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  • 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).

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • 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).

    Cited 16 timesPublished
  • 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
  • In re Proceedings before a Grand Jury

    55 Mass. App. Ct. 17 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · May 30, 2002

    Ibid., quoting from Commonwealth v. Funches, supra, quoting from Ullman v. United States, 350 U.S. 422, 429 (1956). … Ohio v. Reiner, 532 U.S. 17, 21 (2001), quoting from Grunewald v. United States, 353 U.S. 391, 421 (1957), quoting from Slochower v. Board of Higher Educ. of New York City, 350 U.S. 551, 557-558 (1956).

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Mottola

    10 Mass. App. Ct. 775 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Dec 9, 1980

    Commonwealth v. Silva, supra at 406 . Commonwealth v. Almeida, 373 Mass. 266, 271 (1977). … Katz v. Cooley, 6 Mass. App.

    Cited 16 timesPublished
  • Chicago Insurance v. Lappin

    58 Mass. App. Ct. 769 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Aug 7, 2003

    Brown, J. Chicago Insurance Company (Chicago) rescinded a malpractice insurance policy issued to attorneys Robert Lappin and Stanley Brooks and denied its duty to defend them. … On August 8, 1994, at Masterman’s suggestion, Campbell filed a complaint with the Board of Bar Overseers (BBO) about the lack of documentation.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • 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
  • Commonwealth v. Roberto Lopez-Ortiz.

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · Feb 12, 2025

    See Chace v. Curran, 71 Mass. App. Ct. 258, 260 n.4 (2008). … Application of Brown. Finally, the defendant argues that he is entitled to the benefit of the common law rule announced in Commonwealth v. Brown, 477 Mass 805, 825 (2017) (Gants, C.J.).

    Cited 0 timesUnpublished
  • School Committee of Boston v. Labor Relations Commission

    24 Mass. App. Ct. 721 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Sep 24, 1987

    The committee has no representative on the board of directors of either bus company. … L. c. 150E, § 9A(b), see Allen v. School Comm. of Boston, 396 Mass. 582 (1986), and, if an unlawful strike is found, take steps to bring the strike to a conclusion.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • 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.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Hogan v. Riemer

    35 Mass. App. Ct. 360 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Sep 24, 1993

    Present: BROWN, KASS, & LAURENCE, JJ. Christopher L. Maclachlan for the plaintiff. Lawrence J. Crowley, Jr. ( Isaac H. Peres with him) for the defendant. KASS, J. … BROWN, J. (dissenting). I strongly disagree. In my view, summary judgment should not have been granted by the lower court.

    Cited 59 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).

    Cited 17 timesPublished
  • Winternitz v. Winternitz

    19 Mass. App. Ct. 228 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jan 21, 1985

    Brown, J. This is an appeal from a judgment eliminating a husband’s support obligations. … Morrill v. Tong, 390 Mass. at 130 , quoting from Ross v. Ross, 371 Mass. at 441-442 . Contrast Morrill v. Tong, 390 Mass. at 129-133 .

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Golber v. BayBank Valley Trust Co.

    46 Mass. App. Ct. 256 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jan 29, 1999

    See Kannavos v. Annino, 356 Mass, at 48. See also Maxwell v. … Glickman v. Brown, 21 Mass. App. Ct. 229, 235 (1985). As to the plaintiffs’ cross appeal, the judge adopted the jury’s finding that the actions of the defendant were not knowing and wilful.

    Cited 64 timesPublished
  • 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.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Department of Revenue v. Roe

    29 Mass. App. Ct. 967 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Oct 19, 1990

    Contrast Klein v. Catalano, 386 Mass. 701, 713-714 (1982); Leigh v. Board of Registration in Nursing, 399 Mass. 558, 561 (1987). … See Doe v. Roe, 23 Mass. App. Ct. 590, 594 (1987). Compare Gomez v. Perez, 409 U.S. 535, 538 (1973).

    Cited 16 timesPublished
  • Wooten v. Crayton

    66 Mass. App. Ct. 187 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Apr 24, 2006

    See Wheeler v. Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston, 378 Mass. at 62 ; Episcopal Diocese of Mass. v. DeVine, 59 Mass. App. … VIH (boards of administration) was amended to change the number of church deacons from “four to seven members” to “a minimum of seven members”; art.

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Aker v. Pearson

    7 Mass. App. Ct. 552 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · May 11, 1979

    In Austin v. Boston Univ. … Paro v. Longwood Hosp., supra at 652-654. Cf. Damaskos v. Board of Appeal of Boston, 359 Mass. 55, 63-64 (1971).

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Graveline v. Baybank Valley Trust Co.

    19 Mass. App. Ct. 253 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jan 25, 1985

    Ct. 935, 935-936 (1981) (misrepresentation of rental income not inherently unknowable because the rents were on file with the local rent control board); contrast Dinsky v. … Compare White v. Peabody Constr. Co., 386 Mass. 121, 129-130 (1982); Mansfield v. GAF Corp., 5 Mass. App.

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • Benevolent & Protective Order v. Lawrence Redevelopment Authority

    33 Mass. App. Ct. 701 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Dec 14, 1992

    Brown, J. … Aselbekian v. Massachusetts Turnpike Authy., 341 Mass. 398, 400 (1960). See Kane v. Hudson, 7 Mass. App. Ct. 556, 559-560 (1979).

    Cited 3 timesPublished

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