Case law

Comtois v. State Ethics Commission

Massachusetts Appeals Court · Mar 21, 2023

Starr v. Board of Health of Clinton, 356 Mass. 426, 429 (1969). … See Craven v.

Commonwealth v. Doty

88 Mass. App. Ct. 195 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Sep 3, 2015

See Commonwealth v. Brown, 456 Mass. 708, 716 (2010); Commonwealth v. Kobrin, 72 Mass. App. Ct. 589, 595 n.6 (2008). … See Commonwealth v. Brown, 456 Mass. at 716; Commonwealth v. Kobrin, 72 Mass. App. Ct. 589, 595 n.6 (2008).

Blue View Construction, Inc. v. Town of Franklin

70 Mass. App. Ct. 345 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Oct 3, 2007

Patelle v. Planning Bd. of Woburn, 20 Mass. App. Ct. 279, 282 (1985). Here, the approval by the zoning board of appeals of Marinel-la’s application under G. … See Casella v. Sneierson, 325 Mass. 85, 89 (1949).

Commonwealth v. Manzanillo

37 Mass. App. Ct. 24 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jul 14, 1994

Commonwealth v. Garcia, supra at 686-687 , citing Commonwealth v. Brown, 401 Mass. 745, 747 (1988). … Commonwealth v. Eramo, 377 Mass. 912, 913 (1979), quoting from Commonwealth v. Croft, 345 Mass. 143, 145 (1962).

Cummings v. City Council of Gloucester

28 Mass. App. Ct. 345 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Mar 7, 1990

See Circle Lounge & Grille, Inc. v. Board of Appeal of Boston, 324 Mass. at 430 ; Redstone v. Board of Appeals of Chelmsford, 11 Mass. App. Ct. 383, 385 (1981). … Marotta v. Board of Appeals of Revere, 336 Mass. 199, 204 (1957).

Correia v. DeSimone

34 Mass. App. Ct. 601 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jun 18, 1993

General Cinema Corp., 834 F.2d 208, 215 (1st Cir. 1987) (“[I]t remains an open question whether the Massachusetts courts would employ judicial estoppel”), and Brown v. Gerstein, 17 Mass. App. … See also Brown v. Quinn, 406 Mass. 641, 646 (1990); Larson v. Larson, 30 Mass. App. Ct. 418, 427-428 (1991).

Johnson v. Trustees of Health & Hospitals

23 Mass. App. Ct. 933 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Dec 9, 1986

Holahan v. Medford, 394 Mass. 186, 188-190 (1985); Lodge v. District Attorney for the Suffolk Dist., 21 Mass. App. Ct. 277 (1985). … See Weaver, 387 Mass. at 50 ; George v. Saugus, 394 Mass. 40, 42-44 (1985). Cf. Hernandez v. Boston, 394 Mass. 45 (1985). No idea of estoppel or loches can apply here.

Aetna Life & Casualty Insurance v. Commonwealth

50 Mass. App. Ct. 373 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Nov 2, 2000

Adams v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Bd., 414 Mass. 360, 366 (1993). … See, e.g., Adams v.

Bertocchi's Case

58 Mass. App. Ct. 561 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jul 15, 2003

Young v. Duncan, 218 Mass. 346, 351 [1914].” Conlon v. Lawrence, 299 Mass. at 532 . … See, e.g., Ferreira v. Arrow Mut. Liab. Ins. Co., 15 Mass. App.

Cronin v. Town of Lunenburg

92 Mass. App. Ct. 1130 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Mar 1, 2018

A Superior Court judge affirmed the board's decision and this appeal followed. Discussion . We review the summary judgment record de novo, see Federal Natl. Mort. Assn. v. … The reconveyance of the spur back to 27 Oak did not revive the lot's preexisting nonconforming status. 6 See Carabetta v. Board of Appeals of Truro , 73 Mass. App.

Hayden v. Springfield

22 Mass. App. Ct. 902 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Apr 11, 1986

See Haffner v. Director of Pub. Safety of Lawrence, 329 Mass. 709, 714 (1953); Boston Teachers Local 66 v. School Comm. of Boston, 370 Mass. 455, 471-472 (1976). See also Emerson College v. … General Laws c. 41, § 21, authorizes the selectmen to act as or appoint water commissioners and the officers of the town water and sewer board as well as various other municipal boards and commissioners.

Berard v. Dep't of Unemployment Assistance & Another

93 Mass. App. Ct. 1103 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Mar 27, 2018

Friedman v. Board of Registration in Med ., 414 Mass. 663 , 665 (1993). See Harper v. Division of Water Pollution Control , 412 Mass. 464 , 465 (1992). … Guarino v. Director of the Div. of Employment Security , 393 Mass. 89 , 92 (1984). To be valid, the board's decision must be supported by substantial evidence. See ibid . See also Subcontracting Concepts, Inc . v.

Homstead v. Town of Whately

11 Mass. App. Ct. 985 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Mar 31, 1981

See, e.g., Hull v. Belmont, 309 Mass. 274, 277-281 (1941); Smith v. Board of Appeals of Plymouth, 340 Mass. 230, 232 (1960); Lincoln v. Board of Appeals of Framingham, 346 Mass. 418, 420 (1963); Saab v. … Ct. 87, 88 (1973); Potter v. Board of Appeals of Mansfield, 1 Mass. App. Ct. 89, 94, 97 (1973); Planning Bd. of Falmouth v. Board of Appeals of Falmouth, 5 Mass. App. Ct. 324, 327-328 (1977). Contrast Spaulding v.

Commonwealth v. Fondakowski

62 Mass. App. Ct. 939 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jan 20, 2005

L. c. 6, *940 § 178H(a), the Commonwealth was required to prove that the defendant knowingly provided false information to the board. 1 Relying on Still v. … Commonwealth v. Altenhaus, 317 Mass. 270, 273 (1944), quoting from Commonwealth v. Horsfall, 213 Mass. 232, 237 (1913). See Commonwealth v. Lawson, 46 Mass. App. Ct. 627, 629-630 (1999).

Christo v. Edward G. Boyle Insurance Agency, Inc.

25 Mass. App. Ct. 87 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Nov 19, 1987

Roch v. Westinghouse Corp., 1 M.D.L.R. 1262 , 1266-1270, 1275 (1979), S.C., 384 Mass. 198, 205-208 (1981). See also Brown v. Salem Police Dept., 6 M.D.L.R. 1542 , 1551-1552 (1984). … Simplex Time Recorder Co., 3 M.D.L.R. 1419 , 1422-1423 (1981); Brown v. Salem, 4 M.D.L.R. 1382 , 1406-1407 (1982); Traill v. Berkshire Life Ins. Co., 5 M.D.L.R. 1380 ,1395 (1983);Miller v.

Camoscio v. Smith

26 Mass. App. Ct. 922 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jun 30, 1988

Board of Registration in Podiatry, 385 Mass. 1002 , cert. denied, 457 U.S. 1139 (1982), was revoked in 1984 by the Board of Registration in Podiatry (board). See Camoscio v. … Camoscio, having the burden of overcoming that immunity, Ezekiel v.

Ross v. Continental Resources, Inc.

73 Mass. App. Ct. 497 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jan 12, 2009

Brown, J. (concurring). As I have noted before, the law often appears to aid the greedy more assiduously than it does the needy. See Doliner v. Brown, 21 Mass. App. … Adams v. Peterson, 35 Mass. App. Ct. 782, 782-783 (1994).

Czarniak's Case

14 Mass. App. Ct. 467 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Sep 28, 1982

The reviewing board (board) affirmed and adopted the decision of a single member whose findings were based upon *468 the parties’ statement of agreed facts which recited the following events. … Ramalhete v. Uni-Royal, Inc., 4 Mass. App. Ct. 597, 599-600 (1976).

Prudential Committee of Centerville-Osterville-Marstons Mills Fire District v. Barnstable County Retirement Ass'n

50 Mass. App. Ct. 907 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Oct 10, 2000

The Barnstable County retirement board (retirement board) reinstated Knudsen because he had not been afforded a termination hearing before the board conformably with G. L. c. 32, § 16(2). … In Dupont v. Commissioners of Essex County, 46 Mass. App. Ct. 235, 237 , 239-240 & n.10 (1999), decided after the case before us was fully briefed, we rejected the retirement board’s position.

Dullea v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

12 Mass. App. Ct. 82 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jun 15, 1981

App. 2d 298, 305 (1958); Frank v. Board of Admn. of Pub. Employees’ Retirement Sys., 56 Cal. App. 3d 236, 241 (1976). … Miller v. California, 18 Cal. 3d 808, 816 (1977). Betts v. Board of Admn. of Pub. Employees’ Retirement Sys., 21 Cal. 3d 859, 864 (1978). In the Houghton case, 164 Cal.