Opinion ID: 697653
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Heading: Equity Jurisdiction Statute, Mass.Ann.Laws ch. 214 (1995)

Text: 64 Section 1. General Equity Jurisdiction, Concurrent. 65 The supreme judicial and superior courts shall have original and concurrent jurisdiction of all cases and matters of equity cognizable under the general principles of equity jurisprudence and, with reference thereto, shall be courts of general equity jurisdiction.... 66 Section 1C. Right to be Free From Sexual Harassment. 67 A person shall have the right to be free from sexual harassment, as defined in chapter one hundred and fifty-one B and one hundred and fifty-one C. The superior court shall have the jurisdiction in equity to enforce this right and to award damages. 68 Section 2. Statutory Equity Jurisdiction. 69 The supreme judicial court shall have original and exclusive jurisdiction of all civil actions in which equitable relief is sought cognizable under any statute and not within the jurisdiction conferred by section one, unless a different provision is made; and the superior court shall have like original and exclusive, or like original and concurrent, jurisdiction only if the statute so provides.