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  • Rice v. James Hanrahan & Sons

    20 Mass. App. Ct. 701 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Sep 5, 1985

    copies of ¿1 statutes, acts and resolves of the commonwealth, public or private, which are published under its authority, and copies of the ordinances of a city, the by-laws of a town or of the rules and regulations of a board … Printed copies of rules and regulations purporting to be issued by authority of any department, commission, board or officer of the commonwealth . . . shall be admitted without certification or attestation, but, if their

    Cited 24 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Egan

    12 Mass. App. Ct. 658 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Nov 30, 1981

    See Commonwealth v. Riggins, 366 Mass. 81, 86-87 (1974); Commonwealth v. Silva, 366 Mass. 402, 406-407 (1974); Commonwealth v. Ling, 370 Mass. 238, 240-241 (1976); Commonwealth v. … Brown v. Illinois, 422 U.S. 590, 600 (1975). At the time Egan was asked to the police station the police had discovered the quarter-full gas can in his car.

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Sullivan v. Department of State Police

    57 Mass. App. Ct. 10 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jan 3, 2003

    The plaintiff’s one-sentence claim that the decisions of the hearing officer and the Superior Court confiscate the plaintiff’s property is disposed of by MacNutt v. Police Commr. of Boston, 30 Mass. App. … The only other deferred clause was the change to clause Fifth which required immediate submission of sales, rentals, and leases to the executive director of the criminal history systems board. St. 1998, c. 180, § 78.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Kobico, Inc. v. Pipe

    44 Mass. App. Ct. 103 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Dec 30, 1997

    Brown, J. … Co. v.

    Cited 23 timesPublished
  • Bergh v. Hines

    44 Mass. App. Ct. 590 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Apr 14, 1998

    See Labounty v. Vickers, 352 Mass. 337, 346 (1967). See, e.g., Michaelson v. … Clair v.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Shrewsbury v. Seaport Partners Ltd. Partnership

    63 Mass. App. Ct. 272 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Apr 15, 2005

    Boston v. Board of Educ., 392 Mass. 788 , 792 (1984), quoting from Commonwealth v. Collett, 387 Mass. 424, 432 (1982). … See Wolfe v.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Hickey v. Conservation Commission of Dennis

    93 Mass. App. Ct. 655 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jul 27, 2018

    Higby/Fulton Vineyard, LLC v. Board of Health of Tisbury, 70 Mass. App. Ct. 848, 850 (2007). Unlike in the zoning context, the Hickeys do not enjoy presumptive standing based on their status as abutters. … Kenner v.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Dane Entertainment Services, Inc.

    18 Mass. App. Ct. 446 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Aug 3, 1984

    Commonwealth v. Brown, 378 Mass. 165, 170 (1979); Commonwealth v. Markham, 10 Mass. App. Ct. 651, 653 (1980). … Commonwealth v. Leventhal, 364 Mass. at 722 . Lena v. Commonwealth, 369 Mass. at 574-575. Commonwealth v. Gogan, 389 Mass. at 259 .

    Cited 14 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Chartier

    43 Mass. App. Ct. 758 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Nov 5, 1997

    See Commonwealth v. Bradshaw, 385 Mass. 244, 269-270 (1982); Commonwealth v. Gil, 393 Mass. 204, 215-216 (1984); Commonwealth v. Almeida, 42 Mass. App. Ct. 607, 615-616 (1997). See also Commonwealth v. … Brown v. Commonwealth, 407 Mass. 84, 90 (1990). (b) As to malicious destruction of property.

    Cited 22 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Abramms

    66 Mass. App. Ct. 576 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jun 23, 2006

    Brown, J. (concurring in result). I agree that the defendant’s appeal, at least in its current posture, must fail. The defendant *587 chanced much by presenting only a facial challenge. 1 See Commonwealth v. … See, e.g., Cox v.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • AMITABH CHANDRA v. PETER DECAPRIO & Others.

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · Mar 5, 2025

    See Boothby v. … Board authorization.

    Cited 0 timesUnpublished
  • Commonwealth v. Chetwynde

    31 Mass. App. Ct. 8 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jul 3, 1991

    Brown, J. On appeal the defendant, Steven Chetwynde, challenges the validity of his guilty pleas. … Commonwealth v. Haas, 373 Mass. 545, 550 (1977).

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Spagnolo

    17 Mass. App. Ct. 516 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Feb 17, 1984

    Brown , J. Each defendant was indicted on two counts of unlawfully carrying a firearm under his control in a motor vehicle. The weapons in question were seized as a result of a warrantless search. … See [United States v.

    Cited 21 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. O'Donnell

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · Sep 21, 2017

    Compare Commonwealth v. … See Commonwealth v.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Hill

    52 Mass. App. Ct. 147 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jul 26, 2001

    Principally citing Commonwealth v. … See Commonwealth v. Morse, 50 Mass. App.

    Cited 18 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Green

    55 Mass. App. Ct. 376 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jul 5, 2002

    See Commonwealth v. Martin, 369 Mass. at 649 ; Commonwealth v. Deagle, 10 Mass. App. Ct. at 751 . See also Commonwealth v. McClendon, 39 Mass. App. … Tiffany Brown, who lived across the street from 83 Hutchins Street, reported that she had heard gunshots outside of her home that afternoon.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Sumpter

    46 Mass. App. Ct. 251 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jan 28, 1999

    Commonwealth v. Galvin, 388 Mass. 326, 328 (1983), quoting from Board of Educ. v. Assessor of Worcester, 368 Mass. 511, 513 (1975). The text of § 49 in question was added by St. 1972, c. 777, § 13. … Wood v. Commissioner of Correction, 363 Mass, at 83.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Barrow v. Dartmouth House Nursing Home, Inc.

    86 Mass. App. Ct. 128 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Aug 18, 2014

    See Theos & Sons, Inc. v. … Looney v.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Molly A. v. Commissioner of the Department of Mental Retardation

    69 Mass. App. Ct. 267 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jun 5, 2007

    Green v. Board of Appeal of Norwood, 358 Mass. 253, 258 (1970). … See Federman v. Board of Appeals of Marblehead, 35 Mass. App. Ct. 727, 729-730 (1994). The DMR’s answer, however, contained no such averments.

    Cited 28 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Douglas W. Burns.

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jan 24, 2024

    Commonwealth v. Brown, 378 Mass. 165, 170-171 (1979). We review a judge's decision on a motion for a new trial "to determine whether there has been a significant error of law or other abuse of discretion." … Brown, supra at 171, quoting Sharpe, petitioner, 322 Mass. 441, 445 (1948).

    Cited 0 timesUnpublished

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