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  • Ossinger v. City of Newton

    26 Mass. App. Ct. 831 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jan 30, 1989

    Fed. 549 , especially §§ 3 & 11 (1987). 4 Board of Regents v. Roth, 408 U.S. 564, 576-578 (1972), is a starting point. 5 Associated with Paul v. … Harlow v. Fitzgerald, 457 U.S. 800, 818 (1982). See also Cheveras Pacheco v. Rivera Gonzalez, 809 F.2d 125, 127 (1st Cir. 1987); Breault v. Chairman of the Board of Fire Commrs. of Springfield, 401 Mass. 26, 32 (1987).

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  • Eso, Inc. v. Kasparian

    32 Mass. App. Ct. 731 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jun 26, 1992

    Brown, J. This contractual dispute was tried before a master whose modified report was adopted by a judge of the Superior Court who entered a judgment favorable to the defendant on the basis thereof. We affirm. … Co. v. Apache Tribe of Mescalero Reservation, 673 F.2d 315 (10th Cir. 1982); Diomar v. Landmark Assocs., 81 Ill. App. 3d 1135 (1980); and Welch v. Grant Dev. Co., 120 Misc. 2d 493 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 1983).

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  • Commonwealth v. Flowers

    5 Mass. App. Ct. 557 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Aug 3, 1977

    Brown, J. (concurring). … But see United States v. Bentvena, 319 F. 2d 916, 930-931 (2d Cir.), cert. den. sub nom. Ormento v. United States, 375 U. S. 940 (1963) ; United States v. Marshall, 458 F. 2d 446, 451-452 (2d Cir. 1972).

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  • Commonwealth v. Velazquez

    61 Mass. App. Ct. 667 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Aug 20, 2004

    Brown, 11 Mass. App. … Commonwealth v. Brown, 11 Mass. App. Ct. at 296-297 .

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  • Cicchese v. Tape Time Corp.

    28 Mass. App. Ct. 72 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Nov 22, 1989

    Brown, J. On May 16, 1986, the plaintiffs entered into a contract with a publisher for production of six books on audiotape cassette. … See Kenney v. Rust, supra.

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  • Irving Coven Construction & Realty, Inc. v. State Tax Commission

    5 Mass. App. Ct. 818 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Apr 29, 1977

    See Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co. v. Commissioner of Corps. & Taxn. 273 Mass. 212, 213-215 (1930); Commissioner of Ins. v. Suffolk Ins. Co. 363 Mass. 880 (1973). Compare Chilton Club v. … Natick Trust Co. v. Board of Bank Incorporation, 337 Mass. 615, 617 (1958). Miller v. Alcoholic Beverages Control Commn. 340 Mass. 33, 34-35 (1959). Associated Indus. of Mass. v.

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  • Vakil v. Anesthesiology Associates of Taunton, Inc.

    51 Mass. App. Ct. 114 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Mar 5, 2001

    Blank v. … Horan v. Board of Registration in Med., 398 Mass. 571 , 581 n.7 (1986).

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  • Shea v. Department of Correction

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · Sep 18, 2023

    Cepulonis v. Commissioner of Correction, 15 Mass. App. Ct. 292, 296 (1983). … No. 58574 v. Sex Offender Registry Bd., 98 Mass. App. Ct. 307, 313 (2020), quoting Department of Homeland Sec. v. Regents of the Univ. of Cal., 140 S.

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  • Commonwealth v. Joubert

    38 Mass. App. Ct. 943 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Apr 13, 1995

    See Commonwealth v. Habarek, 402 Mass. 105, 108 (1988); Commonwealth v. Scott, 19 Mass. App. Ct. 983, 985 (1985); Commonwealth v. Pyne, 35 Mass. App. Ct. 36, 39-40 (1993). … Compare Commonwealth v. Fuller, 399 Mass. 678 , 682-683 & n.8 (1987); Commonwealth v. Brown, 413 Mass. 693, 695-696 (1992); Commonwealth v. Crawford, 417 Mass. 358, 361-363 (1994); Commonwealth v. Alvarado, 36 Mass.

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  • Neponset Reservoir Corp. v. Bashaw

    8 Mass. App. Ct. 35 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jul 5, 1979

    Some time in 1970, the trust submitted to the Westwood planning board a plan showing the land subdivided into nine lots, and the board endorsed the plan as not requiring approval under the Subdivision Control Law. … The decision in Brady v.

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  • Sears v. Building Inspector

    73 Mass. App. Ct. 913 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Feb 6, 2009

    Rowley v. Mass. Elec. Co., 438 Mass. 798, 799, 803 (2003). … Keeping in mind this reading of § 58, we defer to the ZBA’s reasonable interpretation of its by-law, Livoli v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Southborough, 42 Mass. App.

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  • Johnson v. City of Boston

    22 Mass. App. Ct. 24 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Apr 7, 1986

    See also Wilkinson v. Hartford Acc. & Indemn. Co., 411 So. 2d 22 (La. 1982), in which the court held a school board negligent for maintaining a plain glass door to a gymnasium. 5 Contrast *29 Leach v. School Dist. … A concurring opinion of Lemmon, J., observed that “the statute may be applied by analogy as one of the factors to be considered in determining the School Board’s civil duty to replace the plate glass in dangerous areas of

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  • Commonwealth v. MacKedon

    60 Mass. App. Ct. 901 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Nov 14, 2003

    The defendant removed a brown prescription bottle from his coat and told the officers he could sell them twenty-five pills. The pills and cash were exchanged, and the officers arrested the defendant. … See Commonwealth v. Green, 420 Mass. 771, 778-781 (1995); Commonwealth v. Berry, 431 Mass. 326, 330-333 (2000). On the evidence presented, the defendant could be found guilty as a principal but not as a joint venturer.

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  • Commonwealth v. Blaney

    5 Mass. App. Ct. 96 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Feb 10, 1977

    Brown, J. The defendant appeals under G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, from a conviction by a jury of unlawfully carrying a firearm. … Barker v. Wingo, 407 U. S. at 531 . United States v. Cabral, 475 F. 2d 715, 718 (1st Cir. 1973). Commonwealth v. Burhoe, supra, at 594 .

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  • Donoghue v. Donoghue

    5 Mass. App. Ct. 876 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Oct 19, 1977

    See Haddad v. Board of Appeals of Medford, 4 Mass. App. Ct. 843 (1976). See also Mass.R.A.P. 18(a), 365 Mass. 864 (1974). … Conway v. Otis, 3 Mass. App. Ct. 702 (1975). Brine v. Brine, 3 Mass. App. Ct. 730 (1975). See Boston v. DuWors, 339 Mass. 773 (1959); Bannish v. Bannish, 357 Mass. 279, 281 (1970).

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  • Assistant Recorder of the North Registry District v. Spinelli

    38 Mass. App. Ct. 655 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jun 23, 1995

    Brown, J. … Co. v. Embassy Realty Co., 293 Mass. 352 (1936), the court construed § 60 of G.

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  • Commonwealth v. Corbin

    25 Mass. App. Ct. 977 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Mar 18, 1988

    Ct. 888, 888 (1980); Commonwealth v. Petroz-ziello, supra at 80; Brown v. Wolff, 706 F.2d 902, 907 (9th Cir. 1983); United States v. Scheer, 729 F.2d at 168 . … See Barry v. Commonwealth, supra at 295; Commonwealth v. Farris, 390 Mass. 300, 305 (1983); Commonwealth v. Bunting, 401 Mass. 687, 690 (1988); Commonwealth v. Campbell, 401 Mass. 698, 702 (1988). 5.

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  • Commonwealth v. Jones

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · Mar 27, 2026

    We presume they stand for "board of probation." Cf. Doherty v. Civil Serv. Comm'n, 486 Mass. 487, 488-489 (2020) (referencing board of probation checks). … See Commonwealth v.

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  • Reade v. Sec'y Commonwealth

    93 Mass. App. Ct. 1113 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · May 30, 2018

    Kellogg v. Board of Registration in Med ., 461 Mass. 1001 , 1003 (2011) (quotations omitted). … See Anzalone v. Administrative Office of the Trial Ct ., 457 Mass. 647 , 655 (2010) (writ of mandamus cannot be used to compel discretionary acts).

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  • M.M. v. J.M.

    93 Mass. App. Ct. 1112 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · May 23, 2018

    Kellogg v. Board of Registration in Med. , 461 Mass. 1001 , 1003 (2011) (citation omitted). … See Davis v.

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