Bill Text: MA S1701 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Require the tabulation of results of those cases heard before the Supreme Judicial Court of Appeals
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-20 - Public Hearing date 6/2 at 1:00 PM in Hearing Room A2 [S1701 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-S1701-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Anthony D. Galluccio (BY REQUEST)
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To the
Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act requiring the tabulation of results of those cases heard before the Supreme Judicial Court of Appeals.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Vincent Zarrilli |
Charlestown, MA |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS
SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. S00796 OF 2007-2008.]
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act requiring the tabulation of results of those cases heard
before the Supreme Judicial Court of Appeals.
Be
it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. The administrative assistant of the Supreme Judicial Court shall prepare an annual
Tabulation of all cases heard on appeal by the Supreme Judicial Court and Appeal Courts which shall show the disposition of each case, the total number of cases reversed or affirmed. Said tabulation shall name each judge or panel which presided at the lower court wherein judgment issued. Said tabulation shall also reveal any action affecting a judgment of a State Court by a Federal Court. The tabulation shall be provided on a timely basis to the Chief Administrative Justice of the Trial Courts who shall cause it to be printed in the annual report of the Trial Courts for each given year.
