: assume a 50-50 split. [read post]
22 Aug 2007, 10:01 am
Unlike the federal courts and most states, Massachusetts state courts have no rules of evidence. [read post]
11 Apr 2022, 7:10 am
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, the state’s highest court, recently held that (1) the attorney for a named putative class plaintiff who is deceased does not have authority to act on behalf of the deceased plaintiff absent a motion by the deceased’s legal representative; and (2) in limited circumstances, trial courts may sua sponte order notice to putative class members prior to certification only when absent notice the… [read post]
4 May 2011, 9:30 pm
"Mass. judge will be state's 1st openly gay justice": The Associated Press has a report that begins, "State appeals court judge Barbara Lenk was confirmed Wednesday to the Supreme Judicial Court, allowing her to become the first openly gay judge to join the court that in 2003 issued the landmark ruling that made Massachusetts the first state to permit same-sex marriage. [read post]
16 Feb 2008, 8:15 am
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) recently looked at two CHINS (children in need of services) cases, one from Worcester County and the other from Essex County, in both of which a juvenile court judge had denied a mother legal right to court-appointed counsel. [read post]
25 Aug 2010, 10:16 pm
Connolly, 454 Mass. 808 (2009), the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court found that the admission of drug certificate of analysis without live testimony in violation of Melendez-Diaz v. [read post]
17 Jul 2008, 2:39 am
This is a 1913 law that former Governor Mitt Romney dug up right after the Supreme Judicial Court (the highest state court of Massachusetts) ordered town clerks to hand out marriage certificates to same-sex couples seeking marriage. [read post]
24 Oct 2014, 6:52 am
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (“SJC”) on Friday, October 10, 2014 decided Commonwealth v. [read post]
6 Dec 2010, 8:20 am
Supreme Court decision in favor of the states in AEP v. [read post]
16 Jul 2010, 10:28 am
Hi there, Today the Supreme Judicial Court rendered its decision in the case which has set the standard for marital agreements in Massachusetts. [read post]
13 Jul 2011, 5:02 am
The Supreme Judicial Court recently rejected a direct summary judgment appeal from AIG Domestic Claims, Inc. [read post]
23 Aug 2018, 11:53 am
Facts of the Case In a recent case decided by the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (which granted an application for direct appellate review from the trial court), the plaintiff was the personal representative of the estate of a woman who was stabbed to death in February 21, 2012, by a man who had recently been released from an involuntary psychiatric commitment by the defendant hospital. [read post]
18 Mar 2020, 6:33 am
However, the Massachusetts court system has been severely impacted. [read post]
21 Jul 2010, 3:11 pm
Best known as the author of Goodridge v. [read post]
7 Nov 2011, 5:44 am
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court is slated to hear arguments this week in a series of cases that test news media access to court proceedings and documents.On Tuesday, Nov. 8, at 9 a.m., the SJC will hear two cases, both arising out of the experimental OpenCourt project designed to make Quincy District Court more accessible to the public. [read post]
2 Mar 2012, 1:52 pm
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court today announced approval of a new SJC Rule 1:19 governing Electronic Access to the Courts. [read post]
13 Jan 2017, 8:06 pm
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court heard oral argument in the case of Commonwealth v. [read post]
18 Jul 2007, 9:10 am
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court issued an opinion a few days ago that addresses whether the state's public records law applies to communications that would otherwise be protected by the attorney-client privilege. [read post]
22 Sep 2017, 12:17 pm
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that a police officer cannot legally testify that a defendant was high on marijuana based on observations and a field sobriety test. [read post]
7 Jun 2016, 1:27 pm
In the federal system, imposition of a sentence within the guidelines range was mandatory until the Supreme Court’s decision in United States v. [read post]
