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  • Samuels Pharmacy, Inc. v. Board of Registration in Pharmacy

    390 Mass. 583 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 12, 1983

    See Kipperman v. State, 626 S.W.2d 507 (Tex. Crim. … See Baldwin Metals Co. v. Donovan, 642 F.2d 768 (5th Cir.), cert. denied sub nom. Mosher Steel Co. v.

    Cited 15 timesPublished
  • New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Board of Assessors

    392 Mass. 865 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Aug 23, 1984

    Person v. … Table VI 1982). 5 In Joffe v.

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • Kelleher v. Board of Public Accountancy

    424 Mass. 1014 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 13, 1997

    Cray, Assistant Attorney General, for the Board of Public Accountancy. The plaintiffs reliance on Peel v. Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Comm 'n of Ill., 496 U.S. 91 (1990), is misplaced. … See also Gurry v. Board of Pub. Accountancy, 394 Mass. 118 (1985); 252 Code Mass. Regs. § 3.05 (1) (1993).

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  • Doe, SORB No. 156545 v. Sex Offender Registry Board

    469 Mass. 1001 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 9, 2014

    The petitioner appeals from a judgment of a single justice of this court declining to compel the Sex Offender Registry Board (board) to produce a transcript of the petitioner's classification hearing. … The board's failure to comply with its duty was not inconsequential.

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  • Cousins v. Cummings

    332 Mass. 649 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 6, 1955

    As the trailer passed Brown the boards or planks with which it was loaded struck and injured the horse. This occurred about two hundred feet north of the driveway. … See Hollidge v. Duncan, 199 Mass. 121 ; Washburn v. R. F. Owens Co. 252 Mass. 47, 54 ; Riley v. Boston Elevated Railway, 265 Mass. 176, 178 , and cases cited; Bryne v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. 269 Mass. 130 .

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  • Greater Boston Real Estate Board v. City of Boston

    428 Mass. 797 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 5, 1999

    The ordinance purports to grant the city’s rent board jurisdiction over past and future condominium conversions. … Murphy v. Commissioner of the Dep’t of Indus. Accs., supra.

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  • City Council of Agawam v. Energy Facilities Siting Board

    437 Mass. 821 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 21, 2002

    L. c. 164, § 69P. 11 See Andover v. Energy Facilities Siting Bd., 435 Mass. 377, 378-379 (2001). The party appealing from a decision of the board bears the burden of showing that the decision is invalid. Id. at 379 . 3. … Mello v. License Comm’n of Revere, 435 Mass. 532, 534 (2001), and cases cited.

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  • Rent Control Board v. 375 Associates Ltd. Partnership

    396 Mass. 696 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 10, 1986

    The defendant essentially suggests that we construe c. 36, § 3 (b) (3) (ii), to mean that Federal law “regulates” rents even when it provides that rents shall be set by local boards. In Rent Control Bd. of Cambridge v. … See Rent Control Bd. of Cambridge v. Cambridge Tower Corp., supra at 812, 813.

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  • Animal Legal Defense Fund, Inc. v. Fisheries & Wildlife Board

    416 Mass. 635 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 20, 1993

    In Kaplan v. … Hunt v.

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  • Greater Boston Real Estate Board v. City of Boston

    397 Mass. 870 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 9, 1986

    Levy v. Board of Registration & Discipline in Medicine, 378 Mass. 519, 524 (1979), quoting Consolidated Cigar Corp. v. Department of Pub. Health, 372 Mass. 844, 855 (1977). … As we recognized in Church v.

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • Shirley Wayside Ltd. Partnership v. Board of Appeals of Shirley

    461 Mass. 469 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 7, 2012

    Id. at 25 (Brown, J., dissenting). 2. Discussion. We agree with the Land Court judge that most of the board’s stated concerns were vague, speculative, or otherwise unsupported by the evidence. See id. at 22-23 . … See Cox v. Board of Appeals of Carver, 42 Mass. App. Ct. 422, 426 (1997) (Cox), quoting Rockwood v. Snow Inn Corp., 409 Mass. 361, 364 (1991).

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  • South Essex Sewerage Board v. Carr Leather Co.

    286 Mass. 191 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 29, 1934

    Baldwin v. Wilbraham, 140 Mass. 459 . Barker v. Mackay, 168 Mass. 76 . The plaintiff argues that the Superior Court has jurisdiction under G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 83, §§ 10, 13. … See Cohen v. Price, 273 Mass. 303 . We are referred to no statute giving jurisdiction to the Superior Court to enforce in equity the regulation in question.

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  • Smith v. Zoning Board of Appeals of Scituate

    347 Mass. 755 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 2, 1964

    Sullivan v. Board of Appeals of Canton, 345 Mass. 117, 119 . Twomey v. Board of Appeals of Worcester, ante, 684, 685. Compare Ferrante v. Board of Appeals of *759 Northampton, 345 Mass. 158, 161 . … Cary v. Board of Appeals of Worcester, 340 Mass. 748, 750 . Ferrante v. Board of Appeals of Northampton, 345 Mass. 158, 161 .

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Essex County Retirement Board v. Town of North Andover

    349 Mass. 233 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 11, 1965

    The Essex County Retirement Board (the board) brought substantially identical bills in equity seeking the removal of the defendants Saunders and McCormack from their positions as registrars of voters in the town of North … Bd. of Retirement v.

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  • Cumberland Farms, Inc. v. Board of Health of Braintree

    Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 15, 2025

    Langan v. Board of Registration in Med., 477 Mass. 1023, 1025 (2017), quoting Hoffer v. Board of Registration in Med., 461 Mass. 451 , 458 n.9 (2012). … Volin v. Board of Pub. Accountancy, 422 Mass. 175, 179 (1996), quoting Adamowicz v. Ipswich, 395 Mass. 757, 760 (1985).

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  • Jaglenaski v. Andersen Coal Mining Co.

    214 Mass. 573 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 23, 1913

    It appeared that the plaintiff was at work with one Brown in the repair of a hopper.. … He testified that boards were needed for the repairs; that Brown was repairing the hopper and the plaintiff was bringing boards from a place close to the fence to the hopper, a distance of about seventy-five feet; that the

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Klapacs v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board

    340 Mass. 732 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 28, 1960

    On May 18, 1956, the appeal board, after hearing, affirmed the decision of the board and dismissed the appeal. … We assume that, if the board had discretion to grant the petitioner’s application to amend, its denial of the applica *734 tian, as matter of law, was erroneous. See Long v. George, 296 Mass. 574, 578 ; Peterson v.

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  • Boston Better Business Machine Co. v. Board of Assessors

    387 Mass. 1006 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 17, 1982

    As we stated in Milchen Furniture Co. v. … Leen v. Assessors of Boston, 345 Mass. 494, 497-498 (1963). The decision of the Appellate Tax Board is affirmed. So ordered.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Brownv. Boston & Maine Railroad

    283 Mass. 192 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 29, 1933

    Brown, was appointed administrator of the estate of John S. … Stacy v. Thrasher, 6 How. 44, 58 . Noonan v. Bradley, 9 Wall. 394, 400 . Johnson v. Powers, 139 U. S. 156, 158 . Goodwin v. Jones, 3 Mass. 513 . Beaman v. Elliot, 10 Cush. 172 , 173. Commonwealth v.

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  • Early v. Board of Registrars of Voters of Worcester

    345 Mass. 47 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 19, 1962

    We are of opinion the case at bar is controlled by Felch v. Board of Registrars of Voters of Salisbury, 336 Mass. 7 . … The respondent board and the intervener earnestly urge that the case at bar is distinguishable.

    Cited 4 timesPublished

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