Case law

Opinions from 1658 to today.

Filtersmass

10,000+ results

1.29s

  • Metros v. Secretary of the Commonwealth

    396 Mass. 156 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 6, 1985

    Jenness v. Fortson, 403 U.S. 431, 438 (1971). McEleny may, of course, write in the name of the candidate of her choice if that person has not qualified for the ballot. G. L. c. 54, § 42 (1984 ed.). 3. Storer v. Brown. … The defendants urge that the decision of the United States Supreme Court in Storer v. Brown, 415 U.S. 724 (1974), is dispositive of the plaintiffs’ claims.

    Cited 29 timesPublished
  • Mann v. Eastern Sugar & Products Co.

    244 Mass. 100 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 27, 1923

    Cunningham v. Judson, 100 N. Y. 179 . Thornton v. Simpson, 6 Taunt. 556. See also Browne v. Paterson, 165 N. Y. 460 . … Coleman v. Edwards, 5 Ohio St. 51 . Whitla v. Moore, 164 Penn. St. 451. Borrowman, Phillips & Co. v. Free & Hollis, 4 Q. B. D. 500.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Howard v. Roach

    226 Mass. 80 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 26, 1917

    In Barnes v. … In Bliss v.

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Aronson v. Sol. & S. Marcus Co.

    292 Mass. 389 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 12, 1935

    Duchemin v. Kendall, 149 Mass. 171, 175 . No such demand was made. The corporation was never put in default, and its obligation was at an end before Aronson *396 brought his action. Brown v. Davis, 138 Mass. 458 . … Carter v. Phillips, 144 Mass. 100 . Soderlund v. Helman, 215 Mass. 542, 544 . Morgan v. Forbes, 236 Mass. 480, 483 . Hunt v. Bassett, 269 Mass. 298, 302 . Grueby v. Chase Harris Forbes Corp., ante, 156, 159.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Inhabitants of Milton v. Auditor of the Commonwealth

    244 Mass. 93 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 27, 1923

    Rea v. Aldermen of Everett, 217 Mass. 427, 430 . Bay State Street Railway v. Woburn, 232 Mass. 201 . … Crocker v. Justices of the Superior Court, 208 Mass. 162 . Knights v. Treasurer & Receiver General, 236 Mass. 336 . The writ may be maintained on the facts here disclosed. Peremptory writ to issue.

    Cited 16 timesPublished
  • Anderson v. Qualey

    216 Mass. 106 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 31, 1913

    Such are the cases of Trull v. Howland, 10 Cush. 109 ; Root v. Fellowes, 6 Cush. 29 ; Sanford v. Hodges, 11 Gray, 485 , relied on by the defendant. But in other cases the rule is different. … In Slasson v. Brown, 20 Pick. 436 , it was held that a notice of intention to take the poor debtor’s oath addressed to Ebenezer B. Slasson when it should have been addressed to Edward B.

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Brown

    395 Mass. 1006 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 15, 1985

    Brown. Michael W. Dingle, Assistant Attorney General, for the Sheriff of Essex County. … DeJoinville v. Commonwealth, 381 Mass. 246, 254 (1980) (where the jury may have relied on erroneous instruction, court cannot assume harmless error and case remanded for new trial); Commonwealth v.

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Daniels

    445 Mass. 392 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 23, 2005

    If the masked shooter was not Brown, then the eyewitness’s identification of the defendant as an accomplice of Brown, which was prompted by her learning that the defendant was an acquaintance of Brown, loses credibility and … Commonwealth v.

    Cited 39 timesPublished
  • Multer v. Knibbs

    193 Mass. 556 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 3, 1907

    Rice v. Rice, 104 Mich. 371 . White v. Ross, 47 Mich. 172 . Tucker v. Tucker, 74 Miss. 93 . Payne v. Williams, 4 Baxt. 583 . Glass v. Bennett, 89 Tenn. 478 . Brown v. Brown, 124 N. C. 19 . Huling v. Huling, 32 Ill. … Bennett v. Smith, 21 Barb. 439 . Pollock v. Pollock, 9 Misc. (N. Y.) 82. White v. Ross, 47 Mich. 172 . Westlake v. Westlake, 34 Ohio St. 621 . Brown v. Brown, 124 N. C. 19 . Young v. Young, 8 Wash. 181 . Reed v.

    Cited 34 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Edwards

    444 Mass. 526 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 1, 2005

    Application of doctrine to Davis and Brown. The Commonwealth’s case with respect to Davis and Brown stands on wholly different footing. … Likewise, he did not consider Brown’s motion to sever.

    Cited 76 timesPublished
  • Crowley v. Adams

    226 Mass. 582 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 23, 1917

    This finding is well warranted, for it appears that after Brown’s death the mortgagors conveyed their interest to Susan P. … Wade v. Howard, 11 Pick. 289 . Fay v. Cheney, 14 Pick. 399 , 401. Baker v. Gavitt, 128 Mass. 93, 96 . Barnes v. Boardman, 149 Mass. 106,114, 115 .

    Cited 17 timesPublished
  • Butler v. Butler

    225 Mass. 22 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 13, 1916

    Guild v. Guild, 15 Pick. 129 . Kirchgassner v. Rodick, 170 Mass. 543 . Johnson v. Kimball, 172 Mass. 398 . Marple v. Morse, 180 Mass.,508. … The issues were tried before Brown, J. The first issue was as follows: “1.

    Cited 25 timesPublished
  • Goss v. Ellison

    136 Mass. 503 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 28, 1884

    Stone v. Dickinson, 5 Allen, 29 . Brown v. Cambridge, 3 Allen, 474 . … The case cannot be distinguished from Brown v. Cambridge, ubi supra; and the Superior Court rightly ruled that the action could not be maintained. Exceptions overruled.

    Cited 23 timesPublished
  • James J. Derba, Inc. v. Hamilton Service, Inc.

    355 Mass. 127 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 3, 1969

    Brown [handwritten], George M. Brown, President.” The typewritten postscript on the second letter was as follows: “P. S. Enclosed please find check for 1/3 of bill ending 9/30/65. … Co. v. American Constr. Co. Inc. 336 Mass. 454, 456 . Hamilton’s remaining requests which the trial judge reported and the Appellate Division did not consider (see Barry v.

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • New England Awl & Needle Co. v. Marlborough Awl & Needle Co.

    168 Mass. 154 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 6, 1897

    The plaintiff did not claim the exclusive right to brown labels for awls, but it claimed the exclusive use of the brown color in the combination which we have described. … Frese v. Bachof, 14 Blatchf. 432 . Sawyer v. Horn, 4 Hughes, 239, 253 ; S. C. 1 Fed. Rep. 24. Carbolic Soap Co. v. Thompson, 25 Fed. Rep. 625. Jennings v. Johnson, 37 Fed. Rep. 364. Wellman & Dwire Tobacco Co. v.

    Cited 55 timesPublished
  • Hamilton v. Farrar

    128 Mass. 492 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 2, 1880

    The habendum clause of the deed from Hamilton to Brown is in the same language, mutatis mutandis. … French v. Braintree Manuf. Co. 23 Pick. 216 . The continued existence in either of a right to flow the land of the other is inconsistent with the deeds.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Doherty v. Hill

    144 Mass. 465 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 9, 1887

    Hurley v. Brown, 98 Mass. 545 . Scanlan v. Geddes, 112 Mass. 15 . Mead v. Parker, 115 Mass. 413 . But the evidence shows that there were more than one. … Sanborn v. Flagler, 9 Allen, 474 . Browne, St. of Frauds, (4th ed.) § 345 a. But this letter was only an authority to offer. It does not appear to have been exhibited to the plaintiff, as in Hastings v.

    Cited 35 timesPublished
  • Kartell v. Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Inc.

    384 Mass. 409 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Aug 20, 1981

    Brown, 317 U.S. 341 (1943), and most recently articulated in California Retail Liquor Dealers Ass’n v. Midcal Aluminum, Inc., 445 U.S. 97 (1980). … See, e.g., California Retail Liquor Dealers Ass’n v. Midcal Aluminum, Inc., 445 U.S. 97 (1980); Bates v. State Bar, 433 U.S. 350 (1977); Parker v. Brown, 317 U.S. 341 (1943).

    Cited 21 timesPublished
  • Monahan v. Harvard Brewing Co.

    241 Mass. 286 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 20, 1922

    Turners Falls Fire District v. Millers Falls Water Supply District, 189 Mass. 263, 266 . Sampson v. Sampson, 223 Mass. 451, 457 . … Donohue v. Chase, 139 Mass. 407, 409 . In addition to this,' the plaintiffs’ bill was not one to redeem only; it was in part a bill for specific performance.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Boria

    440 Mass. 416 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 20, 2003

    See Commonwealth v. Brown, 34 Mass. App. Ct. 222, 225-227 (1993); Commonwealth v. Booker, 31 Mass. App. Ct. 435, 437-438 (1991), and cases cited. … The facts in this case are more in keeping with Commonwealth v. Brown, supra, and Commonwealth v. Booker, supra.

    Cited 29 timesPublished

Ask Donna

Ask Donna

A word about cookies

We need a few to keep you signed in and the library working. The rest help us see which pages people use and where they get stuck. They stay off unless you say yes.