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  • Langan v. Board of Registration in Medicine

    477 Mass. 1023 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 13, 2017

    Indeck v. Clients' Sec. Bd., 450 Mass. 379, 385 (2008), quoting School Comm. of Hudson v. Board of Educ., 448 Mass. 565, 575-576 (2007). … Sugarman v. Board of Registration in Med., 422 Mass. 338, 342 (1996), citing Kvitka v.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Spaulding v. Board of Appeals of Leicester

    334 Mass. 688 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 15, 1956

    Prusik v. Board of Appeal of Boston, 262 Mass. 451, 457-458 . Brackett v. Board of Appeal of Boston, 311 Mass. 52, 54-55 . Gaunt v. Board of Appeals of Methuen, 327 Mass. 380, 381-382 . … In Del Grosso v.

    Cited 19 timesPublished
  • Roman Catholic Archbishop v. Board of Appeal

    268 Mass. 416 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 10, 1929

    It was held in Bemis v. … It follows that there is vital error of law disclosed on the records of the respondent board and that they must be quashed. Bradley v. Zoning Adjustment Board of Boston, 255 Mass. 160, 174 . Prusik v.

    Cited 22 timesPublished
  • Greater Boston Real Estate Board v. Board of Registration of Real Estate Brokers & Salesmen

    405 Mass. 360 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 11, 1989

    Simon v. State Examiners of Electricians, 395 Mass. 238, 242 (1985), quoting Commonwealth v. Lightfoot, 391 Mass. 718, 720 (1984). … In light of its enabling statute, the board correctly notes that the issue is whether the powers granted by the Legislature to the board, taken as an organic whole, authorize the board’s regulation. See Commonwealth v.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Barnhart v. Board of Appeals of Scituate

    343 Mass. 455 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 11, 1962

    Board of Appeals of Barnstable, 334 Mass. 446, 450 , Ather-ton v. … Spaulding v. Board of Appeals of Leicester, 334 Mass. 688, 692 . See Todd v. Board of Appeals of Yarmouth, 337 Mass. 162, 168 ; Wrona v. Board of Appeals of Pittsfield, 338 Mass. 87, 90 .

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  • Globe Newspaper Co. v. Boston Retirement Board

    388 Mass. 427 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 14, 1983

    Moulton v. Brookline Rent Control Bd., 385 Mass. 228, 230-231 (1982), quoting Druzik v. Board of Health of Haverhill, 324 Mass. 129, 133 (1949). Hopkins v. Hopkins, 287 Mass. 542, 547 (1934). See G. L. c. 4, § 6. … See Chrysler Corp. v. Brown, 441 U.S. 281 (1979). We have assumed that the exemptions are not mandatory, at least where the party protected by the exemption is a governmental entity. Westinghouse Broadcasting Co. v.

    Cited 68 timesPublished
  • Bailen v. Board of Assessors of Chelsea

    241 Mass. 411 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 20, 1922

    Ham v. Boston Board of Police, 142 Mass. 90 . And see Ayers v. Hatch, 175 Mass. 489, 492 ; Hogan v. Collins, 183 Mass. 43 . … Board, of Fire Commissioners of New York, 73 N. Y. 437 ; State v. Somers, 35 Neb. 322 ; Kimball v. Olmsted, 20 Wash. 629 .

    Cited 24 timesPublished
  • Shaughnessy v. Board of Appeals of Lexington

    357 Mass. 9 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 5, 1970

    Thus in Lincoln v. Board of Appeals of Framingham, 346 Mass. 418 , and in Maria v. … The plaintiffs’ motion to substitute Farwell for Wadsworth should be allowed, Ladd v. Board of Appeal of Malden, 352 Mass. 777 , and the case decided on the merits.

    Cited 17 timesPublished
  • Kesslen Bros. v. Board of Conciliation & Arbitration

    339 Mass. 301 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 29, 1959

    Thus a failure to decide all the material questions submitted has been held on certiorari to invalidate an award of the board. 2 Boott Mills v. Board of Conciliation & Arbitration, 311 Mass. 223 . … In similar proceedings an award of the board has been held invalid because a report of experts was irregularly received in evidence without affording the parties an opportunity to be heard. Burns v.

    Cited 13 timesPublished
  • Gallagher v. Board of Appeals of Falmouth

    351 Mass. 410 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 1, 1966

    The board . . . was granting a special permit and § 30 specifically provides for such permits.” In Coolidge v. Planning Bd. of No. … Kane v. Board of Appeals of Medford, 273 Mass. 97, 104 . See Rousseau v. Building Inspector of Framingham, 349 Mass. 31, 36-37 .

    Cited 21 timesPublished
  • Greenwood v. Board of Registrars of Voters

    282 Mass. 74 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 15, 1933

    Dinan v. Swig, 223 Mass. 516, 517 . … Peabody v. School Committee of Boston, 115 Mass. 383, 384 .

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Coolidge v. Planning Board of North Andover

    337 Mass. 648 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 4, 1958

    Co labufalo v. Board of Appeal of Newton, 336 Mass. 213 . … The defendants rely upon Building Commr. of Medford v. C. & H.

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Gentile v. Rent Control Board of Somerville

    365 Mass. 343 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 22, 1974

    Mancini v. Columbus Auto Body, Inc. 359 Mass. 586, 588 (1971). See Freedman v. Rent Control Admr. of Cambridge, Mass. App. Ct. , (1973) ( 298 N. E. 2d 868,869 ). … McQueen v. Druker, 317 F. Supp. 1122, 1131 (D. Mass. 1970), affd. on other grounds, 438 F. 2d 781 (1st Cir. 1971). Johnson v.

    Cited 28 timesPublished
  • Real Properties, Inc. v. Board of Appeal

    311 Mass. 430 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 25, 1942

    Damon v. Selectmen of Framingham, 195 Mass. 72, 78 . Cooke v. Scituate, 201 Mass. 107 . Furthermore, in Sargent v. … Norcross v. Board of Appeal of Boston, 255 Mass. 177, 185 . Coleman v. Board of Appeal of Boston, 281 Mass. 112, 116 .

    Cited 17 timesPublished
  • Walker v. Board of Appeals of Harwich

    388 Mass. 42 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 25, 1983

    See Sullivan v. Board of Appeals of Canton, 345 Mass. 117, 120 (1962); Dion v. Board of Appeals of Waltham, 344 Mass. 547, 555-556 (1962); Garvey v. Board of Appeals of Amherst, 9 Mass. App. Ct. 856 (1980); Raia v. … We have stated that a zoning board of appeals is an administrative or quasi judicial tribunal. Lambert v. Board of Appeals of Lowell, 295 Mass. 224, 228 (1936).

    Cited 41 timesPublished
  • Lanner v. Board of Appeal of Tewksbury

    348 Mass. 220 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 8, 1964

    The cases of Kolodny v. Board of Appeals of Brookline, 346 Mass. 285 , and Gamer v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Newton, 346 Mass. 648 , cited by the defendant board, have no bearing on the issue now being discussed. … See Wilbur v. Newton, 302 Mass. 38, 42 ; Cohen v. Lynn, 333 Mass. 699, 704 ; Caputo v. Board of Appeals of Somerville, 331 Mass. 547, 549 , and cases cited.

    Cited 44 timesPublished
  • Boston Gas Co. v. Board of Assessors

    458 Mass. 715 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 20, 2011

    New Boston Garden Corp. v. Assessors of Boston, supra at 466, quoting Cohen v. Board of Registration in Pharmacy, 350 Mass. 246, 253 (1966). … In the circumstances, greater specificity was not required of the board. Cf. Jordan Marsh Co. v.

    Cited 16 timesPublished
  • MacGibbon v. Board of Appeals of Duxbury

    347 Mass. 690 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 25, 1964

    Board of Appeal of Boston, 262 Mass. 451, 458 . See Bradley v. Zoning Adjustment Bd. of Boston, 255 Mass. 160, 173-174 . … Caputo v. Board of Appeals of Somerville, 330 Mass. 107,113 .

    Cited 17 timesPublished
  • Deutschmann v. Board of Appeals of Canton

    325 Mass. 297 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 7, 1950

    by a decision of the board of appeals . . . may appeal to the superior court sitting in equity .... … Lincoln v. Murphy, 314 Mass. 16, 19 . See also Winship v. Inspector of Buildings of Wakefield, 274 Mass. 380 ; Moulton v. Building Inspector of Milton, 312 Mass. 195 .

    Cited 19 timesPublished
  • Norcisa v. Board of Selectmen of Provincetown

    368 Mass. 161 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 19, 1975

    In Shuman v. … Reading v.

    Cited 19 timesPublished

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