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Courts of Massachusetts

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Courts of Massachusetts include:

John Adams CourthouseinBoston, Massachusetts, home to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and Massachusetts Appeals Court

State courts of Massachusetts

Judicial courts

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court^[1]
- Massachusetts Appeals Court^[2]
  - Massachusetts Trial Court^[3]

Administrative courts

Federal courts located in Massachusetts

United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (headquartered in Boston, having jurisdiction over the United States District Courts of Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Puerto Rico)
United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts^[13]

References[edit]

^ "Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court – Home Page". Mass.gov. Retrieved 2008-12-17.

^ "Appeals Court of Massachusetts". Mass.gov. Archived from the original on 2008-08-01. Retrieved 2008-12-17.

^ "The Massachusetts Court System". Mass.gov. Archived from the original on December 5, 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-17.

^ "Superior Court Department – Main Information Page". Mass.gov. Archived from the original on August 1, 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-17.

^ "District Court Department – Main Information Page". Mass.gov. Archived from the original on March 16, 2009. Retrieved 2008-12-17.

^ "Boston Municipal Court Department – Main Information Page". Mass.gov. Archived from the original on October 12, 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-17.

^ "Land Court Department – Main Information Page". Mass.gov. Archived from the original on August 20, 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-17.

^ "Housing Court Department – Main Information Page". Mass.gov. Archived from the original on August 1, 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-17.

^ "Juvenile Court Department – Main Information Page". Mass.gov. Archived from the original on August 28, 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-17.

^ "Probate and Family Court Department – Main Information Page". Mass.gov. Archived from the original on November 20, 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-17.

^ "Appellate Tax Board: Who We Are". Mass.gov. Archived from the original on 2009-03-18. Retrieved 2008-12-17.

^ "Massachusetts Division of Labor Relations – Home Page". Mass.gov. Archived from the original on March 13, 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-18.

^ "United States District Court – District of Massachusetts". Mad.uscourts.gov. Retrieved 2008-12-17.

External links[edit]

National Center for State Courts – directory of state court websites.

v t e Government of Massachusetts
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v t e United States federal courts
Supreme Court of the United States United States courts of appeals List of United States district and territorial courts

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