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  • Supeno v. Equity Office Properties Management, LLC

    70 Mass. App. Ct. 470 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Oct 11, 2007

    Martin v. Ring, supra (citations omitted). … William Patterson, a board impartial physician, and Dr. David Christiani.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • 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 .

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • 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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  • 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.

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • 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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  • Tryon v. City of Lowell

    29 Mass. App. Ct. 720 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jan 18, 1991

    Scott v. Thompson, 5 Mass. App. Ct. 372, 375 (1977). See Brown v. Knight, 362 Mass. 350, 352 (1972). Accord Leone v. Utica, 66 A.D.2d at 466, aff'd, 49 N.Y.2d at 813 . … Accord Whitney v.

    Declined to follow on other grounds by Barnett v. City of Lynn, 433 Mass. 662 (2001)Cited 19 timesPublished
  • 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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  • 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.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Mandel v. Mandel

    74 Mass. App. Ct. 348 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jun 3, 2009

    Krapf v. Krapf, 439 Mass. 97, 105 (2003), quoting from Clark v. State St. … See, e.g., Johnstone v.

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  • Aimco N. Andover, LLC v. Deluca

    92 Mass. App. Ct. 1130 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Mar 5, 2018

    See Kellogg v. … See Davis v. Tabachnick , supra .

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  • Commonwealth v. Clarke

    44 Mass. App. Ct. 502 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Apr 3, 1998

    After leaving the building, a blue and brown three-family wood frame apartment house, the informant presented *504 Grice with cocaine purchased from the occupant of apartment one. … Underneath a mattress in the same room, police discovered a loaded .22 caliber handgun and a brown paper bag containing two .38 caliber handguns. A search of the bathroom revealed an additional $825 in plain view.

    Cited 31 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Mitchell

    15 Mass. App. Ct. 943 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Feb 10, 1983

    Commonwealth v. Brown, 378 Mass. 165, 176 (1979). Commonwealth v. Brattman, 10 Mass. App. Ct. 579, 585 (1980). … See Commonwealth v. Francis, 374 Mass. 750 (1978); Commonwealth v. O’Clair, 374 Mass. 759 (1978). Compare Commonwealth v. Coughlin, 372 Mass. 818 (1977); Commonwealth v. Bartlett, supra. Judgments affirmed.

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  • Falcon v. Leger

    62 Mass. App. Ct. 352 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Oct 29, 2004

    See Shea v. … L. c. 22, § 14) (statutory authority for board of fire prevention regulations); c. 143, § 3L (statutory authority for promulgation of regulations relative to electrical wiring and fixtures by board of fire prevention regulations

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  • Commonwealth v. Cruz

    34 Mass. App. Ct. 619 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jun 18, 1993

    Brown, ante 222, 225-227 (1993) (conviction overturned where defendant admitted living in apartment in which drugs were found in a bedroom, but no evidence linked the defendant to that bedroom). Contrast Commonwealth v. … See Commonwealth v. Handy, 30 Mass. App. Ct. 776, 781 (1991). Contrast Commonwealth v. Brzezinski , 405 Mass, at 410; Commonwealth v. James, 30 Mass. App. Ct. at 497-498 .

    Cited 20 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Clark

    3 Mass. App. Ct. 481 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Sep 16, 1975

    The defendant and the victim then boarded a bus. The victim whispered to the driver for help, but the driver made no move to come to her aid. The defendant and the victim got off at the next stop. … See Commonwealth v. O’Connell, 274 Mass. 315, 323 (1931); Commonwealth v. Witschi, 301 Mass. 459, 462-463 (1938); Commonwealth v. Lewis, 346 Mass. 373, 379 (1963), cert. den. 376 U. S. 933 (1964); Commonwealth v.

    Cited 17 timesPublished
  • Plourde v. Police Department

    85 Mass. App. Ct. 178 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Apr 9, 2014

    Board of Educ. v. Assessor of Worcester, 368 Mass. 511, 513-514 (1975). … Bank v.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Shwachman v. Khoroshansky

    15 Mass. App. Ct. 1002 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Apr 29, 1983

    Compare Casasanta v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Milford, 377 Mass. 67, 72-73 (1979); Shalbey v. Board of Appeal of Norwood, 6 Mass. App. Ct. 521, 526 (1978). … Hampshire Village Associates v. District Court of Hampshire, 381 Mass. 148, 152-153 (1980), quoting from Goes v. Feldman, 8 Mass. App. Ct. 84, 91 (1979).

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Bernstein v. Towne Estates, Inc.

    18 Mass. App. Ct. 907 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Apr 30, 1984

    The tenant sought review of the Boston Rent Control Board’s issuance of a certificate of eviction, authorizing the landlord to institute summary process eviction proceedings against her. See Morello v. … Morello v. Boston Rent Control Bd., 14 Mass. App. Ct. at 33 .

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  • Commonwealth v. Connors

    13 Mass. App. Ct. 1005 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Apr 1, 1982

    See United States v. … Here, the judge’s remarks were innocuous compared to the statements criticized in Commonwealth v. Pleasant, 366 Mass. 100, 105 (1974), and Commonwealth v. Brown, 367 Mass. 24, 31 (1975). 2.

    Cited 13 timesPublished

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