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Massachusetts Legal Research - Finding and Citing Materials from the Appeals Courts

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Print Sources

Massachusetts Appeals Court Reports is the reporter for the Massachusetts Appeals Court. Each volume contains a table of cases, and a subject index. Table 1 in the blue pages of the Bluebook governs citations to opinions of the Massachusetts Appeals Court. Cite to the North Eastern Reporter if therein; otherwise cite to the Massachusetts Appeals Court Reports e.g., 28 Mass. App. Ct. 1. Massachusetts Appeals Court cases can be found using the Massachusetts Digest.

North Eastern Reporter is an unofficial regional reporter of cases from the Supreme Judicial Court, as well as the Massachusetts Appeals Court. Each volume has a table of cases reported, and a mini-digest to cases reported in the volume. Table 1 in the blue pages of the Bluebook governs citations to opinions in the North Eastern Reporter e.g., 668 N.E. 2d 738. Opinions in the North Eastern Reporter can be found using the Massachusetts Digest.

Online Sources

Massachusetts Appeals Court decisions appear online on Westlaw (1972 – present), and on Lexis in the MA Court of Appeals Cases database (1972 – present). The Social Law Library database provides an online edition of Massachusetts Appeals Court Slip Opinions (1972 - present).