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  • Feener Business Schools, Inc. v. Board of Collegiate Authority

    329 Mass. 170 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 2, 1952

    The powers of the respondent board are explained in Clarke v. Board of Collegiate Authority, 327 Mass. 279 . … Clarke v. Board of Collegiate Authority, 327 Mass. 279, 282 .

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  • Keohane's Case

    232 Mass. 487 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 27, 1919

    Young v. Duncan, 218 Mass. 346 . Camden’s Case, *490 225 Mass. 66, 68 . Humphrey’s Case, 226 Mass. 143 . Brown’s Case, 228 Mass. 31, 38 . Dempsey’s Case, 230 Mass. 583 . … Brown’s Case, supra. See Pattee v. Stetson, 170 Mass. 93, 95 .

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  • P & D Service Co. v. Zoning Board of Appeals

    359 Mass. 96 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 19, 1971

    Rice v. Board of Appeals of Dennis, 342 Mass. 499, 501-502 . Reynolds v. Board of Appeal of Springfield, *105 335 Mass. 464, 465 . Bradshaw v. Board of Appeals of Sudbury, 346 Mass. 558, 560 . O’Donnell v. … Board of Appeals of Billerica, 349 Mass. 324, 327 . Sandberg v. Board of Appeals of Taunton, 349 Mass. 769 . See Church v. Building Inspector of Natick, 343 Mass. 266, 268-269 .

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  • 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.

    Cited 25 timesPublished
  • Doe v. Sex Offender Registry Bd.

    482 Mass. 1107 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 31, 2019

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  • Doe v. Sex Offender Registry Bd.

    482 Mass. 1108 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 31, 2019

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  • Moe v. Sex Offender Registry Bd.

    482 Mass. 1105 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 27, 2019

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  • Derby Refining Co. v. Board of Aldermen of Chelsea

    407 Mass. 718 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 19, 1990

    Co. v. Chelsea, ante 703 (1990). … Street Comm’rs of Boston, 309 Mass. 244, 245 (1941); Higgins v. License Comm’rs of Quincy, supra at 143-144; Saxe v. Street Comm’rs of Boston, 307 Mass. 495, 497-498 (1940); Hanley v. Cook, 245 Mass. 563, 565 (1923).

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  • 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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  • John Doe v. Sex Offender Registry Bd.

    482 Mass. 1104 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 6, 2019

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  • Nashawena Trust v. Board of Assessors

    398 Mass. 821 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 17, 1986

    School Comm. of New Bedford v. Commissioner of Educ., 349 Mass. 410, 412 (1965). See, e.g., Wachusett Regional School Dist. Comm. v. Erickson, 353 Mass. 77, 79 (1967). 2. … We limit ourselves in our review of this question to a determination whether the decision of the board is supported by substantial evidence. New Boston Garden Corp. v.

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  • Rudnick Realty v. Board of Assessors

    373 Mass. 856 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 28, 1977

    So far as the question whether the equipment was erected on or affixed to the real estate or building is a question of fact, the decision of the board is final. Coomey v. … Gallagher for the Board of Assessors of Westborough. Robert V. Deiana for the taxpayer. Decision affirmed.

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  • Roda Realty Trust v. Board of Assessors of Belmont

    385 Mass. 493 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 4, 1982

    Old Colony R.R. v. Assessors of Quincy, 305 Mass. 509, 511-512 (1940). Accord, New Bedford Gas & Edison Light Co. v. Assessors of Dartmouth, 368 Mass. 745, 747-748 (1975); Canron, Inc. v. … The board’s decision imports a finding of all subsidiary facts necessary to support it. Cohen v. Assessors of Boston, supra. Accord, Assessors of Kingston v. Sgarzi, 367 Mass. 840, 843-844 (1975).

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  • John Doe v. Sex Offender Registry Bd.

    482 Mass. 643 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 5, 2019

    Doe v. … See Doe v.

    Cited 84 timesPublished
  • Bowmar's Inc. v. Board of Appeals

    344 Mass. 750 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 2, 1962

    L. c. 40A, § 21 (as amended through St. 1960, c. 365), reached less definite conclusions than would have been desirable, but ordered that the board be sustained. … Pendergast v. Board of Appeals of Barnstable, 331 Mass. 555, 559-560 . See Bruzzese V. Board of Appeals of Hingham, 343 Mass. 421, 423 .

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  • Brady v. Retirement Board of Brockton

    321 Mass. 371 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 3, 1947

    Hinckley v. Retirement Board of Gloucester, 316 Mass. 496 . Hayward v. Retirement Board of Brockton, 317 Mass. 371 . He contends, however, that he is not such a member. … : “The contributory retirement appeal board shall pass upon the appeal, and its decision shall be final and binding upon the board involved and upon all other parties in interest, and shall be complied with by such board

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  • Brown v. Cotton & Woolen Manufacturers' Mutual Insurance Co. of New England

    156 Mass. 587 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 23, 1892

    Essex Savings Bank v. Meriden Ins. Co. 57 Conn. 335, 338 . … Co. v. Worcester Ins. Co. 11 Met. 429 , 435. Oakes *589 v. Manufacturers' Ins. Co. 131 Mass. 164, 165 . Dailey v. Westchester Ins. Co. 131 Mass. 173 . Grevemeyer v. Southern Ins. Co. 62 Penn. St. 340, 342. Adams v.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Breault v. Chairman of the Board of Fire Commissioners

    401 Mass. 26 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 13, 1987

    In 1978, the mayor of the city of Springfield (city) appointed him to serve, without compensation, as a member of the board of fire commissioners of Springfield (board), a body charged inter alia with hiring and firing fire … In June, he applied to the board for reinstatement as a fire fighter. Told to appear at a monthly meeting of the board on August 4,1981, he did so.

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  • Hahn v. Planning Board of Stoughton

    406 Mass. 1001 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 7, 1989

    In Hahn v. Planning Bd. of Stoughton, 403 Mass. 332, 338-339 (1988), we remanded the case to a single justice of this court for assessment of *1002 appropriate attorney’s fees pursuant to G.

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  • Huse v. Amesbury Board of Health

    163 Mass. 240 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 2, 1895

    Such a nuisance may be dealt with by the board under Pub. Sts. c. 80, §§ 18-25; or the proper authorities may lay a public sewer-with which the board may require .the buildings-on the private way to be connected. … See Grace v. Newton Board of Health, 135 Mass. 490, 495 . Exceptions sustained.

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