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  • Commonwealth v. Obiora

    83 Mass. App. Ct. 55 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jan 8, 2013

    Compare Commonwealth v. Brown, 75 Mass. App. Ct. 528, 536 (2009). … Commonwealth v. Gonsalves, supra at 665 , quoting from State v. Smith, 134 N.J. 599, 618 (1994). See Commonwealth v. Riche, 50 Mass. App.

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  • Commonwealth v. Twing

    39 Mass. App. Ct. 75 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Aug 10, 1995

    Commonwealth v. Brown, 394 Mass. 510, 515 (1985), there is here no reasonable possibility that Wayne’s statement to Detective Decker *78 might have contributed to Ronald’s convictions. Commonwealth v. … Commonwealth v. Moran, 387 Mass. 644 (1982).

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  • ANGELICA E. ALVAREZ v. DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE & Another.

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · Nov 13, 2025

    See Chace v. Curran, 71 Mass. App. Ct. 258, 260 n.4 (2008). … DiGiulio v. Director of the Dep't of Unemployment Assistance, 94 Mass. App. Ct. 292, 293 (2018), quoting Coverall N. Am., Inc. v. Commissioner of the Div. of Unemployment Assistance, 447 Mass. 852, 857 (2006).

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  • Hanover Insurance v. Sutton

    46 Mass. App. Ct. 153 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jan 15, 1999

    See also Augat, Inc. v. … I, therefore, turn to the second element which is the element on that board of breach.

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  • Commonwealth v. Turner

    71 Mass. App. Ct. 665 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · May 6, 2008

    Commonwealth v. O’Day, 440 Mass. at 302 , quoting from Commonwealth v. Warren, 418 Mass. 86, 89 (1994). See Commonwealth v. Blake, 413 Mass. 823, 827-828 (1992); Commonwealth v. Santiago, 66 Mass. App. … See Commonwealth v. Brown, 68 Mass. App. Ct. 261, 262 (2007). When asked at oral argument, neither counsel for the defendants nor for the Commonwealth knew whether any persons present had been searched.

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  • Commonwealth v. Powell

    10 Mass. App. Ct. 57 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jun 20, 1980

    Brown, J. … Accord, Simmons v. United States, 390 U.S. 377, 383-384 (1968); Neil v. Biggers, 409 U.S. 188 (1972); Commonwealth v. Venios, 378 Mass. 24 (1979); Commonwealth v. Storey, 378 Mass. 312 (1979). But see Commonwealth v.

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  • Commonwealth v. Cassidy

    32 Mass. App. Ct. 160 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Feb 25, 1992

    From one backpack, not completely closed by a flap on the top, Officer Beaupre retrieved a kitchen knife and a closed brown paper bag; this he opened and removed the smoking pipe in question. 1. … See generally California v. Acevedo, 111 S. Ct. 1982 (1991); Commonwealth v. Cast, 407 Mass. 891, 901-903 (1990).

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  • Chiminiello v. Chiminiello

    8 Mass. App. Ct. 806 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Dec 14, 1979

    Williams v. North Carolina, 317 U.S. 287,299 (1942). Coe v. Coe, 334 U.S. 378, 383-384 (1948). Heard v. Heard, 323 Mass. 357, 364-365 (1948). Shain v. Shain, 324 Mass. 603, 607 (1949), cert, denied, 338 U.S. 954 (1950). … Harrow v. Board of Appeals of Pittsfield, 7 Mass. App. Ct. 937 (1979). It is the duty of the probate judge to fashion a decree in the manner provided in G.

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  • FRASER ENGINEERING CO. v. Desmond

    26 Mass. App. Ct. 99 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jun 6, 1988

    See Commonwealth v. DeCotis, 366 Mass. 234, 241, 242 (1974); Purity Supreme, Inc. v. Attorney Gen., 380 Mass. 762, 771 (1980); Levings v. Forbes & Wallace, Inc., 8 Mass. App. Ct. 498, 504 (1979). … Slaney v. Westwood Auto, Inc., 366 Mass. 688, 703 (1975). International Fid. Ins. Co. v. Wilson, 387 Mass. 841, 850 (1983). Nei v. Burley, 388 Mass. at 313 . Glickman v. Brown, 21 Mass. App. Ct. 229, 236 (1985).

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  • Commonwealth v. Kevin M. Tynan.

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · May 13, 2024

    Surveillance video footage showed an individual walking around the school wearing a red hooded sweatshirt, a dark colored jacket, tan pants, brown shoes, a brown knit hat, and a dark cloth covering the face. … United States v.

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  • Commonwealth v. Smith

    1 Mass. App. Ct. 642 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Dec 31, 1973

    Commonwealth v. Kendrick, 351 Mass. 203, 211 (1966). See also Commonwealth v. Smith, 342 Mass. 180 (1961); Commonwealth v . Connors, 345 Mass. 102 (1962); Commonwealth v. Smith, 350 Mass. 600 (1966). … See Monize v. Begaso, 190 Mass. 87, 89 (1906); Commonwealth v. Houston, 332 Mass. 687, 690 (1955); Commonwealth v. Kendrick, 351 Mass. 203, 211 (1966); Brown v. United States, 256 U.S. 335, 343 (1921).

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Breuing v. Callahan

    50 Mass. App. Ct. 359 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Nov 1, 2000

    Brown, J. … See *360 O’Sullivan v. Shaw, 431 Mass. 201, 203 (2000).

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  • Commonwealth v. Collins

    31 Mass. App. Ct. 679 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Dec 19, 1991

    Brown, J. … See Moody v.

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  • Kirwood v. Kirwood

    27 Mass. App. Ct. 1156 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jun 7, 1989

    See Earle v. Earle, 13 Mass. App. Ct. 1062, 1064 (1982). See also Silvia v. Silvia, 9 Mass. App. Ct. 339, 340-342 (1980); Kirtz v. Kirtz, 12 Mass. App. Ct. 141, 147 (1981). Cf. Bosworth v. … Specifically, the judge took into account the defendant’s payment of $14,000 annually for Joshua’s tuition and board and room at a private preparatory school, and of a monthly allowance while Joshua attended the school.

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  • Edinburg v. Cavers

    22 Mass. App. Ct. 212 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · May 19, 1986

    Cavers of conduct that, if proved, would, in the judge’s words, “warrant disciplinary action by the Board of Bar Overseers.” … See Mass.R.A.P. 16(a)(4), as amended, 367 Mass. 921 (1975); Langlitz v. Board of Registration of Chiropractors, 396 Mass. 374 , 376 n.2 (1985); Hastoupis v. Gargas, 9 Mass. App. Ct. 27, 39 (1980); A.

    Cited 23 timesPublished
  • Hallahan v. Haltom Corp.

    7 Mass. App. Ct. 68 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Feb 21, 1979

    The directors of Haltom voted to petition the board of selectmen of the town of Barnstable (the local licensing authority) for transfer of the Quarter Deck alcoholic beverages license from Paul Hallaban and Errol Thompson … Meinhard v. Salmon, 249 N.Y. 458, 464 (1928).

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  • Joseph v. Administrator of the Division of Personnel Administration

    11 Mass. App. Ct. 943 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Feb 23, 1981

    See Cleary v. Cardullo’s, Inc., 347 Mass. 337, 343 (1964); Baker Transp., Inc. v. State Tax Commn., 371 Mass. 872, 877 (1977). … See McCue v. Director of Civil Serv., 325 Mass. 605, 611 (1950); Jones v. Wayland, 380 Mass. 110, 118 (1980). Joseph relies in some degree on Timmins v. Civil Serv. Commrs., 276 Mass. 142, 144 (1931), and MacCarthy v.

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  • McEneaney v. Chestnut Hill Realty Corp.

    38 Mass. App. Ct. 573 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · May 17, 1995

    See Caron v. General Motors Corp., 37 Mass. App. Ct. 744, 756 (Brown, J., concurring). We should not allow ourselves to be seduced by it. … See, e.g., Charbonnier v. Amico, 367 Mass. 146, 152-153 (1975); Druker v. Roland Wm. Jutras Assocs., 370 Mass. 383, 385 (1976); Balsavich v. Local Union 170, Intl. Bhd. of Teamsters, 371 Mass. 283 (1976); Nader v.

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  • Murphy v. Town of Dover

    35 Mass. App. Ct. 904 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Aug 5, 1993

    Jones v. … See Corea v. Asses sors of Bedford, 384 Mass. 809, 809-810 (1981); DiGloria v. Chief of *906 Police of Methuen, 8 Mass. App. Ct. 506, 515-516 (1979); Gamache v. Mayor of N. Adams, 17 Mass. App. Ct. 291, 294 (1983).

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  • Commonwealth v. Mazzola

    22 Mass. App. Ct. 683 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Sep 3, 1986

    Commonwealth v. Haywood, 377 Mass. 755, 760 (1979), quoting from Commonwealth v. Marcellino, 271 Mass. 325, 327 (1930). “[A] defendant may introduce that evidence through . . . … Commonwealth v. Brown, 394 Mass. 394, 397 (1985).

    Cited 1 timesPublished

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