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  • 122 Main Street Corp. v. City of Brockton

    323 Mass. 646 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 4, 1949

    Brown v. Board of Appeals of Springfield, 327 Ill. 644 . Romar Realty Co. v. Board of Commissioners of Haddonfield, 96 N. J. L. 117. Brookdale Homes, Inc. v. Johnson, 123 N. J. L. 602; affirmed 126 N. J. L. 516. … State v. Stahlman, 81 W. Va. 335 . See Mobridge v. Brown , 39 S. D. 270; 58 Am. Jur., Zoning, § 49.

    Cited 32 timesPublished
  • Guthrie v. Jones

    108 Mass. 191 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 15, 1871

    Wilde v. Waters, 16 C. B. 637. Stockwell v. Marks, 17 Maine, 455. … Brown, for the plaintiffs.

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  • Public Employee Retirement Administration Commission v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board

    Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 13, 2018

    See Hallett v. … See Rodman v. Rodman, 470 Mass. 539, 542 n.5 (2015), quoting Condon v.

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  • Veolia Energy Bos., Inc. v. Bd. of Assessors of Bos.

    482 Mass. 1102 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 9, 2019

    Cited 0 timesPublishedNo opinion text
  • Old Colony Trust Co. v. Board of Governors of the Belleville General Hospital

    355 Mass. 776 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 5, 1969

    Johnson v. Johnson, 215 Mass. 276, 285 . New England Trust Co. v. Wood, 326 Mass. 239, 242 . American Inst. of Architects v. Attorney Gen. 332 Mass. 619, 622 . This is eminently a case to apply the cy pres doctrine. … American Academy of Arts & Sciences v. Harvard College, 12 Gray, 582 , 596. Hubbard v. Worcester Art Museum, 194 Mass. 280, 290 . Rogers v. Attorney Gen. 347 Mass. 126, 131 .

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  • Cawley v. Northern Waste Co.

    239 Mass. 540 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 10, 1921

    Commonwealth v. Staples, 191 Mass. 384 . Brown v. Newburyport, 209 Mass. 259, 266 . … No copy has been furnished us of the code of the National Board of Fire Underwriters existing when the ordinance became operative.

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  • Boylston Housing Corp. v. O'Toole

    321 Mass. 538 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 3, 1947

    National Labor Relations Board, 91 Fed. [2d] 134, 138; C. G. Conn, Ltd. v. National Labor Relations Board, 108 Fed. [2d] 390, 396-397; The Point Reyes, 110 Fed. [2d] 608, 609-610; Uden v. … Wallis v. Wenham, 204 Mass. 83, 89 . Ravage v. Johnson, 316 Mass. 558, 562 . See also Suburban Land Co. Inc. v. Brown, 237 Mass. 166 .

    Cited 47 timesPublished
  • Wolfe v. Massachusetts Port Authority

    366 Mass. 417 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 27, 1974

    Brown is entitled to discovery. The demurrer was properly overruled. The interlocutory and final decrees are to be modified by substituting Jessie K. Brown, the true party in interest, for Robert S. … Hurley v. Board of Pub. Welfare of Lynn, 310 Mass. 285 (1941). Lord v. Registrar of Motor Vehicles, 347 Mass. 608 (1964). See G. L. c. 66, § 10, as appearing in St. 1973, c. 1050, § 3, effective July 1, Í974.

    Cited 23 timesPublished
  • M & T CHARTERS, INC. v. Commissioner of Revenue

    404 Mass. 137 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 14, 1989

    We do not disturb a decision of the board unless it is not supported by substantial evidence or is based on an error of law. See Tenneco Inc. v. Commissioner of Revenue, 401 Mass. 380, 383 (1988); Towle v. … See Brown v. Assessors of Bedford, 398 Mass. 1010 (1986); Minchin v. Commissioner of Revenue, 393 Mass. 1004, 1005 (1984).

    Cited 25 timesPublished
  • Rich v. Mayor of Malden

    252 Mass. 213 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 18, 1925

    See Brown v. Russell, 166 Mass. 14 . … Graham v. Roberts, 200 Mass. 152 . Barnes v. Mayor of Chicopee, 213 Mass. 1, 4 . But a policeman who is empowered to serve criminal process is a public officer. Commonwealth v. Kane, 108 Mass. 423 . Brown v.

    Cited 14 timesPublished
  • Chastain v. Hotel Commander, Inc.

    336 Mass. 603 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 8, 1958

    Foley v. Hotel Touraine Co. 326 Mass. 742, 743 . Kelleher v. Dini’s, Inc. 331 Mass. 217, 218-219 . … Newell v. Wm. Filene’s Sons Co. 296 Mass. 489, 490 . Compare Gallagher v. Stop & Shop, Inc. 332 Mass. 560, 563 .

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Boston Transcript Co.

    249 Mass. 477 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 12, 1924

    It resembles in its constitutional features the act of Congress upheld in Pennsylvania Railroad v. United States Railroad Labor Board, 261 U. S. 72 . The statute before the court in Adkins v. Children’s Hospital, 261 U. … Cases like Wilson v. New, 243 U. S. 332 , Block v. Hirsh, 256 U. S. 135 , Marcus Brown Holding Co. v. Feldman, 256 U.

    Cited 22 timesPublished
  • Dalton v. Div. of Ins. Bd. of Appeals

    480 Mass. 1103 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 29, 2018

    Cited 0 timesPublishedNo opinion text
  • Whitcomb's Case

    120 Mass. 118 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 30, 1876

    So in Ex parte Brown, 5 B. & S. 280, the Court of King’s Bench held that the House of Keys, which was the lower branch of the Legislature of the Isle of Man, and had also judicial functions in appeals from the verdicts of … Burnham v. Morrissey, 14 Gray, 226 . State v. Matthews, 37 N. H. 450. Falvey’s case, 7 Wis. 630 . *123 But in Anderson v.

    Cited 30 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Brothers

    158 Mass. 200 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 1, 1893

    It was not necessary to aver or prove that the licensing board had required the defendant to remove the blinds and curtains. Commonwealth v. Rourke, 141 Mass. 321 . 5. … Commonwealth v. Brown, 121 Mass. 69, 80 . Commonwealth v. Kenney, 12 Met. 235 . 9. It was not necessary to prove that the cider contained more than one per cent of alcohol. St. 1888, c. 219. Pub. Sts. c. 100, § 27.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. LaPlante

    482 Mass. 399 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 6, 2019

    Commonwealth v. Brown, 466 Mass. 676, 691 n.11 (2013), S.C., 474 Mass. 576 (2016). … Brown, 466 Mass. at 689 n.10, 690. See Diatchenko I, 466 Mass. at 673-674. Then, in Commonwealth v.

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Commissioner of Corporations & Taxation v. Ayer

    323 Mass. 579 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 4, 1949

    The commissioner assessed an additional tax, which was abated by the Appellate Tax Board. The second case concerns a trust created on December 22, 1922, by Jacob F. Brown. … See Welch v. Commissioner of Corporations & Taxation, 309 Mass. 293, 299 . In each case abatement is granted in the amount found by the board with costs. So ordered.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Board of Assessors v. Iron Rail Fund of Girls Clubs of America, Inc.

    367 Mass. 301 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 3, 1975

    The board’s ultimate conclusions are upheld whenever they are warranted by the evidence. Assessors of Boston v. Garland Sch. of Home Making, 296 Mass. 378, 383 (1937). Brockton Knights of Columbus Bldg. Assn. Inc. v. … Medical Center v. Assessors of Boston, 353 Mass. 35, 39-40 (1967). Schlaiker v. Assessors of Great Barrington, 365 Mass. 243, 245 , and fn. 2 (1974).

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • DeBoer v. Anthony

    300 Mass. 403 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 26, 1938

    In Farrington v. … Inc. v. Bright, 283 Mass. 283, 294 . In the cases of Scollans v. Rollins, 173 Mass. 275 , Treadwell v. Clark, 114 App. Div. (N. Y.) 493, and France v. Clark, 26 Ch.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Johnston v. Box

    453 Mass. 569 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 13, 2009

    Harhen v. Brown, 431 Mass. 838, 843 (2000), citing Rales, supra at 936 . … Harhen v. Brown, 431 Mass. 838, 840 (2000), citing Shaw v. Digital Equip. Corp., 82 F.3d 1194,1220 (1st Cir. 1996).

    Cited 31 timesPublished

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