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  • Commonwealth v. Sawyer

    389 Mass. 686 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 14, 1983

    Commonwealth v. Bradshaw, supra. See Commonwealth v. Brown, 376 Mass. 156, 164-165 (1978). See also Commonwealth v. Soroko, 353 Mass. 254, 261 (1967); Commonwealth v. … See also Brown, petitioner, 370 Mass. 267, 269-271 (1976). 9 For the same reason, United States v. Jeffers, 342 U.S. 48 (1951), and United States v.

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  • Noonan v. Moulton

    348 Mass. 633 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 3, 1965

    See DeMeo v. Zoning Commn. of Bridgeport, 148 Conn. 68 ; Huff v. Board of Zoning Appeals of Baltimore County, 214 Md. 48 ; Rodgers v. Tarrytown, 302 N. Y. 115 ; Eves v. Zoning Bd. of Adjustment, 401 Pa. 211 . … Marblehead v. Rosenthal, 316 Mass. 124, 126 . Lamarre v. Commissioner of Pub. Works of Fall River, 324 Mass. 542, 545-546 . Banner v. Board of Appeal of Tewksbury, ante, 220, 228-229. See Whittemore v.

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  • Goddard v. City of Lowell

    179 Mass. 496 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 5, 1901

    See Muldoon v. Lowell, 178 Mass. 134, 138 . The ordinance of December 15, 1900, is plainly an attempt to interfere in the making of contracts for printing, by directing with whom the contract shall be made. … It is argued by the respondents that the ordinance does not apply to the board of health, and that the fact that the board invited bids from union and non-union men alike shows that they did not consider themselves bound

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  • Willis's Case

    245 Mass. 244 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 25, 1923

    The decision of the board was : “ The board rule and find that this is an unusual case in which the insurer should be charged with the payment of the hospital bill in question, amounting to $136, the recurrence of the fracture … See Hartnett v. Tripp, 231 Mass. 382 , and cases cited; Clayton v. Holyoke Street Railway, 236 Mass. 359 .

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  • Commonwealth v. Slocum

    230 Mass. 180 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 23, 1918

    Commonwealth v. Hyde, ante, 6, 8. It is not open to the objections held fatal in Day v. Green, 4 Cush. 433 , Coffin v. Nantucket, 5 Cush. 269 , Newton v. Belger, 143 Mass. 598 , and Commonwealth v. … Commonwealth v. Stodder, 2 Cush. 562 . Commonwealth v. Matthews, 122 Mass. 60 . Commonwealth v. Page, 155 Mass. 227 .

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  • City of Brockton v. Cross

    138 Mass. 297 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 8, 1885

    Miller v. County Commissioners, 119 Mass. 485 . The petition to the Superior Court was filed at ten minutes after eleven in the forenoon of June 4, 1883. … The words quoted import a public presentation to the board while in session.

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  • Smith v. Colcord

    115 Mass. 70 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 4, 1874

    fare and board.” … Bayley v. Merrill, 10 Allen, 360 . Exceptions sustained.

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  • Gannett v. City of Cambridge

    218 Mass. 60 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 22, 1914

    And see Lowell v. County Commissioners, 3 Allen, 546 , 548, 549; Charland v. Home for Aged Women, 204 Mass. 563, 569 . … Harrington v. Glidden, 179 Mass. 486 , and cases cited. Wheatland v. Boston, 202 Mass. 258 . The petition for abatement is to be denied, and the appeal under St. 1910, c. 260, dismissed.

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  • Percoco's Case

    418 Mass. 136 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 16, 1994

    Richard v. … Id. at 524, quoting McDonald v. Employees’ Liab. Assurance Corp., 288 Mass. 170, 174 (1934).

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  • Pottle v. School Committee of Braintree

    395 Mass. 861 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 13, 1985

    See Chrysler Corp. v. Brown, 441 U.S. 281 (1979).” Globe Newspaper Co. v. Boston Retirement Bd., 388 Mass. 427 , 442 n.24 (1983). This issue has not been fully briefed or argued. … Torres v.

    Cited 24 timesPublished
  • Matter of Pansé

    473 Mass. 1001 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 6, 2015

    At first, the Board of Bar Examiners (board) received no objections to his admission and reported him qualified. … "While deference is given to the decision of the board, this court retains ultimate authority to decide a person's fitness to practice law in the Commonwealth. G. L. c. 221, § 37." Strigler v.

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  • Donnelly's Case

    304 Mass. 514 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 19, 1939

    See Hoover v. Independent School District of Shenandoah, 220 Iowa, 1364 ; State v. Nevada Industrial Commission, 55 Nev. 343, and cases cited; Shelton v. Greeneville, 169 Tenn. 366 ; Taylor v. Los Angeles, 29 Cal. … App. (2d) 181, 183; South Dakota Employers Protective Association v. Poage, 65 S. D. 198; Manning v. State, 123 Conn. 504, 507 ; Los Angeles v. Industrial Commission, 9 Cal. (2d) 705, 709. Compare Sauk County v.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Fopiano v. Italian Catholic Cemetery Ass'n

    260 Mass. 99 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 23, 1927

    New England Trust Co. v. Abbott, 162 Mass. 148 . Barrett v. King, 181 Mass. 476 . Longyear v. Hardman, 219 Mass. 405 . Fairfield Holding Corp. v. Souther, 258 Mass. 540 . Compare State v. … Barrett v. King, supra. The decree dismissing the bill is Affirmed with costs.

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  • Alecks's Case

    301 Mass. 403 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 28, 1938

    Young v. Duncan, 218 Mass. 346 . White v. George A. Fuller Co. 226 Mass. 1 . White v. E. T. Slattery Co. 236 Mass. 28, 31-32 . Leone’s Case, 239 Mass. 1 . Gillard’s Case, 244 Mass. 47, 54 . McDonnell v. … Willard v. Bancroft Realty Co. 262 Mass. 133 . Clark v. M. W. Leahy Co. Inc. 300 Mass. 565 . Donovan v. Johnson, ante, 12.

    Cited 14 timesPublished
  • Thayer's Case

    345 Mass. 36 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 3, 1962

    See and compare Sarrisin v. S. Slater & Sons, 203 Mass. 258 , Buckley v. Dow Portable Elec. Co. 209 Mass. 152 , Durgin’s Case, 251 Mass. 427 , with McPhee v. New England Structural Co. 188 Mass. 141 , Hourigan v. … Ry. 193 Mass. 495 , Coates v. Soley, 194 Mass. 386 , Shannon v. Shaw, 201 Mass. 393 .

    Cited 16 timesPublished
  • Bannerman v. City of Fall River

    391 Mass. 328 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 1, 1984

    CHR *331 Gen., Inc., v. Newton, 387 Mass. 351, 354 (1982); Marshal House, Inc. v. Rent Review & Grievance Bd., 357 Mass. 709, 716 (1970). … The ordinance in CHR Gen., Inc. v.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Amaral's Case

    341 Mass. 133 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 3, 1960

    The reviewing board adopt the opinion of Dr. … Ventromile v. Malden Elec. Co. 317 Mass. 132, 135 . Comean v. Beck, 319 Mass. 17,19 . The reviewing board was not required to make express findings of all the facts contained in the hypothetical question to Dr. Rooney.

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  • Dowd v. Director of the Division of Employment Security

    390 Mass. 767 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 18, 1984

    Commw. 630, 632 (1980) (“conflicts in testimony are properly resolved by the referee and the Board”); Schlicker v. … Blake & Sons, 55 A.D. 2d 789 , 790 (N.Y. 1976) (“the resolution of the conflict [in the evidence] and the credibility of witnesses is in the sole province of the board”). See, e.g., Jacobs v.

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  • Reformed Methodist Society of Douglas v. Draper

    97 Mass. 349 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 15, 1867

    Middlesex Husbandmen v. Davis, 3 Met. 133 . Narragansett Bank v. Atlantic Silk Co. 3 Met. 282 . Farmers’ & Mechanics' Bank v. Jenks, 7 Met. 592 . Blandford v. Gibbs, 2 Cush. 39 . Commonwealth v. Gearing, 1 Allen, 595 . … Brown. The last committee duly elected and qualified must have continued in office.

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  • McLean's Case

    326 Mass. 72 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 5, 1950

    See Commonwealth v. Hudson, 315 Mass. 335, 338 . … See Kline v. Shapley, 232 Mass. 500, 502 ; Monroe v. Cooper, 235 Mass. 33, 34 . The decree is reversed and a decree is to be entered dismissing the claim. c „7 , ° So ordered.

    Cited 8 timesPublished

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