D. Mass.
Law & Legal abbreviation · Court
| Stands for | United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts |
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| Categories | Law & Legal |
D. Mass. stands for United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, a court abbreviation.
Federal trial court for Massachusetts, sitting in Boston, Worcester and Springfield. It handles many life-sciences, biotechnology and health care fraud matters as well as notable criminal trials, including the Boston Marathon bombing prosecution and the college admissions bribery cases.
Example: The biotech patent dispute was tried to a jury in D. Mass. at the Moakley courthouse in Boston.
Usage notes
The John Joseph Moakley U.S. Courthouse on Boston's waterfront also houses the First Circuit. Massachusetts is a single-district state, so the citation has no direction: "(D. Mass. 2017)". The state's highest court is a different body, the Supreme Judicial Court (SJC).
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