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HISTORY The court was established in 1692 as the "Superior Court of Judicature". Its name was changed to the Supreme Judicial Court after the adoption of the Massachusetts Constitution in 1780. FUNCTIONS The seven Justices hear Appeal s on a broad range of Criminal and Civil cases between September and May. Single Justice sessions are held each week throughout the year for certain motions pertaining to cases on trial or on appeal, bail reviews, bar discipline proceedings, petitions for admission to the bar, and a variety of other statutory proceedings. The Associate Justices sit as Single Justices each month on a rotation schedule. The full bench renders approximately 200 written decisions each year; the single justices decide a total of approximately 600 cases annually. In addition to its appellate functions, the SJC is responsible for the general superintendence of the judiciary and of the bar, the creation or approval of rules for the operations of all the state courts, and, in certain instances, providing advisory opinions, upon request, to the Governor and General Court on various legal issues. The SJC also has oversight responsibility in varying degrees, according to statutes, with several affiliated agencies of the judicial branch, including the Board of Bar Overseers, the Board of Bar Examiners, the Clients' Security Board, the Commission on Judicial Conduct, the Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation, the Massachusetts Mental Health Legal Advisors’ Committee, and Correctional Legal Services, Inc. The SJC is sits at the John Adams Courthouse , 1 Pemberton Square, Boston, Massachusetts 02108, which also houses the Massachusetts Appeals Court and the Social Law Library . LANDMARK CASES
COMPOSITION The Court consists of a Chief Justice and six Associate Justice s appointed by the Governor Of Massachusetts with the consent of the Governor's Council . The Justices hold office until the mandatory Retirement age of seventy, like all other Massachusetts judges. Current composition The currently serving justices are:
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