supreme judicial court
Americannoun
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Prosecutors in Boston were angry at the judge’s decision and appealed to the state’s supreme judicial court, which found that the order to make Rotonda pay Pierce money was not lawful.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 15, 2018
She blamed the state supreme judicial court, which ruled in December 2013 that juveniles could not be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 26, 2016
As a juvenile, he cannot receive a life sentence without parole following decisions by the US supreme court and the supreme judicial court of Massachusetts.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 15, 2015
Last May Haselton won a test case in the state supreme judicial court establishing the legality of NOW accounts.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Do you dare to ignore these telegrams—the opinions of the justices of the supreme judicial court of this state?"
From All-Wool Morrison by Holman Day
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