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Constitutional Revision Study Documents of the Constitutional Convention Commission, 1968
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STATE COURTS OF LAST RESORT
STATE COURTS OF LAST RESORT*—Continued
A BRIEF REPORT ON THE STATUTORY FUNCTIONS
OF THE SUPERIOR COURT OF MASSACHUSETTS

I. The Superior Court and the office
of chief justice are purely statutory
(Annotated Laws of Massachusetts
chapter 212, section 1 [1957]).
II. The statutory functions of the chief
justice are:
A. to arrange the terms ("sit-
tings" ) of the Superior Court
in counties designated by the
legislature (ch. 212, sees. 14
and 14A) ;
B. to arrange the court's sessions
which may be held simultane-
ously (ch. 212, sec. 14C) ;
C. to determine the number of
jurors for the court's needs
(ch. 212, sec. 14C);
D. to assign substitutes for an
associate justice who cannot
perform (ch. 212, sec. 14B
[1966 cum. supp.]) ;
E. to assign judges from the "dis-
trict courts" (inferior courts)
to hear cases of misdemeanor
or violation of city ordinances
and the like on the Superior
Court. The district courts
have a chief justice from whose
recommendations the chief jus-
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