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  • Alston v. Town of Brookline

    District Court, D. Massachusetts · Apr 2, 2020

    TOWN OF BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS, BROOKLINE BOARD OF SELECTMEN, BETSY DEWITT, KENNETH GOLDSTEIN, NANCY DALY, NEIL WISHINSKY, BERNARD GREENE, BEN FRANCO, NANCY HELLER, SANDRA DEBOW, JOSLIN … Brown was scheduled in the fall of 2014, but his new (and present) lawyer objected to further examination by Dr. Brown.

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  • Flaherty v. Knapik

    999 F. Supp. 2d 323 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Feb 21, 2014

    Plaintiff Jane Wensley and Jack Callahan vied to represent Ward 3 on the Municipal Light Board. … .”); Carey v. Brown, 447 U.S. 455 , 100 S.Ct. 2286 , 65 L.Ed.2d 263 (1980) (finding public streets and sidewalks in a residential neighborhood are public forums.)

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  • West & Dodge Co. v. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp.

    266 F. 557 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Apr 7, 1920

    The price therein agreed upon was, by the terms of the contract between the defendant and the government, subject to the *558 approval of the compensation board of the Navy Department. … S. v. North American Commercial Co. (C. C.) 74 Fed. 145 ; Kugler v. U. S., 4 Ct. Cl. 407; Wilder v. U. S., 5 Ct.

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  • Janney v. Tudor Co.

    3 F. 814 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Jul 1, 1880

    It appeared at the hearing that the cutch was received on board the Iceberg at Calcutta, in the months of January and February, 1878, in good order and condition, and bills of lading were delivered for the same, containing … Nelson v. Woodruff, 1 Black, 156 ; Brig Coleaberg, 1 Black, 170 ; Clark v. Barnwell, 12 How. 272 ; Lamb v. Parkman, 1 Sprague, 343 ; The Invincible, 1 Low. 225 ; Libby v. Gage, 14 Allen, 261 .

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  • Owens v. School Committee of Boston

    304 F. Supp. 1327 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Oct 21, 1969

    Its functions could readily be assigned to an appointed official or board, to the appointment of which the restrictions of Baker v. … Sailors v. Board of Education of Kent County, 387 U.S. 105 , 87 S.Ct. 1549 , 18 L.Ed. 2d 650 . The School Committee here does not strictly fall within the ruling in Avery v.

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  • Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Boston & Maine Railroad

    244 F. Supp. 378 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Jul 9, 1965

    The dispute has been submitted to the Railroad Adjustment Board for determination. To ascertain the type of dispute in issue, i. e., whether major or minor, the Court turns to Elgin, J. & E. R. Co. v. … That being so, the exclusive primary jurisdiction to decide the merits of the dispute is in the Railroad Adjustment Board. Slocum v. Delaware, L. & W. R. Co., 339 U.S. 239 , 70 S.Ct. 577 , 94 L.Ed. 795 (1950).

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  • Silverman v. Laird

    339 F. Supp. 876 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Mar 15, 1972

    Welsh v. United States, supra-, United States v. Seeger, supra. … The comment of Judge Zirpoli in Browning v.

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  • Local 25, International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. Greene

    196 F. Supp. 772 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Aug 16, 1961

    Fitzgerald v. Douds, 2 Cir., 1948, 167 F.2d 714 . The first exception is that described in the opinion of the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Fay v. … See My Bread Baking Company v. Alpert, 197 F.Supp. 668 .

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  • Mashpee Tribe v. Watt

    542 F. Supp. 797 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Jun 30, 1982

    In Brown v. … Brown v. Felsen, 442 U.S. at 132 , 99 S.Ct. at 2209 . And, in Blonder-Tongue v.

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  • Massachusetts Fair Share, Inc. v. Town of Rockland

    610 F. Supp. 682 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · May 23, 1985

    In pertinent part, the ordinance requires all persons who solicit funds regardless of their purpose to obtain a permit from the Board of Selectmen “under such terms and conditions as the Board may prescribe.” … In fact, the Board of Selectmen are given broad power to set such “terms and conditions” as they deem fit for each applicant.

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  • Confederate Motors, Inc. v. Terny

    859 F. Supp. 2d 181 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Apr 19, 2012

    See Ridder v. CityFed Fin. … Truck Components Inc. v. Beatrice Co., 143 F.3d 1057, 1062 (7th Cir.1998) (citing NBD Bank, N.A. v. Bennett, 67 F.3d 629, 634 (7th Cir.1995)).

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  • Langhammer v. Hamilton

    194 F. Supp. 854 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · May 31, 1961

    On February 9,1959, plaintiff appealed this deportation order to the Board of Immigration Appeals, and plaintiff’s counsel filed a brief with said Board. On March 9, 1960, the Board ordered the appeal dismissed. … See, also, Clarke v. Landon, 1 Cir., 239 F.2d 631 . The case of Benvenuto v.

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  • Di Russo v. United States

    417 F. Supp. 763 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Jul 1, 1976

    Likewise, in Robinson v. … On October 11, 1974, the sentence imposed in United States v. Bigelow, CR 73-63-T, was vacated without objection by the government on grounds other than a challenge of the Parole Board Guidelines.

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  • United States v. Jeffreys

    111 F. Supp. 3d 70 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Jun 30, 2015

    United States v. Brown, 621 F.3d 48, 57 (1st Cir.2010); see Illinois v. Wardlow, 528 U.S. 119, 125 , 120 S.Ct. 673 , 145 L.Ed.2d 570 (2000). … Florida v.

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  • Evans v. Town of Watertown

    417 F. Supp. 908 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Jul 20, 1976

    Thomas D’Onofrio, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen of Watertown, on or before January 2, 1975. … See Paul v. Davis, 424 U.S. 693 , 96 S.Ct. 1155 , 47 L.Ed.2d 405 , 44 U.S.L.W. 4337 (1976); Hahn v. Sargent, supra, 388 F.Supp. at 452 .

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  • Walters v. Flemming

    185 F. Supp. 288 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Jul 18, 1960

    On September 20, 1957, the Massachusetts Industrial Accident Board approved an agreement between the plaintiff and the workmen’s compensation insurer for a lump sum payment to the plaintiff under Mass.G.L. … Gannon v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board, 338 Mass. 628 , 156 N.E.2d 654 .

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  • Tarr v. Town of Rockport

    405 F. Supp. 2d 75 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Nov 22, 2005

    Tarr was allegedly removed from his office for cause by the Town Board of Selectmen (“BOS”) pursuant to Mass. Gen. … V & M Mgmt., Inc., 929 F.2d 830, 834 (1st Cir.1991); Ching v. Mitre Corp., 921 F.2d 11, 13 (1st Cir.1990) (citing cases).

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  • Jay v. Allen

    13 F. Cas. 386 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Mar 13, 1846

    Brown v. Jones [Case No. 2,017]; Willard v. Dorr [Id. 17,679]; The Rebecca, 5 C. Rob. Adm. 102; The Sarah Ann [Case No. 12,342]. … Baxter v. Rodman, 3 Pick. 439 ; Bishop v. Shepherd, 23 Pick. 494 ; Abb. Shipp. 606, note; Tne Frederick, 5 C. Rob. Adm. 8; Wilkinson v. Frasier, 4 Esp. 182.

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  • Goodrich v. Cequent Performance Products, Inc.

    311 F.R.D. 22 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Sep 29, 2015

    reviewing board, or the court in which the action has been commenced after a hearing in which both the employee and the insurer have had an opportunity to be heard. … See Pinto v. Aberthaw Const.

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  • Monteiro v. The Children's Hospital Corporation

    District Court, D. Massachusetts · May 12, 2025

    Cohen v. Brown Univ., 16 F.4th 935, 943 (1st Cir. 2021) (quoting Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(e)(2)). … Brown v. Colegio de Abogados de Puerto Rico, 613 F.3d 44, 51 (1st Cir. 2010) (citation omitted).

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