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MASSACHUSETTS

Statutory Materials

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  • Massachusetts Constitution, vol. 1 of the General Laws of Massachusetts, KFM 2430 yr. .A24
  • General Laws of Massachusetts, KFM 2430 yr. .A24
  • Annotated Laws of Massachusetts, KFM 2430 1932 .A2
  • Massachusetts General Laws Annotated, KFM 2430 1958 .A42
  • Acts and Resolves Passed by the General Court of Massachusetts (session laws), KFM 2425 .A23
  • Private and Special Statutes of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, KFM 2425 .A232
  • Hein’s Superseded State Statutes and Codes, Microfiche 3093 (1809 - present)
Online
LexisNexis
  • Massachusetts Advance Legislative Service (MAALS)
  • Massachusetts Full-Text Bills (MATEXT)
  • Massachusetts Bill Tracking Reports (MATRCK)
  • Annotated Laws of Massachusetts (MACODE)
  • Annotated Laws of Massachusetts Archive (MAARCH) (1992 - present)
  • Massachusetts Constitution (MACNST)
Westlaw
  • Massachusetts Legislative Service (MA-LEGIS)
  • Massachusetts Bill Tracking (MA-BILLTRK)
  • Massachusetts Statutes Annotated (MA-ST-ANN)
  • Massachusetts Historical Statutes Annotated (MA-STANN##) (1987 - present)

Legislative Materials

Print
  • Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, KFM 2418 .M4 yr.c
  • Journal of the Senate, KFM 2418 .M4 yr.b
  • Acts and Resolves of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, KFM 2425.2 1692
Online
Additional digitized volumes of the legislative journals may be available through the following sources:
LexisNexis
  • Massachusetts Advance Legislative Service (MAALS)
  • Massachusetts Full-Text Bills (MATEXT)
  • Massachusetts Bill Tracking Reports (MATRCK)
  • Massachusetts Legislative Bill History (MALH) (2002 - present)
Westlaw
  • Massachusetts Legislative Service (MA-LEGIS)
  • Massachusetts Historical Legislative Service (MA-LEGIS-OLD) (1987 - present)
  • Massachusetts Bill Tracking (MA-BILLTRK)
  • Massachusetts Bill Track Summary Archives (MA-BILLTRK-OLD) (1991 - present)

Administrative Materials

Administrative Regulations

Print

  • Code of Massachusetts Regulations, KFM 2435 1987 .A213
  • Massachusetts Register, KFM 2435 1987 .A213
Online
LexisNexis
  • Code of Massachusetts Regulations (MAADMN)
  • Code of Massachusetts Regulations Archive (MAADAR) (2004 - present)
  • Massachusetts Register (MARGST) (1995 - present)
  • State Regulation Tracking (MARGTR) (1995 - present)
Westlaw
  • Massachusetts Administrative Code (MA-ADC)
  • Massachusetts Administrative Code - Historical (MA-ADC##) (2002 - present)
  • Massachusetts Regulation Tracking (MA-REGTRK)
  • Massachusetts Regulation Tracking - Full Text (MA-REGTXT)

Administrative Decisions

Print

  • Report of the Attorney General, KFM 2840 .A554
  • Massachusetts Appellate Tax Board Reporter, KFM 2871.5 .A55 (1981 - present)
Online
LexisNexis
  • Massachusetts Attorney General Opinions (MAAG) (1977 - present)
  • Massachusetts Appellate Tax Board Decisions (MATXBD) (1979 - present)
  • Massachusetts Civil Service Reporter (MACSRP) (1993 - present)
  • Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MADISC) (1979 - present)
  • Massachusetts Department of Revenue Directives (MADDIR) (1986 - present)
  • Massachusetts Department of Revenue Letter Rulings (MADREV) (1977 - present)
  • Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications & Energy Decisions (MAPUC) (2000 - present)
  • Massachusetts Division of Administrative Law Appeals (MADALA) (2003 - present)
  • Massachusetts Division of Banks Releases (MABANK) (1996 - present)
  • Massachusetts Environmental Administrative Decisions (MAENV) (1995 - present)
  • Massachusetts Housing Appeals Committee (MAHOUS) (1971 - current)
  • Massachusetts Office of Secretary of State, Securities Division; Opinions (MASEC) (1975 - 2001)
  • Massachusetts Special Education Reporter (MASERP) (1993 - present)
  • Workers' Compensation Decisions (MAWORK) (1987 - present)
Westlaw
  • Massachusetts Attorney General Opinions (MA-AG) (1976 - present)
  • Massachusetts Environmental Law Administrative Decisions (MAENV-ADMIN) (1983 - present)
  • Massachusetts Environmental Records (EDR-MA)
  • Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination Decisions (MACIV-ADMIN) (1999 - present)
  • Massachusetts Housing Appeals Committee Administrative Decisions (MAHAC-ADMIN) (1971 - present)
  • Massachusetts Insurance Bulletins (MAIN-BUL) (1989 - present)
  • Massachusetts Labor Relations Commission Decisions (MALB-ADMIN) (2000 - present)
  • Massachusetts Public Utilities Reports (MA-PUR) (1953 - present)
  • Massachusetts Taxation Administrative Decisions (MATX-ADMIN) (1979 - present)
  • Massachusetts Workers' Compensation Administrative Decisions (MAWC-ADMIN) (1987 - present)

State Cases and Judicial Materials

Cases

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  • Northeastern Reporter (N.E., N.E.2d), KF 135 .N6 1936
  • Massachusetts Reports, KFM 2445 .A2
  • Massachusetts Appeals Court Reports, KFM 2448 .A22
  • Reports of Massachusetts Appellate Division, KFM 2451 .R4
Finding Aids
  • West’s Massachusetts Digest 2d, KFM 2457 .M3 1986
Online
LexisNexis
  • Massachusetts State Cases, Combined (MACTS) (1804 - present)
  • Massachusetts State Briefs and Motions (MAMTBR) (2000 - present)
Westlaw
  • Massachusetts Cases (MA-CS) (1804 - present)
  • Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Briefs and Petitions (MA-SCT-BRIEF) (1990 - present)
  • Massachusetts Appeals Court Briefs (MA-APP-BRIEF) (1999 - present)
Court Rules
Print
  • Annotated Laws of Massachusetts (two soft cover volumes at end of set), KFM 2430 1932 .A2
Online
LexisNexis
  • Massachusetts State & Federal Court Rules (MARULE)
Westlaw
  • Massachusetts Court Rules (MA-RULES)

Jury Instructions

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  • Massachusetts Superior Court Civil Practice Jury Instructions, KFM 2942.6 .M37 1997
  • Massachusetts Jury Instructions, Criminal, KFM 2983 .H66 1999
LexisNexis
  • Massachusetts Jury Instructions - Civil (MACVJI) (through 2000)
  • Massachusetts Jury Instructions - Criminal (MACRJI) (through 2007)
  • Massachusetts Superior Court Civil Pattern Jury Instructions (CLECJI)
  • Massachusetts Superior Court Criminal Practice Jury Instructions (CLESJI) (through 2004)
  • Model Jury Instructions for use in the District Courts - Massachusetts (CLEMJI) (through 2009)
Westlaw
  • Massachusetts Civil Jury Instructions (MA-JICIV)
  • Massachusetts Criminal Jury Instructions (MA-JICRIM)
  • Massachusetts Civil Jury Instruction Filings (MA-JIF-CIV) (2002 - present)

Forms

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  • Massachusetts Practice (with forms), KFM 2480 .M3
Online

Federal Cases and Judicial Materials

Cases

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  • U.S. Reports (U.S.), KF 101 .U2
  • Supreme Court Reporter (S.Ct.), KF 101 .S9
  • United States Supreme Court Reports, Lawyer’s Edition (L.Ed., L.Ed.2d), KF 101 .U58
  • Federal Reporter (F., F.2d, F.3d), KF 105 .F4
  • Federal Supplement (F.Supp., F.Supp.2d), KF 120 .F4
  • Federal Rules Decisions (F.R.D.), KF 120 .F45
  • West’s Bankruptcy Reporter (B.R.), KF 1515 .A2 W47
Finding Aids
  • West's Federal Practice Digest, KF 127 .F4
  • West’s Bankruptcy Digest, KF 1515.3 .W475
Online

Federal Cases

LexisNexis

  • U.S. Supreme Court Briefs (BRIEFS) (1936 - present)
  • U.S. Supreme Court Cases, Lawyers' Edition (USLED) (1790 - present)
  • United States Court of Federal Claims, Claims Court & Court of Claims Cases (1856 - present)
  • Federal Circuit - U.S. Court of Appeals Cases (CAFC) (1982 - present)
  • U.S. Bankruptcy Court Cases (BANKR) (1979 - present)
  • Federal Civil Procedure Cases (FEDCIV) (varies by court)
Local Federal Cases
  • First Circuit - U.S. Court of Appeals Cases & Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (1CIR) (1794 - present)
  • MA Federal District Courts (MADIST) (1799 - present)

Westlaw

Federal Cases

  • All U.S. Supreme Court Cases (SCT) (1790 - present)
  • U.S. Supreme Court Briefs Multibase (SCT-BRIEF-ALL) (1930 - present)
  • U.S. Court of Appeals Cases (CTA) (1891 - present)
  • U.S. Court of Appeals Briefs (CTA-BRIEF) (1972 - present)
  • U.S. Court of Federal Claims Cases (FEDCL) (1945 - present)
  • U.S. Court of Claims - Before 1945 (FEDCL-OLD) (1856 - 1944)
Local Federal Cases
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit Cases (CTA1) (1891 - present)
  • Federal Bankruptcy Cases - First Circuit States & Territory (FBKR-CS1)
  • U.S. District Court Cases for Massachusetts (DCTMA) (1945 - present)
  • U.S. District Court Cases for Massachusetts - Before 1945 (DCTMA-OLD) (1792 - 1944)

Court Rules

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  • Federal Civil Judicial Procedure and Rules, KF 8816 .A193 [year]
  • Federal Criminal Code and Rules, KF 9607.523 .A19 F4 [year]
  • United States Code Annotated, KF 62 1927 .W48 with Titles 18 and 28
  • United States Code Service, KF 62 1972 .L38 (Court Rules volumes)
  • Federal Local Court Rules 3d, KF 8820 .A2 2001 Reserve
  • Local Rules of the Bankruptcy Courts. Second Circuit, KF 1527 .A4 2nd
Online
Federal Court Rules

Local Court Rules

LexisNexis

Federal Court Rules

  • USCS - Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP)
  • USCS - Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure (FRCRP)
  • USCS - Federal Rules of Evidence (FRE)
  • USCS - Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure (FRAP)
  • USCS - Bankruptcy Rules and Official Bankruptcy Forms (BKRULE)
  • USCS - Rules of the Supreme Court of the United States (SUPRUL)

Local Court Rules

  • First Circuit - USCS - Court of Appeals Rules (1CRUL)
  • MA - Local Rules of U.S. District & Bankruptcy Courts in Massachusetts (MAFRUL)

Westlaw

  • Federal Rules (US-RULES)
  • KeyRules - Massachusetts - U.S. District Court (KEYRULES-MA-DCT)

Jury Instructions

Print

  • Pattern Jury Instructions, Criminal Cases, KF 9682 .A65 U61
  • Pattern Jury Instructions, Civil Cases, KF 8984 .A65 U61 Reserve
  • Federal Jury Practice and Instructions 6th [Jury Trial], KF 8984 .M3 2006
  • Federal Jury Practice and Instructions 5th [Civil and Criminal], KF 8984 .M3 2000

Online

LexisNexis

  • Modern Federal Jury Instructions - Civil (MOFCIV)
  • Modern Federal Jury Instructions - Criminal (MOFEJI)
  • USCS Federal Sentencing Guidelines (GLINE)

Westlaw

  • Federal Jury Practice and Instructions - Civil (FED-JICIV)
  • Federal Jury Practice and Instructions - Criminal (FED-JICRIM)
  • Federal Criminal Justice - Federal Sentencing Guidelines (FCJ-FSG)

Forms

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  • Federal Local Court Forms 3d, KF 8836 .H58 2002 Reserve
  • Am.Jur. Pleading and Practice Forms, KF 8836 .A45 1967
  • Bender's Federal Practice Forms, KF 8836 .B45
  • Federal Procedural Forms, L.Ed., KF 8836 .F4
  • West's Federal Forms, KF 8836 .W4 1969
  • Complete Manual of Criminal Forms, KF 9616 .B3 1993

Online

LexisNexis

  • Bender's Federal Practice Forms (FDPRAC)

Westlaw

  • West's Federal Forms (FEDFORMS) (Supreme Court, Courts of Appeals, District Courts, Bankruptcy Court, Admirality Court, National Court, & Tax Court)
  • Federal Procedural Forms (FEDPROF)

State Government Resources

Local Government Resources

Practice Materials

Print

  • Annotated Laws of Massachusetts (court rules volumes), KFM 2430 1932 .A2
  • Handbook of Legal Research in Massachusetts, KFM 2475 .H35 2002
  • Massachusetts Conveyancers' Handbook, With Forms, KFM 2527 .D3 2008
  • Massachusetts Criminal Practice, KFM 2975 .B58 1998
  • Massachusetts Jurisprudence, KFM 2480 .M28 1992
  • Massachusetts Jury Instructions, Criminal, KFM 2983 .H66 1999
  • Massachusetts Practice (with forms), KFM 2480 .M3
  • Massachusetts Superior Court Civil Practice Jury Instructions, KFM 2942.6 .M37 1997
  • Motions in Limine, KFM 2979.Z9 S34 2007

Online

Ethics

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  • Massachusetts Professional Responsibility, KFM 2476.5.A2 T86 2003

Online

Bar Associations and Law Schools

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