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  • Board of Assessors v. Vincent Club

    351 Mass. 10 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 6, 1966

    All such gifts shall be unrestricted and shall be used at the discretion of the Board of Trustees of the Hospital. … R. v. Lowell, 204 Mass. 487, 488, 493-494 . The decision of the Appellate Tax Board is affirmed with costs to the taxpayer. So ordered.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Wood v. Board of Election Commissioners

    269 Mass. 67 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 10, 1929

    Rowe v. Tuck, 149 Ga. 88 . Wachter v. McEvoy, 125 Md. 399, 407, 408 . Forman v. Bostwick, 139 App. Div. (N. Y.) 333, 334. State v. Carroll, 57 Wash. 202 . Other cases to the same point are collected in 5 Am. L. … Graham v. Roberts, 200 Mass. 152, 157 . Attorney General v. Tufts, 239 Mass. 458, 480 .

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Corliss v. Board of Bar Examiners

    437 Mass. 1023 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Aug 16, 2002

    See Wei Jia v Board of Bar Examiners, 427 Mass. 777, 782-783 (1998) (judicial review of board’s recommendation is de nova). … Barshak for Board of Bar Examiners. Corliss has made no showing that the board treated him any differently than it would any other applicant who presented a history of “encounters with the criminal law.” See Murphy v.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Newell v. Rent Board of Peabody

    378 Mass. 443 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 5, 1979

    Prescott v. Secretary of the Commonwealth, 299 Mass. 191, 200-204 (1938). Chastleton Corp. v. Sinclair, 264 U.S. 543, 547-548 (1924). … Longwood Hosp., 373 Mass. 645, 649-650 [1977]; Commonwealth v. Petralia, 372 Mass. 452, 455-459 [1977]; Pinnick v. Cleary, 360 Mass. 1, 27-28 [1971]).

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Fifield v. Board of Zoning Appeal

    450 Mass. 1001 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 5, 2007

    Andover v. State Fin. … Cappuccio v.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Bower v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board

    393 Mass. 427 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 6, 1984

    Because of a heart condition, his application for accidental disability retirement was approved by the Wellesley retirement board (board), and he retired on September 11, 1979. … He appealed to the Contributory Retirement Appeal Board (CRAB), which affirmed the decision of the board. Pursuant to a petition for review under G.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Sansoucy v. Planning Board of Worcester

    355 Mass. 647 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 11, 1969

    Sudbury v. Department of Pub. Util. 343 Mass. 428, 430 . Hamilton v. Department of Pub. Util. 346 Mass. 130, 143-145 . Boston Edison Co. v. Selectmen of Concord, ante, 79, 90-91. … See Newton v. Department of Pub. Util. 339 Mass. 535 , 546- *650 547. Lyman v. Planning Bd. of Winchester, 352 Mass. 209, 214 .

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Boelter v. Board of Selectmen of Wayland

    479 Mass. 233 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 5, 2018

    See Deerskin Trading Post, Inc. v. … See Revere v.

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Desy v. Board of Bar Examiners

    452 Mass. 1012 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 20, 2008

    Strigler v. Board of Bar Examiners, supra. Louis Desy, Jr., pro se. Katy E. Koski (Jessica G. Gray with her) for Board of Bar Examiners. Judgment affirmed. … We recently upheld the board’s decision as to that individual. Strigler v. Board of Bar Examiners, 448 Mass. 1027 (2007).

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • G.J.T., Inc. v. Boston Licensing Board

    397 Mass. 285 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 14, 1986

    See City Council of Boston v. … Hanlon v. Rollins, 286 Mass. 444, 447 (1934).” International Org. of Masters v. Woods Hole, Martha’s Vineyard & Nantucket S.S. Auth., 392 Mass. 811, 813 (1984); Interstate Eng’g Corp. v.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Giroux v. Board of Dental Examiners

    322 Mass. 251 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 6, 1948

    Minasian v. Aetna Life Ins. Co. 295 Mass. 1, 3 . Silva v. Silva, 297 Mass. 217, 218 . Pilos v. … Streeter v. Worcester, 177 Mass. 29 . Hurley v. Boston Elevated Railway, 213 Mass. 192 . Morrison v. Selectmen of Weymouth, 279 Mass. 486, 491 . Final decree dismissing petition affirmed.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Cataldo v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board

    343 Mass. 312 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 8, 1961

    See McCarthy v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Bd., 342 Mass. 45 . … McCarthy v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Bd., 342 Mass. 45, 47 .

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Madden v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board

    431 Mass. 697 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 15, 2000

    See Boston Retirement Bd. v. … Id., quoting Wisley v. San Diego, supra.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Wallerstein v. Board of Bar Examiners

    414 Mass. 1008 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 5, 1993

    Wallerstein, a member of the Massachusetts bar, requested the defendant, Board of Bar Examiners (board), to disclose to him his score in the multistate bar examination. The board refused. … Attorney Gen. v. Kenco Optics, Inc., 369 Mass. 412, 418 (1976). However, action on a motion to dismiss under rule 12 (b) (6) does not relate to the merits. Smith v. Massimiano, ante 81, 85 (1993).

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Hoffer v. Board of Registration in Medicine

    461 Mass. 451 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 3, 2012

    That appeal was stayed pending further proceedings before the board, but subsequently was dismissed as moot. Hoffer v. Board of Registration in Med., 457 Mass. 1004 (2010). … See School Comm. of Hudson v. Board of Educ., 448 Mass. 565, 576 (2007) (School Comm. of Hudson), and cases cited.

    Cited 27 timesPublished
  • Deal v. Massachusetts Parole Board

    Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 6, 2020

    See also Langlitz v. Board of Registration of Chiropractors, 396 Mass. 374, 381 (1985), citing Arthurs v. … Corp. v.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Seiler v. Board of Sewer Commissioners

    353 Mass. 452 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 3, 1968

    of the respondent Board, the pollution in Hingham Harbor caused by such raw sewage had to be brought to an end. … They cite Ayer v. Mayor & Aldermen of Somerville, 143 Mass. 585 , in support of this proposition.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Shoolman v. Health Facilities Appeals Board

    404 Mass. 33 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 7, 1989

    Health, 379 Mass. 70, 85 (1979), and the board’s decision must stand unless it was arbitrary or capricious. We review the board’s decision as though it were reached on the merits without an evidentiary hearing. Howe v. … Albert v. Municipal Court of the City of Boston, 388 Mass. 491, 493 (1983). See Seagram Distillers Co. v. Alcoholic Beverages Control Comm’n, 401 Mass. 713, 724 (1988); Gurry v. Board of Pub.

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Pysz v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board

    403 Mass. 514 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 12, 1988

    Attorney Gen. v. School Comm. of Essex, 387 Mass. 326, 336 (1982). See Carlino v. Commissioner of Correction, 355 Mass. 159, 161-162 (1969); Johnson v. Commissioner of Pub. Safety, 355 Mass. 94, 99 (1968); McCarthy v. … See Chernick v. Chief Admin. Justice of the Trial Court, 395 Mass. 484 , 486 n.3 (1985); McCarthy v. Sheriff of Suffolk County, 366 Mass. 779, 786-787 (1975); Gaw v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Bd., 4 Mass. App.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Board of Selectmen v. Town Clerk

    370 Mass. 114 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 8, 1976

    The members of the board of selectmen of Braintree, as plaintiffs, on January 29, 1976, commenced the present action in the county court against the town clerk, the members of the board of registrars, and the town, as defendants … A like view was taken in Belin v.

    Cited 3 timesPublished

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