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  2. Massachusetts v. United States Department of Health and Human ...

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    Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. United States Department of Health and Human Services 682 F.3d 1 is a United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit decision that affirmed the judgment of the District Court for the District of Massachusetts in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), the section that defines the terms "marriage" as ...

  3. Government of Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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    The Appeals Court also has jurisdiction over appeals from final decisions of three State agencies: the Appellate Tax Board, the Industrial Accident Board and the Commonwealth Employment Relations Board. The Appeals Court consists of a chief justice and twenty-four associate justices. Trial courts. Superior Court; District Court; Land Court

  4. Massachusetts Appeals Court - Wikipedia

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    The Massachusetts Appeals Court is the intermediate appellate court of Massachusetts. [1] It was created in 1972 [2] as a court of general appellate jurisdiction. [3] The court is located at the John Adams Courthouse at Pemberton Square in Boston, [4] the same building which houses the Supreme Judicial Court and the Social Law Library.

  5. Massachusetts health care reform - Wikipedia

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    The Massachusetts health care reform, commonly referred to as Romneycare, [1] was a healthcare reform law passed in 2006 and signed into law by Governor Mitt Romney with the aim of providing health insurance to nearly all of the residents of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . The law mandated that nearly every resident of Massachusetts obtain ...

  6. United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts

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    www .mad .uscourts .gov. The United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts (in case citations, D. Mass.) is the federal district court whose territorial jurisdiction is the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States. [1] The first court session was held in Boston in 1789. The second term was held in Salem in 1790 and court ...

  7. Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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    The secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a constitutional officer in the executive branch of the U.S. state of Massachusetts.Originally appointed under authority of the English Crown pursuant to the Charter of the Massachusetts Bay Company, the office of secretary of the Commonwealth (equivalent to "secretaries of state" in other U.S. jurisdictions) became an elective one in 1780.

  8. Judiciary of Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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    An appeal from a conviction of first degree murder goes directly to the Supreme Judicial Court. The Supreme Judicial Court can also elect to bypass review by the Appeals Court and hear a case on "direct appellate review." Appeals Court. The Massachusetts Appeals Court is the intermediate appellate court. The court hears most appeals from the ...

  9. Massachusetts Department of Public Health - Wikipedia

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    1869 Chap. 0420. An Act To Establish A State Board Of Health. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health is a governmental agency of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts with various responsibilities related to public health within that state. It is headquartered in Boston and headed by Commissioner Robbie Goldstein, MD, PhD.