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  • Greco v. Suffolk Division of the Probate & Family Court Department

    418 Mass. 153 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 1, 1994

    Delisle v. Commonwealth, 416 Mass. 359, 360 (1993). Rogan v. Commonwealth, 415 Mass. 376, 378 (1993). There was no abuse or error. … Pandey v. Superior Court, 412 Mass. 1001, 1001-1002 (1992). Brown v. Chicopee Fire Fighters Ass’n, Local 1710, 408 Mass 1003, 1003-1004 (1990). Here, the plaintiff had such a remedy in the trial court.

    Cited 20 timesPublished
  • In the Matter of Williams

    Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 23, 2023

    Bar Overseers (board). … Brown for the respondent.

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  • Commonwealth v. Bertrand

    385 Mass. 356 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 25, 1982

    This door normally was barred by a thirty-inch two-by-four board: the door opened outward, and the board was held against the door by brackets bolted to the door. … Commonwealth v. Brown, 378 Mass. 165, 173 (1979). Commonwealth v. Hooks, 375 Mass. 284, 298-299 (1978). Commonwealth v. Simpson, 370 Mass. 119, 126-127 (1976). c. Trial conduct.

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  • Washington & Devonshire Realty Co. v. Freedman

    263 Mass. 554 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 26, 1928

    These three also constituted the board of directors. … Brown, 5 Cush. 488 , 492.

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  • Commonwealth v. Bogigian

    265 Mass. 531 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 4, 1929

    Holmes v. Greene, 7 Gray, 299 . Feehan v. Tax Commissioner, 237 Mass. 169 . Hutchins v. Browne, 253 Mass. 55, 57 . … Worcester v. Wilbraham, 13 Gray, 586 , 590. White v. Stowell, 229 Mass. 594, 597 . Field v. Field, 236 Mass. 256, 257, 258 .

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  • Commonwealth v. Dobbins

    344 Mass. 272 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 4, 1962

    See Commonwealth v. Surridge, 265 Mass. 425, 428 ; Commonwealth v. Wolbarst, 319 Mass. 291, 293 ; Commonwealth v. Carpenter, 325 Mass. 519 . … Concord v. Attorney Gen. 336 Mass. 17, 25 . Brown v. Carlisle, 336 Mass. 147, 148 . The record contains nothing to overcome the presumption of validity.

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  • In the Matter of Ford

    404 Mass. 347 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 14, 1989

    Judge Ford became a NEAVS member in 1963 or 1964, was elected to the board of directors shortly thereafter, became vice president in the early 1970’s, and became president in 1981. … Brown did so, and divided the resulting fees with Mr. Gordon’s estate. Mr.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • The First Marblehead Corporation v. Commissioner of Revenue

    470 Mass. 497 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 28, 2015

    Brown (Donald-Bruce Abrams with him) for the taxpayer. Brett M. Goldberg (Daniel J. Hammond, Assistant Attorney General, with him) for Commissioner of Revenue. … See also Tyler Pipe Indus., Inc. v.

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  • Jordan v. Fall River Railroad

    59 Allen 69 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 15, 1849

    In the case of the Orange County Bank v. … Brown, 9 Wend. 85 , it was held, that the owner of a steamboat used for carrying passengers was not liable for a trunk, containing a large sum of money, brought on board by a passenger as baggage, the object being the transportation

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  • Twombly v. Billerica

    262 Mass. 214 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 6, 1928

    Day v. Mills, 213 Mass. 585, 587 . Hanscom v. Malden & Melrose Gas Light Co. 220 Mass. 1, 9 . Ensign v. Faxon, 229 Mass. 231, 233 . Boston & Maine Railroad v. Cate, 254 Mass. 248, 250 . Equity Rule 6 (1926). … Dickinson v. Conway, 12 Allen, 487 . Brown v. Melrose, 155 Mass. 587 .” Meader v. West Newbury, 256 Mass. 37, 40 .

    Cited 16 timesPublished
  • Harker v. City of Holyoke

    390 Mass. 555 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 12, 1983

    We held that the board was a court of competent jurisdiction for the purpose of applying the issue preclusion rule. … Vogel v. Vogel, 178 Conn. 358 (1979). Ahuna v. Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, 64 Hawaii 327 , 333 n.9 (1982). Marriage of Brown, 98 Wash. 2d 46 (1982).

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  • Circuit City Stores, Inc. v. Commissioner of Revenue

    439 Mass. 629 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 25, 2003

    L. c. 64H, § 2, and now affirm the board’s decision. 1. The board found the following facts. … See Browning-Ferris Indus., Inc. v. State Tax Comm’n, 375 Mass. 326 , 330 n.4 (1978); R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. Boston & Me. R.R., 298 Mass. 152, 155 (1937).

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Roe v. Attorney General

    434 Mass. 418 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 28, 2001

    See Mathews v. Eldridge, 424 U.S. 319, 335 (1976); Commonwealth v. Brown, 426 Mass. 475, 482 (1998); Aime v. Commonwealth, 414 Mass. 667, 674-675 (1993). … Mathews v. Eldridge, supra. See Aime v.

    Cited 54 timesPublished
  • American Circular Loom Co. v. Wilson

    198 Mass. 182 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 4, 1908

    This contention rests largely upon the language of Brown, J., in Solomons v. United States, 137 U. … Metcalf v. Williams, 144 Mass. 452 . Bassett v. Brown, 105 Mass. 551 . The plaintiff did not merely make an erroneous choice of a remedy which did not exist, as in Doucette v. Baldwin, 194 Mass. 131 , and Snow v.

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  • Bruce Johnson v. Caroline Settino

    Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 8, 2024

    See Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers of N.Y., Inc. v. Board of Appeal of Billerica, 454 Mass. 374, 383 (2009), quoting DiGiovanni v. Board of Appeals of Rockport, 19 Mass. App. … See also Brown v. Thomas, 127 Wis. 2d 318, 328 (Ct.

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  • Commonwealth v. Rodriguez

    437 Mass. 554 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Aug 19, 2002

    Rodriguez was at South Station intending to board a bus to New Jersey when he was arrested. Dr. … Brown’s testimony, or opt to give such an instruction during the expert’s cross-examination, was within her discretion. See Commonwealth v. Ferguson, 365 Mass. 1, 11 (1974); Goldman v.

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  • Canavan's Case

    432 Mass. 304 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Aug 17, 2000

    He is certified in pediatrics by the American Board of Medical Specialties and is certified in environmental medicine by the American Board of Environmental Medicine, a field not recognized by the American Board of Medical … See Creamer v. Callahan, 981 F. Supp. 703 (D. Mass, 1997); Kouril v. Brown, 912 F.2d, 971 , (8th Cir. 1990); Kornack v. Harris, 648 F. 2d 525 (9th Cir. 1980).

    Cited 125 timesPublished
  • National Shawmut Bank v. Joy

    315 Mass. 457 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 2, 1944

    He lived there at Brown’s Hotel, kept by Miss Sophia Brown, at Ponta Delgada on the island of Sao Miguel. But he retained his domicil in Boston, and always described himself as of Boston. Rummel v. … Board of Trade of Chicago v. Johnson, 264 U. S. 1 . Cohen v. Samuels, 245 U. S. 50 . Cohn v. Malone, 248 U. S. 450 . Am. Law Inst. Restatement: Property, § 331. Griswold, 52 Harv. Law Rev. 929. Leach, 52 Harv.

    Cited 90 timesPublished
  • Goodale v. County Commissioners of Worcester

    277 Mass. 144 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 3, 1931

    In Boston v. … See Brown v. Russell, 166 Mass. 14, 23 . The right to an exclusive privilege if based upon “consideration of services rendered to the public” is recognized in the sixth article of the Declaration of Rights.

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  • Leroy v. Worcester Street Railway Co.

    287 Mass. 1 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 4, 1934

    The defendants contend that the sole .remedy to correct errors of the licensing board is by a writ of certiorari. This contention cannot be sustained. Cheney v. Coughlin, 201 Mass. 204 . … Brown v. Newburyport, 209 Mass. *8 259, 265, 266 . In the case last cited a city treasurer was authorized to borrow “from time to time with the approval of the committee on finance.”

    Cited 23 timesPublished

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