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The archive contains case video beginning with the 2019-2020 court year. Recent arguments are arranged by date below. Use "Search Archive" to find a specific case, or to pull up multiple cases matching your search criteria.

The Supreme Judicial Court removed older oral arguments from the archive, covering court years 2005-2006 to 2018-2019, after weighing the light concentration of traffic seeking access to these older cases against the substantial cost of maintaining it. The Supreme Judicial Court is currently studying alternative options to again make those older oral arguments available to the public.

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The archive contains case video beginning with the 2019-2020 court year.
The Supreme Judicial Court removed older oral arguments from the archive, covering court years 2005-2006 to 2018-2019, after weighing the light concentration of traffic seeking access to these older cases against the substantial cost of maintaining it. The Supreme Judicial Court is currently studying alternative options to again make those older oral arguments available to the public.

For questions regarding the archive, please contact the Office of the Clerk for the Supreme Judicial Court for the Commonwealth (SJCWebCastArchive@jud.state.ma.us).

The summaries are not an official part of the court proceedings.

RECENT ARGUMENTS

Oct. 2020

Video for this month has not been posted.

Sep. 2020

Commonwealth v. Nash

Docket: SJC-12976
Argued: 2020-09-09
Summary: Criminal Sentence; COVID-19-- The defendant, convicted of sexual offenses and sentenced to state prison, is seeking a stay of execution of sentence due to COVID-19 while his appeal is pending.

Commonwealth v. Elibert

Docket: SJC-12990
Argued: 2020-09-09
Summary: Criminal Sentence; COVID-19-- The defendant, convicted of indecent assault and battery and sentenced to state prison, is seeking a stay of execution of sentence due to COVID-19 while his appeal is pending.

Doherty v. Massachusetts Civil Service Commission

Docket: SJC-12855
Argued: 2020-09-09
Summary: Civil Service Law-- Various issues arising out of a Civil Service Commission hearing involving discipline of a state trooper, including whether it was error for the Commission to close the hearing to the public.

Commonwealth v. Terrell

Docket: SJC-12915
Argued: 2020-09-09
Summary: Juvenile Law-- Whether a judge may order credit for time spent in pretrial detention where a juvenile has been convicted of unlawful possession of a firearm as a youthful offender.

Commonwealth v. Lopez

Docket: SJC-12916
Argued: 2020-09-09
Summary: Juvenile Law-- Whether a judge may order credit for time spent in pretrial detention where a juvenile has been convicted of unlawful possession of a firearm as a youthful offender.

Blake v. Hometown America Communities, Inc.

Docket: SJC-12902
Argued: 2020-09-09
Summary: Manufactured Housing Community-- Various issues arising out of a class action by residents of a manufactured housing community regarding the propriety of rental charges to tenants.

Open Case

Roberts v. Hingham District Court

Docket: SJC-12854
Argued: 2020-09-09
Summary: Superintendence Petition-- This superintendence petition seeks dismissal of a criminal complaint against the petitioner and an order compelling issuance of criminal complaints against police officers and assistant district attorneys.

Kauders v. Uber Technologies Inc.

Docket: SJC-12883
Argued: 2020-09-10
Summary: Contracts; Arbitration-- Whether the plaintiff's claims for damages against Uber arising out of denial of ride services must be arbitrated by reason of an agreement that was part of the Uber Rider Application registration process.

Commonwealth v. Ramos-Cabrera

Docket: SJC-12900
Argued: 2020-09-10
Summary: Criminal-- The defendant, convicted of distribution of heroin within one hundred feet of a public park, is claiming that the area in question was not a public park.

Commonwealth v. Boger

Docket: SJC-12878
Argued: 2020-09-10
Summary: Criminal-- The defendant, convicted of distribution of heroin within one hundred feet of a public park, is claiming that the area in question was not a public park.

Dinkins v. Massachusetts Parole Board

Docket: SJC-12882
Argued: 2020-09-10
Summary: Parole-- This case deals with a regulation involving the calculation of a parole eligibility date for a defendant whose sentence to a prison term runs consecutively with a life sentence.

D'Allesandro v. Lennar Hingham Holdings, LLC

Docket: SJC-12891
Argued: 2020-09-10
Summary: Civil Procedure; Statute of Repose-- The United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts has certified to the Supreme Judicial Court a question involving the statute of repose in a damage action alleging design and construction defects in a condominium development.

Open Case

Commonwealth v. Falcone

Docket: SJC-12833
Argued: 2020-09-10
Summary: Superintendence Petition; Bail-- The defendant, charged with open and gross lewdness, is seeking relief with regard to bail and an order imposing GPS monitoring and home confinement.

Open Case

Impounded

Docket: SJC-12849
Argued: 2020-09-10
Summary: Summary unavailable

Desrosiers v. Governor

Docket: SJC-12983
Argued: 2020-09-11
Summary: Governor's COVID-19 Emergency Orders-- This is a challenge by certain businesses, schools, and religious organizations to the legality of Governor Baker's COVID-19 emergency orders.

Commonwealth v. Snow

Docket: SJC-12938
Argued: 2020-09-11
Summary: Search and Seizure-- This is an appeal from the allowance of a motion to suppress evidence seized pursuant to a warrant authorizing the search of the defendant's cell phone.

Commonwealth v. Feliz

Docket: SJC-12879
Argued: 2020-09-11
Summary: Probation; Search and Seizure-- The defendant, convicted of possession and dissemination of child pornography, contends that a term of probation allowing random searches of his electronic devices is an unconstitutional search under the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights.

Rahim v. District Attorney for Suffolk District

Docket: SJC-12884
Argued: 2020-09-11
Summary: Public Records-- The plaintiff is seeking documents from the District Attorney relating to an investigation into the shooting and death of the plaintiff's son in a confrontation involving a joint terrorism task force consisting of Boston police and the FBI.

Dunn v. Genzyme Corp.

Docket: SJC-12904
Argued: 2020-09-11
Summary: Torts; Civil Procedure-- In a personal injury action against the manufacturer of a medical device, the defendant is appealing the denial of a motion to dismiss, arguing that federal law preempts the state law claim.

Open Case

Ardaneh v. Commonwealth

Docket: SJC-12852
Argued: 2020-09-11
Summary: Summary unavailable

Open Case

Commonwealth v. Nieves

Docket: SJC-12906
Argued: 2020-09-11
Summary: Parole Supervision Fees-- This case deals with a defendant's request for refund of parole supervision fees she paid in light of the subsequent invalidation of her drug conviction.

Commonwealth v. Jackson

Docket: SJC-11341
Argued: 2020-09-14
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of murder conviction.

Commonwealth v. Williams

Docket: SJC-12378
Argued: 2020-09-14
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of murder conviction.

Commonwealth v. Teixeira

Docket: SJC-11279
Argued: 2020-09-14
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of murder conviction.

Open Case

Commonwealth v. Colas

Docket: SJC-12701
Argued: 2020-09-14
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of murder conviction.

Aug. 2020

Grossman v. Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Docket: SJC-12996
Argued: 2020-08-24
Summary: Elections; COVID-19-- This emergency petition seeks relief from the requirement that primary election ballots must be received by local officials by September 1, 2020 in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and the anticipated increase in the number of mail-in ballots.

Jul. 2020

Brady v. State Ballot Law

Docket: SJC-12979
Argued: 2020-07-10
Summary: Elections-- This is a challenge to a decision of the State Ballot Law Commission regarding an objection to a candidate's nomination papers for the primary election.

Open Case

IN RE: Belanger

Docket: BD-2020-013
Argued: 2020-07-14
Summary: Bar Discipline-- This is a bar discipline proceeding before a Single Justice.

Open Case

Bertin v. Secretary of the Commonwealth

Docket: SJ-2020-0520
Argued: 2020-07-17
Summary: Elections; COVID-19 -- This emergency petition asks a Single Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court to order the Secretary of the Commonwealth to send vote-by-mail applications to registered voters by July 15, 2020.

Jun. 2020

Commonwealth v. Smith

Docket: SJC-12955
Argued: 2020-06-03
Summary: Pretrial Detention; COVID-19 -- Whether the maximum period of time for pretrial detention of defendants has been tolled or extended by virtue of the Supreme Judicial Court's emergency COVID-19 order effective May 4, 2020 regarding court operations.

Commonwealth v. Lougee

Docket: SJC-12949
Argued: 2020-06-03
Summary: Pretrial Detention; COVID-19 -- Whether the maximum period of time for pretrial detention of defendants has been tolled or extended by virtue of the Supreme Judicial Court's emergency COVID-19 order effective May 4, 2020 regarding court operations.

Commonwealth v. Horton

Docket: SJC-12950
Argued: 2020-06-03
Summary: Pretrial Detention; COVID-19 -- Whether the maximum period of time for pretrial detention of defendants has been tolled or extended by virtue of the Supreme Judicial Court's emergency COVID-19 order effective May 4, 2020 regarding court operations.

Open Case

Durand v. Attorney General

Docket: SJC-12968
Argued: 2020-06-19
Summary: Initiative Petition; Ballot Question—This is a challenge to the wording of the title and one-sentence yes or no statement for a ballot question regarding licenses for the sale of beer and wine by food stores.

May. 2020

Open Case

Bigelow v. Masachusetts Courts Promulgator of the Official Forms

Docket: SJC-12794
Argued: 2020-05-04
Summary:

Submitted on Brief

Commonwealth v. Pierre

Docket: SJC-12154
Argued: 2020-05-04
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of murder conviction.

9:00 AM

Commonwealth v. Harding

Docket: SJC-12875
Argued: 2020-05-04
Summary: Sexual Offenders-- Where the defendant was subject to registration as a sex offender, whether he was required to register the home address of customers to whom he provided home improvement services.

11:00 A.M.

Perry v. U.S. Bank Trust

Docket: SJC-12832
Argued: 2020-05-05
Summary:

Submitted on Brief

Wright v. Central Mutual Insurance Co.

Docket: SJC-12873
Argued: 2020-05-05
Summary: Workers' Compensation; Medical Marijuana-- Whether a workers' compensation insurer is required to reimburse an employee for the cost of medical marijuana treatment and whether the Federal Controlled Substances Act precludes such reimbursement.

9:00 A.M.

Commonwealth v. Mora

Docket: SJC-12890
Argued: 2020-05-05
Summary: Search and Seizure-- In a drug prosecution, whether information obtained without a search warrant as a result of cameras installed on telephone and electric poles in the vicinity of the defendants' residences should be suppressed.

11:00 A.M.

Cline v. Cline

Docket: SJC-12851
Argued: 2020-05-07
Summary:

Submitted on Brief

Commonwealth v. Dilworth

Docket: SJC-12764
Argued: 2020-05-07
Summary: Criminal; Discovery-- The Commonwealth is seeking relief from a Superior Court order allowing a defendant, accused of firearms violations, to conduct discovery related to selective prosecution on the basis of race.

Submitted on Brief

Foster v. Commissioner of Correction

Docket: SJC-12935
Argued: 2020-05-07
Summary: Prisoners; COVID-19 -- This complaint seeks an order requiring a reduction in the number of incarcerated persons in Massachusetts' prisons and jails in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

1:00 P.M.

Commonwealth v. Phuon

Docket: SJC-12496
Argued: 2020-05-08
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of murder conviction.

9:00 A.M.

Commonwealth v. Moffat

Docket: SJC-08733
Argued: 2020-05-08
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of murder conviction, including the defendant's request for post-conviction DNA testing of evidence.

11:00 A.M.

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