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Bridgeman v. District Attorney for the Suffolk District
476 Mass. 298 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 18, 2017
Later in Bridgeman v. … See Green v. County Sch. Bd., 391 U.S. 430, 437-438 (1968) (using phrase to describe obligation to dismantle school segregation fourteen years after command to do so in Brown v. Board of Educ., 347 U.S. 483 [1954]).
Cited 29 timesPublished100 Mass. 136 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 15, 1868
Putnam, v. Payne, 13 Johns. 312 . Brown v. Carpenter, 26 Verm. 638 . Woolf v. Chalker, 31 Conn. 121 . … Cummings v. Perham, 1 Met. 555. Similar statutes have been held in other states to be reasonable and constitutional regulations of police. Morey v. Brown, 42 N. H. 373. Carter v. Dow, 16 Wisc. 298.
Cited 70 timesPublishedCommissioner of Banks v. Cosmopolitan Trust Co.
253 Mass. 205 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 1, 1925
Casey v. Galli, 94 U. S. 673, 679 . Chubb v. Upton, 95 U. S. 665 . McCormick v. Market Bank, 165 U. S. 538, 548 . Bailey v. Tillinghast, 99 Fed. Rep. 801, 808. Brown v. Tillinghast, 35 C. C. A. 323 . … He paid $200 per share for some of his shares of the increase of capital stock, that being the price fixed to the general public by vote of the board of directors of the trust company.
Cited 41 timesPublished189 Mass. 257 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 17, 1905
Brown, for the defendant. W. P. Sail, Assistant District Attorney, for the Common-wealth. … Smith v. United States, 161 U. S. 85 . Abbott v. People, 86 N. Y. 460 . Tiffany v. Commonwealth, 121 Penn. St. 165. Commonwealth v. Straesser, 158 Penn. St. 451. State v. Lull, 48 Vt. 581, 587 . State v.
Cited 20 timesPublished454 Mass. 418 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 30, 2009
Gallant, supra at 413-416 (distinguishing Morey test from conduct-based analysis); Commonwealth v. Pileeki, 62 Mass. App. Ct. 505, 515-517 (2004) (Brown, J., concurring in result) (same); Commonwealth v. Howze, 58 Mass. … Id. at 515 n.l (Brown, J., concurring in result).
Cited 113 timesPublished240 Mass. 455 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 1, 1922
The board member found that the claimant also was given the right to carry merchandise for other parties, but was required to be at the place of business of the subscriber daily, and at such time as the amount of merchandise … Pleasant Stable Co. v. Steinberg, 238 Mass. 567 .
Cited 8 timesPublishedTreasurer of Worcester v. Department of Labor & Industries
327 Mass. 237 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 29, 1951
Jordan Marsh Co. v. Labor Relations Commission, 312 Mass. 597 . Flynn v. Board of Registration in Optometry, 320 Mass. 29 . Kenworthy & Taylor, Inc. v. State Examiners of Electricians, 320 Mass. 451, 454 . … Druzik v. Board of Health of Haverhill, 324 Mass. 129, 134 .
Cited 9 timesPublishedBlaisdell v. Inhabitants of Stoneham
229 Mass. 563 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 2, 1918
(St. 1902, c. 263); which board had the care of highways, drains and catch basins, with the powers and duties of surveyors of highways. … Woodbury v. Beverly, 153 Mass. 245 . Brainard v. Newton, 154 Mass. 255 . Holleran v. Boston, 176 Mass. 75 .
Cited 8 timesPublishedAssociated Subcontractors of Massachusetts, Inc. v. University of Massachusetts Building Authority
442 Mass. 159 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 7, 2004
Co. v. … The student room and board fees originate with private individuals who desire to reside in university housing. 11 Cf. Ayer v.
Cited 16 timesPublished65 Mass. 306 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 15, 1853
The present case is similar in respect to the representation of the debtor to the jailer, as stated in the application to the justice in Webster v. … Brown, for the defendants. B. F. Butler, for the plaintiff. Dewey, J.' The principal question in this case was directly decided in the case of Webster v.
Cited 0 timesPublished281 Mass. 6 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 1, 1932
Boyd v. Ellison, 248 Mass. 250, 254 . Query v. Howe, 273 Mass. 92 . Richards v. Pass, 277 Mass. 372 . … Attorney General v. Boston, 142 Mass. 200, 203 . The plaintiff further contends that the by-law of 1906 was invalid because it contains the words “board, jumper, or otherwise.”
Cited 10 timesPublishedQuincy City Hospital v. Labor Relations Commission
400 Mass. 745 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Aug 17, 1987
of the board.” … Berman v. Board of Registration in Medicine, 355 Mass. 358, 360 (1969).
Cited 43 timesPublished428 Mass. 24 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 17, 1998
Commonwealth v. Crawford, 417 Mass. 358, 362 (1994). Commonwealth v. Brown, 413 Mass. 693, 695-696 (1992). … Commonwealth v. Crawford, supra, quoting Commonwealth v. Brown, supra at 695 . The trial judge has broad discretion to determine whether a statement meets the requirements for admissibility. Commonwealth v.
Cited 84 timesPublishedJames v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.
213 Mass. 424 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 29, 1913
McCoy v. Jordan, 184 Mass. 575, 582 . Goodrum v. Grimes, 185 Mass. 80 . … Brown v. Dean, 123 Mass. 254, 266, 267 .
Cited 9 timesPublishedPhipps Products Corp. v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
387 Mass. 687 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 7, 1982
The chairman gave the MBTA advisory board notice of the proposed sale, as required by § 5 (b). The advisory board made no objection to the sale. … See Adalian Bros. v. Boston, 323 Mass. 629, 631-632 (1949); Burt v. Municipal Council of Taunton, 272 Mass. 130, 133-134 (1930), S.C., 275 Mass. 535, 542-543 (1931); Safford v.
Cited 63 timesPublished190 Mass. 120 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 3, 1906
In McDonald v. Brown, 23 R. I. 546, it was held that a bankrupt was not released by his discharge in bankruptcy from a judgment giving damages for a libel, and in In re Colaluca, 133 Fed. … The case of Colwell v. Tinker was decided first by the Supreme Court and afterward by the Court of Appeals in New York, and then by the Supreme Court of the United .States. Colwell v. Tinker, 6 Am. Bankr.
Cited 28 timesPublished215 Mass. 311 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 18, 1913
Robinson v. Brown, 182 Mass. 266 . There were objections to the master’s report, but so far as appears in the record no exceptions were filed. … Morgan v. Moore, 3 Gray, 319 . Farnsworth v. Taylor, 9 Gray, 162 . Boston Water Power Co. v. Boston, 127 Mass. 374 . McKenzie v. Gleason, 184 Mass. 452 . New England Structural Co. v.
Cited 14 timesPublishedDrapkin v. Commissioner of Revenue
420 Mass. 333 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 16, 1995
Drapkin (taxpayer) appeals from a decision of the Appellate Tax Board (board) affirming the refusal of the Commissioner of Revenue (commissioner) to abate taxes paid by the taxpayer. … The board affirmed this ordering of deductions.
Cited 4 timesPublishedSchool Committee of Grafton v. Grafton Teachers' Ass'n
389 Mass. 789 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Aug 1, 1983
In June, 1981, the teachers’ association submitted this grievance to the board and a hearing before the board was scheduled for October 28, 1981. … It is likely that the recent case of Ripley v. School Comm. of Norwood, ante 610 (1983), is controlling as to the issues in this case.
Cited 0 timesPublishedJones v. Town of Great Barrington
269 Mass. 202 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 26, 1929
The road superintendent promised to report it to the board of selectmen and see what they would do about it. … Whiting v. Holyoke Board of Public Works, 222 Mass. 22 . Valvoline Oil Co. v. Winthrop, 235 Mass. 515 . Andresen v. Lexington, 240 Mass. 517 .
Cited 3 timesPublished
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