Case law

Beal v. Board of Assessors

389 Mass. 648 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 11, 1983

See Keniston v. Assessors of Boston, 380 Mass. 888, 906 (1980); Tregor v. Assessors of Boston, 377 Mass. 602, 602, 609-612 , cert. denied, 444 U.S. 841 (1979); Assessors of Weymouth v. … Foxboro Assocs. v. Assessors of Foxborough, 385 Mass. 679, 684 (1982). The taxpayer admits that he introduced no evidence of value which was credited by the board.

McCarthy v. Planning Board of Edgartown

381 Mass. 86 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 2, 1980

The board appealed to the Appeals Court, and we granted the board’s application for direct appellate review. The plaintiff claims that its plan does not show a “subdivision” as defined in G. … Auth. v.

Francesconi v. Planning Board of Wakefield

345 Mass. 390 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 4, 1963

See Rettig v. Planning Bd. of Rowley, 332 Mass. 476, 480-481 . … Loring v. Mercier, 318 Mass. 599 . To permit fuller development of the facts in the court below, the decree should be reversed.

Kuklinska v. Planning Board of Wakefield

357 Mass. 123 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 5, 1970

Morin v. Clark, 296 Mass. 479, 483 . Shelburne Shirt Co. Inc. v. Singer, 322 Mass. 262, 265 . … But in passing on the correctness of the board’s decision it is incumbent on the court (the master here) to make its own finding. Rettig v. Planning Bd. of Rowley, 332 Mass. 476, 479 .

Machado v. Board of Public Works

321 Mass. 101 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 3, 1947

To the same effect are Lowell v. Boston, 111 Mass. 454 , Opinion of the Justices, 204 Mass. 607 , 610-611, Salisbury Land & Improvement Co. *104 v. Commonwealth, 215 Mass. 371, 376-377 , Riverbank Improvement Co. v. … Parks v. Mayor & Aldermen of Boston, 8 Pick. 218 , 227. Copeland v. Packard, 16 Pick. 217 , 221. Crocket v. Boston, 5 Cush. 182 , 190-191. Atkinson v. City Council of Newton, 169 Mass. 240, 242 . Southborough v.

Williams v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board

304 Mass. 601 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 28, 1939

In Goodale v. … In the case of Cogan v.

Moe v. Sex Offender Registry Board

444 Mass. 1009 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 28, 2005

Stowe v. Bologna, 32 Mass. App. Ct. 612, 615 (1992), S.C., 415 Mass. 20 (1993), and cases cited. See Vigoda v. … Alan Co. v. Interstate Commerce Comm’n, *1010 897 F.2d 561 , 562 n.1 (D.C. Cir. 1990), citing Commonwealth v. Interstate Commerce Comm’n, 590 F.2d 1187, 1194 (D.C.

Planning Board v. Hingham Campus, LLC

438 Mass. 364 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 6, 2003

Marashlian v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Newburyport, 421 Mass. 719, 721 (1996), citing Circle Lounge & Grille, Inc. v. Board of Appeal of Boston, 324 Mass. 427, 430 (1949). … Board of Appeals of Hanover v. Housing Appeals Comm., supra at 347.

Doliner v. Planning Board of Millis

349 Mass. 691 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 7, 1965

See Ward & Johnson, Inc. v. Planning Bd. of Whitman, 343 Mass. 466, 467 . … Inc. v. Planning Bd. of Randolph, 340 Mass. 149, 156 , and Pieper v.

McCarthy v. State Board of Retirement

331 Mass. 46 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 7, 1954

After the passage of St. 1952, c. 634, the defendant board refused to make further payments to him. … The present case differs from Kinney v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board, 330 Mass. 302 , and Roach v.

Martin v. State Board of Parole

350 Mass. 210 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 7, 1966

Burns v. United States, 287 U. S. 216 . … See Conlon’s Case, 148 Mass. 168, 171 ; Murphy v. Commonwealth, 172 Mass. 264, 272 ; Kozlow-sky, petitioner, 238 Mass. 532, 536-537 ; Harding v. State Bd. of Parole, 307 Mass. 217, 220 .

Andrade v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board

350 Mass. 447 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 11, 1966

We are of opinion that the appeal board gave a sufficient “ ‘guide to its reasons’ so that this court may ‘exercise . . . [its] function of appellate review.’ ” Hamilton v. Department of Pub. Util. 346 Mass. 130, 137 . … In the case of Essex County Retirement Bd. v.

Sayles v. Board of Public Works

222 Mass. 93 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 14, 1915

The board of public works are left free to select any legal way. There is an implied limitation that the assessment shall be proportional and reasonable. Chapin v. Worcester, 124 Mass. 464 . Howe v. … Upon the completion of any sidewalk by said board, or upon the completion of the reconstruction or repair of any sidewalk, said board shall ascertain, determine and certify the whole expense of such making, reconstruction

Nature Church v. Board of Assessors

384 Mass. 811 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 11, 1981

Berkshire Gas Co. v. Assessors of Williamstown, 361 Mass. 873 (1972). The board found that the appellant in this case filed its appeal petition on March 21, 1978. … MacDonald v. Carr, 355 Mass. 120,122 (1969). Commissioner of Corps, & Taxation v. Chilton Club, 318 Mass. 285,287 (1945). Assessors of Boston v. Suffolk Law School, supra. See Attorney Gen. v.

Brown v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford Railroad

181 Mass. 365 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 21, 1902

Merritt v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford Railroad, 162 Mass. 326 , and cases there cited. The question in a case like the present is whether there is evidence that takes it out of the general rule. … The case is not like Brooks v. Boston & Maine Railroad, 135 Mass. 21 . It differs materially in its facts from Merritt v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford Railroad, 162 Mass. 326 . In principle it is more like England v.

Hayes v. Retirement Board of Newton

425 Mass. 468 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 17, 1997

The city appealed from this decision to the Contributory Retirement Appeal Board (CRAB) which rejected the administrative magistrate’s reasoning and affirmed the decision of the board. … As the board points out, “[t]he usual and ordinary meaning of the word ‘received’ does not include the term ‘would have received but for his injury,’ ” see Naples v.

Kellogg v. Board of Registration in Medicine

461 Mass. 1001 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 6, 2011

Weinberg v. Board of Registration in Med., 443 Mass. 679, 685 (2005), quoting G. L. c. 112, § 64. Fisch v. Board of Registration in Med., 437 Mass. 128, 131 (2002). See G. L. c. 30A, § 14 (7); G. L. c. 112, § 64. … See Zora v. State Ethics Comm’n, 415 Mass. 640 , 642 n.3 (1993), and cases cited.

Lukes v. Board of Election Commissioners

423 Mass. 826 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 26, 1996

Independence Park, Inc. v. Board of Health of Barnstable, 403 Mass. 477, 480 (1988). Atkinson v. Ipswich, 34 Mass. App. … See, e.g., Bullock v. Carter, 405 U.S. 134, 145 (1972).

Stefanik v. State Board of Parole

372 Mass. 726 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 9, 1977

There is no contention that the parole board would or could revoke parole without the second stage formal procedure expressly required by Morrissey v. Brewer, supra. … The flexible contours of Morrissey v. Brewer, supra, are well satisfied by the procedures adopted by the board.

Daniels v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board

418 Mass. 721 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 6, 1994

She applied to the Middlesex County retirement board (MCRB) for accidential disability retirement benefits. … Wilczewski v. Commissioner of the Dep’t of Envtl. Quality Eng’g, 404 Mass. 787, 792 (1989), and cases cited. Judgment affirmed.