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60 Mass. App. Ct. 770 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Apr 5, 2004
Brown, J. (dissenting). What unsettles the majority here, while unspoken, is not obscure. Like the majority in Commonwealth v. Moreton, 48 Mass. App. … More than one hundred years ago, in Commonwealth v.
Cited 5 timesPublished37 Mass. App. Ct. 676 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Nov 23, 1994
The affiant also stated that he checked with the board of probation and learned that the defendant had been convicted of four controlled substance violations. … See, e.g., United States v. Malin, 908 F.2d 163, 166, 167 (7th Cir), cert. denied, 498 U.S. 991 (1990); State v. Groff, 323 N.W.2d 204, 212 (Iowa 1982); State v. Edwards, 575 A.2d 321, 322-323 (Me. 1990); State v.
Cited 1 timesPublished38 Mass. App. Ct. 929 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Mar 3, 1995
Commonwealth v. Arias, 29 Mass. App. Ct. 613, 618-619 (1990), S.C., 410 Mass. 1005 (1991). Commonwealth v. Brown, 34 Mass. App. Ct. 222, 224-225 (1993). … Stickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. *932 668, 689 , reh’g denied, 467 U.S. 1267 (1984). Commonwealth v. Saferian, 366 Mass. 89, 96 (1974). Commonwealth v. McGann, 20 Mass. App. Ct. 59, 61 (1985).
Cited 4 timesPublished73 Mass. App. Ct. 828 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Mar 19, 2009
Brown, J. This is an appeal from an adjudication of delinquency of a juvenile convicted of resisting arrest pursuant to G. … Commonwealth v. Montoya, supra at 127, quoting from Commonwealth v. Grant, supra at 208 .
Cited 2 timesPublished22 Mass. App. Ct. 611 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Aug 1, 1986
Present: ARMSTRONG, KAPLAN, & BROWN, JJ. Richard D. Packenham for the defendant. Paul J. McCallum for the plaintiff. KAPLAN, J. … Mailer v. Mailer, 390 Mass. 371, 375 (1983).
Cited 9 timesPublished30 Mass. App. Ct. 418 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Apr 1, 1991
While this basic principle seems to be recognized in Massachusetts, see Brown v. *428 Quinn, 406 Mass. 641, 646 (1990), application of the doctrine would be inappropriate here because Judy has not taken contrary positions … Turner v. McCune, 4 Mass. App. Ct. 864, 865 (1976) (emancipation is not automatic upon reaching the age of majority). Compare Brown v.
Cited 34 timesPublished35 Mass. App. Ct. 666 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Dec 23, 1993
Brown, J. … See Commonwealth v. Cast, 407 Mass. at 901 ; Commonwealth v. Bakoian, 412 Mass. 295, 301-303 (1992); Commonwealth v. King, supra at 225-226 & n.7.
Cited 4 timesPublishedCommonwealth v. One Hundred Twenty-five Thousand One Hundred Ninety-one Dollars
76 Mass. App. Ct. 279 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Feb 19, 2010
Bolden v. O’Connor Café of Worcester, Inc., 50 Mass. App. Ct. 56, 62 (2000). … See Commonwealth v. Brown, 426 Mass. 475, 480 (1998). In the instant case, the Commonwealth initiated an in rem proceeding.
Cited 2 timesPublishedTenovsky v. Alliance Insurance Group
40 Mass. App. Ct. 204 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Mar 22, 1996
Brown, J. The plaintiffs, Norman and Cecile A. … Main, Inc. v. Fireman's Fund Ins. Co., 406 Mass. at 863-864 ; National Union Fire Ins. Co. v. Talcott, 931 F.2d 166, 168 (1st Cir. 1991).
Cited 1 timesPublished4 Mass. App. Ct. 830 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jul 20, 1976
The evidence was sufficient to warrant the single member’s findings (affirmed and adopted by the reviewing board “upon consideration of all the evidence”) that the action of the crew foreman in ordering both employees into … We reject all the city’s arguments (structured largely on the concurring opinion in Moschella v. Quincy, 347 Mass. 80, 84-90 [1964]) that the provisions of G.
Cited 2 timesPublishedSchwanbeck v. Federal-Mogul Corp.
31 Mass. App. Ct. 390 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Sep 23, 1991
See Leigh Furniture & Carpet Co. v. Isom, 657 P.2d 293, 302-304 (Utah 1982). Com *413 peting for the prize is within the realm of permissible interference. Doliner v. Brown, 21 Mass. App. … Doliner v. Brown, 21 Mass. App. Ct. at 697 .
Reversed on other grounds by Schwanbeck v. Federal-Mogul Corp., 412 Mass. 703 (1992)Cited 103 timesPublished92 Mass. App. Ct. 1121 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jan 4, 2018
Nortek, Inc . v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co ., 65 Mass. App. Ct. 764 , 775 (2006). Here, we discern no such abuse. … See Kobrin v. Board of Registration in Med ., 444 Mass. 837 , 843 (2005). Order denying motion for relief from judgment affirmed . Berube v. McKesson Wine & Spirits Co ., 7 Mass. App. Ct. 426 , 430-431 (1979).
Cited 0 timesPublishedPerini Corp. v. Building Inspector of North Andover
7 Mass. App. Ct. 72 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Feb 22, 1979
The building inspector and, after a hearing in November, 1974, the board of appeals determined that a building permit and a fee were required. … As stated in Gaskill v.
Cited 8 timesPublished31 Mass. App. Ct. 504 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Oct 28, 1991
Feehan v. Tax Commr., 237 Mass. 169, 171 [1921]. Hutchins v. Browne, 253 Mass. 55, 57 [1925]. Hayes v. Hayes, 256 Mass. 97 [1926]. General principles governing the nature, acquisition and change of domicil are settled. … In addition to those authorities previously cited, see Pickering v. Cambridge, 144 Mass. 244, 245-246 (1887); Commonwealth v. Davis, 284 Mass. 41, 49-51 (1933); Reiersen v. Commissioner of Rev., 26 Mass. App.
Cited 9 timesPublished92 Mass. App. Ct. 1125 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jan 31, 2018
Commonwealth v. Latimore , 378 Mass. 671 , 677 (1979), quoting from Jackson v. Virginia , supra at 319 . … Ct. 787 , 798 (2011), cert. denied, 565 U.S. 1159 (2012), quoting from Commonwealth v. Brown , 401 Mass. 745 , 747 (1988). The defendant claims there was insufficient evidence to support his strangulation conviction.
Cited 0 timesPublishedFirst Crestwood v. Bldg. Inspector, Middleton
3 Mass. App. Ct. 234 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Apr 23, 1975
Spencer v. Rabidou, 340 Mass. 91, 92 (1959). John P. Condon Corp. v. Stateline Contractors, Inc. 353 Mass. 137, 139 (1967). … See Building Commr. of Medford v. McGrath, 312 Mass. 461 (1942); Wayland v. Lee, 325 Mass. 637, 643 (1950); Morin v. Board of Appeals of Leom-inster, 352 Mass. 620, 624 (1967); Berliner v.
Cited 5 timesPublished65 Mass. App. Ct. 285 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Dec 9, 2005
Brown, J. … Commonwealth v. Green, 353 Mass. 687, 690 (1968). See Commonwealth v. Lutoff, 14 Mass. App. Ct. 434 , 443 n.9 (1982). In Doggett v.
Cited 3 timesPublishedSullivan v. Labor Relations Commission
5 Mass. App. Ct. 532 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jul 22, 1977
Brown, J. … See Harrison v. Labor Relations Commn. supra; Ciszewski v. Industrial Accident Bd. 367 Mass. 135, 140-141 (1975).
Cited 1 timesPublishedSchool Committee v. Marshfield Education Ass'n
84 Mass. App. Ct. 743 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jan 28, 2014
Massachusetts Fedn. of Teachers, AFT, AFL-CIO v. Board of Educ., 436 Mass. 763, 782 (2002). In contrast, G. … See Massachusetts Fedn. of Teachers, AFT, AFL-CIO v. Board of Educ., 436 Mass, at 765, quoting from 603 Code Mass.
Cited 2 timesPublished35 Mass. App. Ct. 581 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Dec 6, 1993
Brown, J. This is an appeal from a decision by a judge of the Superior Court granting summary judgment to the defendant, Transgas, Inc. (Transgas). … See the discussion in Gilmer v.
Cited 6 timesPublished
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