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  • Wolcott

    32 Mass. App. Ct. 473 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Apr 29, 1992

    Brown v. Commissioner of Correction, 336 Mass. 718, 721 (1958). A prisoner even receives credit for time served under an invalid sentence. Manning v. Superintendent, Mass. … Brown, supra at 721 . Manning, supra at 396-397 . See also Lewis v. Commonwealth, 329 Mass. 445, 448 (1952).

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  • Findlay's Case

    77 Mass. App. Ct. 108 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jun 24, 2010

    Student No. 9 v. Board of Educ., 440 Mass. 752, 763 (2004). Moreover, heightened deference is accorded to an agency’s contemporaneous interpretation of an enactment. See Biogen IDEC MA, Inc. v. … Treasurer & Receiver Gen., 454 Mass. at 187 , quoting from Goldberg v. Board of Health of Granby, 444 Mass. 627, 633 (2005).

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  • T.D.J. Development Corp. v. Conservation Commission

    36 Mass. App. Ct. 124 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Feb 28, 1994

    McSweeney v. Town Manager of Lexington, 379 Mass. 794, 800 (1980). Forsyth School for Dental Hygienists v. Board of Registration in Dentistry, 404 Mass. 211, 217 (1989). … See Forsyth School for Dental Hygienists v. Board of Registration in Dentistry, supra at 217-218.

    Cited 62 timesPublished
  • Frassa v. Caulfield

    22 Mass. App. Ct. 105 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Apr 23, 1986

    A single member of the Industrial Accident Board (board) denied the claim. … Co. v.

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • Rodgers v. Conservation Commission of Barnstable

    67 Mass. App. Ct. 200 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Aug 24, 2006

    Cohen v. Board of Registration in Pharmacy, 350 Mass. 246, 253 (1966), quoting from Universal Camera Corp. v. National Labor Relations Bd., 340 U.S. 474, 488 (1951). … See, e.g., Titcomb v. Board of Appeals of Sandwich, 64 Mass. App. Ct. 725, 731-732 (2005) (where the spirit of the by-law was permissive, the zoning board’s decision to allow a nonconforming use could be upheld).

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Harbey

    24 Mass. App. Ct. 326 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jun 12, 1987

    Brown, J. The Commonwealth appeals from an order allowing the defendant’s motion to suppress a statement he made to the police. … See in this regard Commonwealth v. Brant, 8 Mass. App. Ct. 558 , 567-568 & n.3, 571-573 & n.8 (1979) (Brown, J., dissenting), S.C., 380 Mass. 876 (1980).

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  • Stolzoff v. Waste Systems International, Inc.

    58 Mass. App. Ct. 747 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Aug 7, 2003

    after July 24, 1995, and became acting chairman of the board for a few months in 1996. … See Nudd v.

    Cited 52 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. James

    8 Mass. App. Ct. 928 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Nov 15, 1979

    See Commonwealth v. Bernier, 359 Mass. 13, 16 (1971). These findings are supported by the evidence. Commonwealth v. Brown, 378 Mass. 165, 171 (1979). … See Commonwealth v.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Daly v. Commonwealth

    29 Mass. App. Ct. 100 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jul 31, 1990

    See Lovell v. Superintendent, N. Cent. Correctional Inst., 26 Mass. App. Ct. 35, 41 (1988) (Brown, J., concurring). … Commonwealth v. Tirrell, 382 Mass. 502, 513 (1981) (Kaplan, J. dissenting); Commonwealth v. Felton, 16 Mass. App. Ct. 63, 66 (1983).

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Blackmer

    77 Mass. App. Ct. 474 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Aug 26, 2010

    At the trial, she described the driver as a white male between the ages of thirty-five and forty with sandy brown hair, glasses, and a mustache. … Shortly afterwards, a campus police officer observed a brown sedan with the same license plate number.

    Cited 17 timesPublished
  • Adoption of Karla

    46 Mass. App. Ct. 64 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Dec 29, 1998

    Tausevich v. Board of Appeals of Stoughton, 402 Mass. 146, 148 (1988). … York Ford, Inc. v. Building Inspector & Zoning Administrator of Saugus, 38 Mass. App. Ct. 938, 941 (1995). See Tausevich v. Board of Appeals of Stoughton , 402 Mass, at 149.

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Van Sicklin v. Nantucket Surveyors, LLC

    111 N.E.3d 1113 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Oct 23, 2018

    Gregoire hired NSL to determine soil conditions and to determine if the property's septic system complied with State Sanitary Code Title V (Title V) as required by the Massachusetts board of health. … The septic system was subsequently installed, and on March 30, 2010, the Nantucket board of health issued a certificate of compliance, indicating the septic system's compliance with Title V.

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  • Commonwealth v. Wallner

    6 Mass. App. Ct. 886 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jun 2, 1978

    See Commonwealth v. Howard, 355 Mass. 526, 530 (1969). See also Commonwealth v. Mannos, 311 Mass. 94, 115 (1942). 3. … See Commonwealth v. Sires, 370 Mass. at 544 n.2. But see Brown, Gross & Ryan, Future Judicial Oversight of the Conduct of Custodial Interrogations: A Growing Massachusetts Responsibility, 62 Mass.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Patry v. Harmony Homes, Inc.

    10 Mass. App. Ct. 1 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jun 4, 1980

    Compare the offer in Kohl v. Silver Lake Motors, Inc., supra at 798 n.3. … See, e.g., Levy v. Bendetson, 6 Mass. App.

    Cited 13 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Williams

    5 Mass. App. Ct. 809 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Apr 4, 1977

    The evidence at the close of the Commonwealth’s case (see Commonwealth v. … the raiding officers, immediately prior to the execution of the search warrant, had looked through a front window of the house and observed the defendant stirring (and sniffing, according to one of the officers) a reddish brown

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  • Commonwealth v. AmCan Enterprises, Inc.

    47 Mass. App. Ct. 330 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jul 21, 1999

    See Leardi v. Brown , 394 Mass, at 156-157. … Brown , 394 Mass, at 156, quoting from P. Lorillard Co. v. Federal Trade Commn., 186 F.2d 52, 58 (4th Cir. 1950).

    Cited 21 timesPublished
  • Mello Construction, Inc. v. Division of Capital Asset Management

    84 Mass. App. Ct. 625 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Dec 18, 2013

    Board of Registration in Med., 445 Mass. 291, 294 (2005); Clark v. Board of Registration of Social Wkrs., 464 Mass. 1008, 1009 (2013). … Hoffer v. Board of Registration in Med., 461 Mass. 451, 456 (2012), quoting from G. L. c. 249, § 4.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Berlo v. City of Boston

    78 Mass. App. Ct. 111 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Oct 15, 2010

    , asserting jurisdiction to review the board’s decision pursuant to G. … Sullivan v. Brookline, 435 Mass. 353, 360 (2001).

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  • Viveiros's Case

    53 Mass. App. Ct. 296 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Nov 28, 2001

    See Sponatski’s Case, 220 Mass. 526, 527-528 (1915); Patterson v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co., 48 Mass. App. Ct. 586, 592 (2000); G. … Commonwealth v. Mahoney, 400 Mass. 524, 527 (1987). It was within the judge’s discretion to admit the videotape. See Commonwealth v. Tobin, 392 Mass. 604, 613 (1984), citing Commonwealth v.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Perez

    27 Mass. App. Ct. 550 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jul 13, 1989

    Sergeant Guilmet proceeded to the garage, “grabbed” the informant, talked to him, and then, with another police officer, went over to an “older" brown or green Datsun automobile. … “Right in the car, in plain view from outside the car, ... we could see ... a brown paper bag with silver tin foil balls inside of it, it was open.”

    Cited 17 timesPublished

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