Suffolk University Law School, in cooperation with the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, maintains this site in order to make oral arguments before the Supreme Judicial Court accessible to the general public.
Next Oral Arguments will be live streamed starting at 9am on May 7th.
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Summary: Bail-- The defendant is appealing a decision of a Superior Court judge increasing his bail in light of the defendant's potential deportation from the United States.
Summary: Real Property-- Whether a Land Court ruling that portions of Estabrook Road in Concord are a public way notwithstanding a 1932 order of discontinuance by the county commissioners.
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Summary: Zoning-- The plaintiffs are challenging a decision of a zoning board of appeals allowing construction of a warehouse and office space across the street from the plaintiffs’ property.
Summary: Criminal; Legislative Immunity-- A former state senator is seeking to dismiss indictments for conflict of interest violations on the ground of legislative immunity and because of conduct of the prosecutor involving the grand jury.
Summary: Double Jeopardy-- After a mistrial was declared in a prosecution for trafficking persons for sexual servitude and other crimes on the ground of ineffective assistance of counsel based on counsel’s opening statement, whether double jeopardy prevents a retrial.
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of murder conviction.
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of murder conviction.
