Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

A Massachusetts town pushes for a voter-approved legislative audit, urging statewide action as pressure grows on leaders Mariano and Spilka.

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey has now nominated more than 100 judges, including new Probate and Juvenile Court appointments shaping the state’s judiciary.

A lawsuit claiming that a local asphalt company abused the court system in order to prevent competition from another firm that wanted to set up shop nearby has been allowed to proceed by the state's highest court.

The case against a man accused of crashing his car on the highway in New Bedford while on drugs will proceed, after a Jan. 20 decision from the state's supreme court.

The state's supreme court has spoken: Michael Eagles, who was convicted of first-degree murder by means of extreme atrocity or cruelty, will not get a new trial.

The Massachusetts Supreme Court has released a decision allowing former state house speaker and convicted felon Salvatore DiMasi to be a lobbyist on Beacon Hill.

The state's highest court published a Dec. 19 decision denying a claim brought by a Falmouth doctor and a patient suffering from terminal cancer that would have allowed the patient the right to die.

One of the most controversial schools in the country is once again fighting a legal challenge to its continued use of painful electric shocks on students, and has taken its case to the state's highest court.

A convicted Wareham sex offender will be allowed to complete his probation without court-ordered GPS monitoring after a decision from the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court on Friday.

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has overturned an order to suppress evidence from a 911 call in a Dartmouth drunk driving case from 2019, allowing prosecutors to use the evidence in court.