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Williams v. City of New Bedford
303 Mass. 213 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 24, 1939
Attorney General v. Tufts, 239 Mass. 458, 480 . See also Phelps v. Board of Education of West New York, 300 U. S. 319, 322 ; Groves *215 v. Board of Education of Chicago, 367 Ill. 91, 95 ; Morrall v. … Heath v. Salt Lake City, 16 Utah, 374 . State v. Colson, 7 Ohio App. 438 . State v. Seattle, 74 Wash. 199, 204, 205 , and cases cited. Stone v. Mahon, 88 S. C. 576, 579. Downey v.
Cited 22 timesPublishedUpton v. Salem Commercial Insurance
49 Mass. 605 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 15, 1844
The brig accordingly proceeded, with the shingles on board, to Buenos Ayres, where she was totally lost. … The defendants’ counsel relies on the case of Inglis v. Vaux, 3 Campb. 437. But the decision in that case does not militate with the principle now laid down.
Cited 0 timesPublishedMeadows v. Town Clerk of Saugus
333 Mass. 760 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 28, 1956
Needham v. County Commissioners of Norfolk, 324 Mass. 293, 295 . Adamsky v. City Council of New Bedford, 326 Mass. 706, 707 . Hannigan v. Board of Appeals of Lowell, 328 Mass. 366, 367 . Kane v. … See Sheehan v. Board of Appeals of Saugus, 332 Mass. 188 .
Cited 9 timesPublishedNational Ass'n of Government Employees, Inc. v. Central Broadcasting Corp.
379 Mass. 220 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 13, 1979
Murphy agreed that if an outsider could talk, so should the chairman of the board of selectmen. … Hahn v.
Cited 130 timesPublished430 Mass. 317 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 4, 1999
Commonwealth v. Brown, 401 Mass. 745, 747 (1988). … Board of Registration in Pharmacy, 408 Mass. 654, 662 (1990) (“The dispensing of additional medication within the time period that was covered by an earlier prescription may be used as evidence that the medication was not
Cited 34 timesPublishedAmerican National Red Cross v. Labor Relations Commission
363 Mass. 525 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 4, 1973
Since the National Labor Relations Board (Board) has declined to assert jurisdiction over the Program in the instant case because “[its] operations are intimately related to those of non-profit hospitals which are exempt … Bank v. Luckett, 321 U. S. 233 . Thus, in First Natl. Bank v.
Cited 3 timesPublishedBorggaard v. Department of Public Works
298 Mass. 417 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 15, 1937
Crimmins & Peirce Co. v. Kidder Peabody Acceptance Corp. 282 Mass. 367, 369 . Hallett v. Moore, 282 Mass. 380, 390 . Tansey v. McDonnell, 142 Mass. 220, 221 . Rubenstein v. Lottow, 220 Mass. 156, 161 . … Shuman v. Gilbert, 229 Mass. 225 . Commonwealth v. Norman, 249 Mass. 123, 130, 131 . Davis v. Board of Registration in Medicine, 251 Mass. 283, 284 . Morley v. Police Commissioner of Boston, 261 Mass. 269, 278 .
Cited 10 timesPublishedHallinan v. Worcester Consolidated Street Railway Co.
273 Mass. 27 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 2, 1930
The testimony tended to prove that the three plaintiffs boarded the car at the same stopping place, entering through the front vestibule, the floor of which was one step down from the level of the car floor. … The fact that one of the three passengers who had boarded the car was a child three years of age was known or should have been known to the motorman. See Hamilton v.
Cited 6 timesPublishedVera v. Mercantile Fire & Marine Insurance
216 Mass. 154 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 25, 1913
Metropolitan Coal Co. v. Boutell Transportation & Towing Co. 185 Mass. 391, 397 . Union Institution for Savings v. Phoenix Ins. Co. 196 Mass. 230 . Paris v. Hamburg-Bremen Fire Ins. Co. 204 Mass. 90 . Atwood v. … Brown & W. L. Came, for the defendants, submitted a brief. No argument or brief was presented for the plaintiffs. This disposes of the single narrow question presented to us.
Cited 1 timesPublishedGentile v. DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION OF EMPLOYMENT SEC.
329 Mass. 500 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 1, 1952
The findings of the board of review as to the facts, if supported by any evidence, are conclusive. G.L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 151A, § 42, as amended. Weiner v. … United States, 291 Fed. 940 ; Jeffery-De Witt Insulator Co. v. National Labor Relations Board, 91 Fed. (2d) 134; Mark Hopkins, Inc. v. California Employment Commission, 24 Cal. (2d) 744; Sandoval v.
Cited 0 timesPublished53 Mass. 279 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 15, 1847
Melville v. Brown, 15 Mass. 82 . … See Rowley v. Rice, 11 Met. 337 . Exceptions overruled.
Cited 0 timesPublishedStevens v. Boston & Worcester Railroad
74 Mass. 262 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 15, 1857
But it does not depend on the mere priority of signing either bill of lading; it is the shipment which gives the lien — the delivery on board the boat of the common carrier, with notice to the party, which would vest the … Robinson v. Baker, 5 Cush. 137 .
Cited 1 timesPublished320 Mass. 124 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 8, 1946
or officer who appoints them or to some other board or officer. … Hough v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board, 309 Mass. 534 . Beaudette’s Case, 314 Mass. 728 .
Cited 23 timesPublishedChessman v. Somerville Housing Authority
332 Mass. 92 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 23, 1954
Not only was there no approval of the contract employing the plaintiff, but the State housing board expressly disapproved it. … Musson v. Fales, 16 Mass. 332 . Roys v. Johnson, 7 Gray, 162 . Bemis v. Wilder, 100 Mass. 446 . Kelley v. Riley, 106 Mass. 339 . Gibbs & Sterrett Manuf. Co. v. Brucker, 111 U. S. 597, 601 . Stevens v.
Cited 2 timesPublishedRogers v. Newburyport Railroad
83 Mass. 16 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 15, 1861
In Brown v. Providence, Hartford, & Fishkill Railroad Co. 12 Gray,, such proof was conceded to be necessary.
Cited 0 timesPublished240 Mass. 399 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 28, 1922
The board, on review, affirmed the decision of the single member. … Mountain Ice Co. v. McNeil, 91 N. J. L. 528. Jacquemin v. Turner & Seymour Manuf. Co. 92 Conn. 382 . Armitage v. Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, [1902] 2 K. B. 178. Blake v. Head, 106 L. T. Rep. 822; S. C. 5 B. W. C.
Cited 8 timesPublished246 Mass. 356 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 9, 1923
Brown v. Wentworth, 181 Mass. 49, 52 . … King v. Bronson, 122 Mass. 122 . Wing v. Hayford, 124 Mass. 249 . Austin v. Hatch, 159 Mass. 198 . Turansky v. Weinberg, 211 Mass. 324 . Bon v. Graves, 216 Mass. 440 . Taylor v. Weingartner, 223 Mass. 243, 247, 248 .
Cited 3 timesPublishedIn the Matter of the Discipline of an Attorney
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 23, 2014
Because the bar discipline proceeding in which Langadinos sought to intervene is now concluded, his appeal is moot.1 See Rasten v. Northeastern Univ., 432 Mass. 1003 (2000), cert. denied, 531 U.S. 1168 (2001). … First Assistant Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court for the County of Suffolk, 463 Mass. 1019 (2012) (private individual may file complaint with Board of Bar Overseers and participate as witness in board proceeding but is
Cited 0 timesPublished28 Mass. 492 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 14, 1831
First Parish in Sudbury v. Stearns, 21 Pick. 148 Haskell v. Haven, 3 Pick. 404 ; Scott v. Dickinson, 14 Pick. 276 ; Leach v Hill, 3 Metc. 173 ; Niles v. Hancock, ibid. 568; Bussey v. Briggs, 2 Metc. 132 Brown v. … Putnam, ibid. 271; Agry v. Betts, 3 Fairf. 415; Black v. Ballard 1 Shepl. 239.
Cited 0 timesPublished372 Mass. 505 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 5, 1977
Michael Magruder for the Massachusetts Parole Board, amicus curiae, submitted a brief. QUIRICO, J. … Massachusetts Parole Board and Advisory Board of Pardons, Structure, Rules and Statutes, at 11-12 (1972).
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