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  • Lombard v. Board of Appeal

    348 Mass. 788 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 8, 1965

    Mahoney v. Board of Appeals of Winchester, 344 Mass. 598, 600-601 . See Pendergast v. … Board of Appeals of Barnstable, 331 Mass. 555, 560 , where it was recognized that an exception to the general rule there stated might exist where the decision of a board of appeal “is unreasonable, whimsical, capricious,

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Brown v. Boston Police Relief Ass'n

    220 Mass. 391 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 27, 1915

    Previous to the annual meeting of 1884, Article XIX of the by-laws read as follows: “Upon the death of the wife of a member of the corporation, the board of directors, shall cause to be paid to said member the sum of one

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  • Brown v. County Commissioners of Essex

    53 Mass. 208 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 15, 1846

    And it is proved that the deed from Baker to Brown (the petitioner) was not recorded in the registry of deeds. … Commonwealth v. County Commissioners of Berkshire, 8 Pick. 343 . Inhabitants of New Salem, Petitioners, 6 Pick. 470 .

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  • Gangi v. Massachusetts Parole Board

    468 Mass. 323 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 11, 2014

    See id.; Commonwealth v. Cumming, 466 Mass. 467, 473-474 (2013); Commonwealth v. Goodwin, 458 Mass. 11, 18 (2010), quoting Buckley v. Quincy Div. of the Dist. Court Dep’t, 395 Mass. 815, 820 (1985). b. SDP petition. … Because of the court’s decision in Commonwealth v.

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  • John Doe, Sex Offender Registry Board No. 326573 v. Sex Offender Registry Board

    477 Mass. 361 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 23, 2017

    In Moe v. … No. 380316 v.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Smigliani v. Board of Appeals

    348 Mass. 794 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 2, 1965

    Board of Appeals of Barnstable, 331 Mass. 555, 557-560 . See also Sorenti v. Board of Appeals of Wellesley, 345 Mass. 348, 353 . … Mahoney v. Board of Appeals of Winchester, 344 Mass. 598, 601-602 ; Lombard v. Board of Appeal of Wellesley, ante, p. 788. It is not argued that G.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Audoire v. Clients' Security Board

    450 Mass. 388 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 10, 2008

    As we discussed in Indeck v. Clients’ Sec. … See Malonis v.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Board of Assessors v. Sgarzi

    367 Mass. 840 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 28, 1975

    Commissioner of Corps. & Taxn. v. J. G. McCrory, Co. 280 Mass. 273, 278 (1932). “The board’s decision, which was a general finding, imported a finding *844 of all the subsidiary facts necessary to support it.” Cohen v. … [board] of the material facts found . . . , the only question open is the power of the . . . [board] to enter a decree upon any evidence which might have been presented.” Dunn v. McSweeney, 338 Mass. 270, 273 (1959).

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  • Branch v. Commonwealth Employment Relations Board

    481 Mass. 810 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 9, 2019

    See Gurry v. Board of Pub. … L. c. 150E on basis of Minnesota State Board for Community Colleges v.

    Cited 18 timesPublished
  • Board of Assessors v. Costin

    356 Mass. 726 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 31, 1969

    The board was not required to accept the opinion expressed, or the valuation principles used, by an expert witness called by the assessors. Mayland P. Lewis, Special Town Counsel, for the Board of Assessors of Nahant. … Decision of the Appellate Tax Board affirmed. The taxpayer is to have costs before the board and in this court.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Doe v. Sex Offender Registry Board

    459 Mass. 603 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 3, 2011

    See Massachusetts Fed’n of Teachers v. Board of Educ., 436 Mass. 763, 773 (2002); Saccone v. State Ethics Comm’n, 395 Mass. 326, 335 (1985). See also Smith v. Sex Offender Registry Bd., 65 Mass. App. … Maher v. Justices of the Quincy Div. of the Dist. Court Dep’t, supra. See Telles v. Commissioner of Ins., supra (Abrams, J., concurring); School Comm. of Springfield v. Board of Educ., supra. See generally Cacicio v.

    Cited 134 timesPublished
  • Dalli v. Board of Education

    358 Mass. 753 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 2, 1971

    Y. 235 ; State v. Board of Education, 76 Ohio 297 ; Stull v. Reber, 215 Pa. 156 ; McSween v. School Trustees of Fort Worth, 60 Tex. Civ. App. 270 ; State v. … Board of Education of Mountain Lakes v. Maas, 56 N. J. Sup. 245, aff’d 31 N. J. 537.

    Cited 17 timesPublished
  • Moe v. Sex Offender Registry Board

    467 Mass. 598 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 26, 2014

    No. 8725 v. … In Coe v.

    Cited 23 timesPublished
  • Staman v. Board of Assessors

    350 Mass. 100 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 11, 1966

    Cohen v. Board of Registration in Pharmacy, 347 Mass. 96 . Halko v. Board of Appeals of Billerica, 349 Mass. 465, 467-468 . Opie v. Board of Appeals of Groton, 349 Mass. 730, 732-734 . W. H. Lailer & Co. Inc. v. C. E. … In New England Trust Co. v. Assessors of Boston, 308 Mass. 543 , relied on by the assessors, the claim of appeal omitted required assignments of error. In Boston Five Cents Sav. Bank v.

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  • Butler v. Board of Assessors

    354 Mass. 651 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 1, 1968

    See Shoppers’ World, Inc. v. Assessors of Framingham, 348 Mass. 366 . … The decisions of the Appellate Tax Board are affirmed. So ordered.

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  • Gallagher v. Board of Selectmen

    352 Mass. 307 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 3, 1967

    This court in Gallagher v. Board of Appeals of Falmouth, 351 Mass. 410, 412-415 , sustained the final decree in that case on jurisdictional grounds. … The word “hotel” in the application and in the board’s decision is, in the present circumstances, not controlling.

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  • MacDonald v. Board of Assessors

    381 Mass. 724 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 3, 1980

    The use of an approved form is essential to the jurisdiction of the assessors and of the board on appeal. Assessors of Boston v. Suffolk Law School, 295 Mass. 489, 493 (1936). … Assessors of Boston v. Neal, 311 Mass. 192,196 (1942). Assessors of Brookline v. Prudential Ins. Co., 310 Mass. 300, 310-312 (1941).

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Board of Higher Education v. Commonwealth Employment Relations Board

    Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 7, 2019

    See Duggan v. Board of Registration in Nursing, 456 Mass. 666, 674 (2010), citing School Comm. of Brookline v. Bureau of Special Educ. … Ct. at 560, quoting Board of Higher Educ. v. Massachusetts Teachers Ass'n, NEA, 62 Mass. App. Ct. 42, 49 (2004).

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  • Quegan v. Massachusetts Parole Board

    423 Mass. 834 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 5, 1996

    United States v. … The board has no standing to seek the removal of CPCS on the ground stated. See Slama v. Attorney Gen., 384 Mass. 620, 623-624 (1981).

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  • Ryder v. Board of Health

    273 Mass. 177 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 24, 1930

    In Commonwealth v. … See Fay v. Whitman, 100 Mass. 76 ; Commonwealth v. Sweeney, 131 Mass. 579 . In Eames v. New England Worsted Co. 11 Met. 570 , 572, the court in an opinion by Shaw, C.

    Cited 6 timesPublished

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