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RESEARCH GUIDE
MASSACHUSETTS TRIAL COURT PRACTICE RESOURCES
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LAWS
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Library/Call Number
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General Laws of Massachusetts, Official Edition, The General Court |
4th Floor
Published in even-numbered years; updated with monthly cumulative pamphlets and odd-year Supplements.
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KFM2429.M37
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| Massachusetts General Laws Annotated (Thomson Reuters) |
4th Floor and 5th Floor States
Kept up-to-date by annual pocket parts, supplementary pamphlets, interim updates and legislative service. |
KFM2430 1958 .A2
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| Annotated Laws of Massachusetts (LexisNexis)
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4th Floor and 5th Floor States
Kept up-to-date by annual pocket parts, monthly advance legislative service, quarterly update pamphlets and midyear annotation service.
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KFM2430 1932 .A2
Also available as Lexis ebooks (2023)
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Massachusetts General Laws
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Social Law Library, Substantive Law Database
Online access to Substantive Databases restricted to Members |
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Massachusetts General Laws
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https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws
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RULES
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Resource/Location
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Library/Call Number
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| Massachusetts Rules of Court, Volume I—State (Thomson Reuters) |
4th Floor and 5th Floor States
Online access to Substantive databases restricted to members
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KFM2929.A195 |
Annotated Laws of Massachusetts, Court Rules (LexisNexis) (3 vol.)
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4th Floor and 5th Floor States
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KFM2430 1932 .A2
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Massachusetts General Laws Annotated, Rules of Court, vol. 46A-49(Thomson Reuters)
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4th Floor and 5th Floor States |
KFM2430
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Massachusetts Rules of Court
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Social Law Library, Substantive Law Database
Online access to Substantive Databases restricted to Members
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| Massachusetts Rules of Court and Standing Orders |
https://www.mass.gov/guides/massachusetts-rules-of-court-and-standing-orders |
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Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Rules Service
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Civil and Criminal rules for all Massachusetts state and federal courts; proposed and recent rule changes; forms.
Online resource. In-Library use only. See Reference Librarian for access.
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TRIAL COURT CASES*
*There are no regular reporting systems for the opinions of the District/Boston Municipal Courts, the Probate Court, or the Juvenile Court.
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Resource/Location
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Library/Call Number
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| Superior Court |
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The Massachusetts Law Reporter, 1993-vol. 36, no. 10, Jan. 13, 2020
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4th Floor Mass. (selected cases) |
KFM2452 .M37 |
| Social Law Library: Substantive Law Databases:, Superior Court,1978- (selected cases); Business Litigation Session, 2000- |
Online access to Substantive Databases restricted to Members
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| District Court Appellate Division -
Reports of the decisions of the Appellate Division of the District Court are available as follows (1936-present):
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Massachusetts Appellate Division Reports, 1980–, with monthly advance sheets
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4th Floor Mass. & 5th Floor States
Online access to Substantive databases restricted to members |
KFM2451 .A24
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Appellate Division of the District and Boston Municipal Courts Advance Sheets (bound) 1976-1980
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5th Floor States |
KFM2451 .A24
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Massachusetts Appellate Decisions, Volumes 1–59, 1942–1978
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4th Floor Mass. and 5th Floor States |
KFM2451 .A24
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Appellate Division Reports, Volumes 1–9, 1936-1944
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5th Floor States
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KFM2451 .A23
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| Social Law Library: Appellate Divisions of the District Court & BMC 2003 |
Online access to Substantive Databases restricted to Members
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LAND COURT
HOUSING COURT
CASE CITATOR
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Resource/Location
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Library/Call Number
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Shepard’s Massachusetts Citations, 9th ed., (Lexis Nexis)
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4th Floor Reference
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KFM2459 .S53
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DIGEST
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Resource/Location
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Library/Call Number
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| West’s Massachusetts Digest First |
5th Floor Mass.
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KFM2457 .M36 1933 |
West’s Massachusetts Digest Second
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4th Floor Mass.
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KFM2457 .W47 1986
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JURY INSTRUCTIONS
STANDARDS OF JUDICIAL PRACTICE
SECONDARY SOURCES
Massachusetts Jury Trial Benchbook. 5th ed.