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  • Ahrend v. Odiorne

    118 Mass. 261 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 4, 1875

    Womble v. Battle, 3 Ired. Eq. 182 . Wragg v. Comptroller General, 2 Desaus. 509 . In Gilman v. Brown, 1 Mason, 191, 219 , Mr. … In the argument of the same case on appeal, this was admitted on both sides; Brown v.

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  • Segal v. Genitrix, LLC

    Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 28, 2017

    Wiedmann v. … See also Harhen v. Brown, 431 Mass. 838, 844 (2000).

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  • Swift v. Bennett

    64 Mass. 436 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 15, 1852

    Conn v. Coburn, 7 N. Hamp. 368. … Ev. §§ 115, 116; Earle v. Reed, 10 Met. 387 , 391. Rindge v. Breck, ante, 43. Exceptions overruled.

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  • Eyssi v. City of Lawrence

    416 Mass. 194 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Aug 26, 1993

    When Brown received the dispatch call, he was 2.3 miles from 203 Crawford Street. … Ferriter v.

    Cited 24 timesPublished
  • Building Commissioner v. C. & H. Co.

    319 Mass. 273 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 6, 1946

    MacCormac v. Flynn, 313 Mass. 547, 550 . Carroll v. Hinchley, 316 Mass. 724, 731 . J. I. Case Co. v. National Labor Relations Board, 321 U. S. 332, 341 . … See Vorenberg v. Bunnell, 257 Mass. 399, 408 ; Jenney v. Hynes, 282 Mass. 182, 194 ; Brackett v. Board of Appeal of Boston, 311 Mass, 52, 57. Judgment affirmed.

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  • Commonwealth v. Van Cao

    419 Mass. 383 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 1, 1995

    Therefore, there was no seizure. 7 *389 The defendant argues that his case is supported by the Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. Texas, 443 U.S. 47 (1979). The defendant is mistaken. … When Brown refused and attempted to walk away he was frisked and then arrested. Id. at 49 . It is clear that in Brown there was a seizure of the defendant’s person.

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  • Commonwealth v. Plaisted

    148 Mass. 375 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 5, 1889

    Commonwealth v. Worcester, 3 Pick. 462 . Vandine, petitioner, 6 Pick. 187 . Pedrick v. Bailey, 12 Gray, 161 . Commonwealth v. Bean, 14 Gray, 52 . Commonwealth v. Curtis, 9 Allen, 266 . Commonwealth v. … Taunton v. Taylor, 116 Mass. 254, 260 . Sawyer v. State Board of Health, 125 Mass. 182, 196 . Commonwealth v. Young, 135 Mass. 526 . Similar power was also, in 1860, given to the cattle commissioners.

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  • Giuggio v. Paoli

    244 Mass. 279 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 2, 1923

    Badger v. Holmes, 6 Gray, 118 . Peck v. Carpenter, 7 Gray, 283 . Brown v. Wellington, 106 Mass. 318 . Kirchgassner v. Rodick, 170 Mass. 543 . Carroll v. Carroll, 188 Mass. 558 . Brown v. Brown, 209 Mass. 388, 395 .

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  • In re Crossen

    450 Mass. 533 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 6, 2008

    Brown v. Gerstein, 17 Mass. App. Ct. 558 , 571 n.22 (1984). The board also correctly concluded that the surreptitious tape recording of the New York interview violated DR 1-102 (A) (4) and DR 7-102 (A) (5). … Fishman v.

    Cited 14 timesPublished
  • St. George's Ebenezer Primitive Methodist Church v. Primitive Methodist Church of America

    315 Mass. 202 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 27, 1943

    Brown v. Winthrop, 275 Mass. 43 . Old Colony Railroad v. Assessors of Quincy, 305 Mass. 509 . *205 Waltham v. Newton, 306 Mass. 59 . Boston Five Cents Savings Bank v. Assessors of Boston, 311 Mass. 415 . … Sears v. Nahant, 215 Mass. 234 . Marlborough v. Lynn, 275 Mass. 394 . Worcester v. Quinn, 304 Mass. 276 .

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  • Goulis v. Judge of Third District Court

    246 Mass. 1 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 20, 1923

    There was involved in Robertson v. Baldwin, 165 U. S. 275 , the validity of a federal statute authorizing justices of the peace to arrest deserting seamen and deliver them on board their vessel. … Levin v. United States, 63 C. C. A. 476, 480 ; 128 Fed. Rep. 826. Roberts v. Brown, 43 Tex. Civ. App. 206 . Harris v. Superior Court, 51 Cal. App. 15 . So far as we are aware there are no adjudications to the contrary.

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Opinions of the Justices to the Governor

    372 Mass. 874 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 16, 1977

    E.g., Baird v. State Bar of Arizona, 401 U.S. 1 (1971); Keyishian v. Board of Regents, 385 U.S. 589 (1967); Lamont v. Postmaster General, 381 U.S. 301 (1965); Baggett v. Bullitt, 377 U.S. 360 (1964).” … Freedom of expression, which includes the right to remain silent (Brown v.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Dzuris v. Pierce

    216 Mass. 132 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 25, 1913

    Clark v. Boston, 179 Mass. 409 . Grymes v. Sanders, 93 U. S. 55, 61 . Upton v. Tribilcock, 91 U. S. 45 . … Walker v. Osgood, 98 Mass. 348 . Alvord v. Cook, 174 Mass. 120 . Quinn v. Burton, 195 Mass. 277 . Maxwell v. Massachusetts Title Ins. Co. 206 Mass. 197, 202 . Little v. Phipps, 208 Mass. 331 .

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  • Murphy v. Smith

    307 Mass. 64 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 29, 1940

    Smith v. Brown, 302 Mass. 432, 433 . The auditor found “that the defendant . . . was guilty of gross negligence.” … Ed.] c. 231, § 85; Sooserian v. Clark, 287 Mass. 65, 67 ).” Smith v. Brown, 302 Mass. 432, 433 . See also Levy v. Steiger, 233 Mass. 600 -601; Gould v. Boston & Maine Railroad, 276 Mass. 114, 117 .

    Cited 31 timesPublished
  • Massachusetts Agricultural College v. Marden

    156 Mass. 150 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 29, 1892

    This point was involved in the decision in Liggett v. Ladd, 17 Oregon, 89, and in an opinion of the Supreme Court of Rhode Island, holding that Brown University is entitled to receive the benefit of the fund. … Cornell University v. Piske, 136 U. S. 152, 203 . People v. Davenport, 117 N. Y. 549 .

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Gleason v. Hardware Mutual Casualty Co.

    324 Mass. 695 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 7, 1949

    The case of Brown v. … Misc. 477 (cited but not discussed in Brown v. Great American Indemnity Co.).

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • City of Malden v. Flynn

    318 Mass. 276 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 9, 1945

    The granting of a permit is merely the instrumentality by which the removal or transportation is to be controlled by the board of health. Commonwealth v. McGann, 213 Mass. 213 . Saxe v. … Burke v. Holyoke Board of Health, 219 Mass. 219, 221 . Commonwealth v. McCarthy, 225 Mass. 192, 195 .

    Cited 14 timesPublished
  • Lewis v. Kanters

    262 Mass. 275 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 9, 1928

    A summary of the evidence disclosed by the bill of exceptions is that the defendant testified that he sold to the plaintiff “a dark brown Hudson coupe capable of seating four people and upholstered in dark brown, perhaps … Johnson v. Russell, 144 Mass. 409 . Peck v. New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. 225 Mass. 464, The *278 case is quite distinguishable in all its material aspects from Smith v.

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  • Del Duca v. Town Administrator of Methuen

    368 Mass. 1 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 4, 1975

    See Board of Appeals of Hanover v. Housing Appeals Comm. in the Dept. of Community Affairs, 363 Mass. 339, 360 (1973). See also Rice v. Santa Fe Elevator Corp. 331 U. S. 218, 229-236 (1947); Goldstein v. … Commonwealth v. Petranich, 183 Mass. 217, 220 (1903). Krupp v. Building Commr. of Newton, 325 Mass. 686, 691-692 (1950). Opinion of the Justices, 330 Mass. 713, 726 (1953). Dalli v.

    Cited 45 timesPublished
  • Brodbine v. Inhabitants of Revere

    182 Mass. 598 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 26, 1903

    Larcum v. Olin, 160 Mass. 102 . Stone v. Charlestown, 114 Mass. 214 . State v. Hayes, 61 N. H. 264. Barto v. Himrod, 4 Seld. 483. Gloversville v. Howell, 70 N. Y. 287 . Locke's appeal, 72 Penn. St. 491. State v. … Commonwealth v. Bennett, 108 Mass. 27 . Stone v. Charlestown, 114 Mass. 214 . Opinion of the Justices, 160 Mass. 586, 589 . People v. Albertson, 55 N. Y. 50 . Gloversville v. Howell, 70 N. Y. 287 . State v.

    Cited 63 timesPublished

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