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  • Durkin v. Ferreira

    21 Mass. App. Ct. 771 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Apr 1, 1986

    Barrett v. Carney, 337 Mass. 466, 468 (1958). Sawl v. Kwiatkowski, 349 Mass. 712, 715 (1965). Sachs v. Hirshom, 16 Mass. App. Ct. 704, 705-706 (1983). See Trabucco v. Nelson, 8 Mass. App. … In Berry v.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Mendes

    78 Mass. App. Ct. 474 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Dec 28, 2010

    In the living room, police found a brown leather jacket containing two bags of what was assumed to be marijuana; various papers belonging to the defendants; a plastic baggie with the comer ripped off; three cellular telephones … See Commonwealth v. Charles, 456 Mass. 378, 383 (2010); Commonwealth v.

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Tracy

    50 Mass. App. Ct. 435 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Nov 6, 2000

    Commonwealth v. Brown, 413 Mass. 693, 696 (1992). … See Commonwealth v.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • County of Barnstable v. American Financial Corp.

    51 Mass. App. Ct. 213 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Mar 23, 2001

    Second, despite the county’s argument that the Barnstable County charter does not bestow police power on the commissioners, section 3-2 of the charter provides that the “board of county commissioners shall *218 cause . . … Bagley v. Monticello Ins. Co., supra at 457.

    Cited 27 timesPublished
  • Page v. LeRoux

    43 Mass. App. Ct. 708 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Oct 16, 1997

    See also Board of Appeals of Rockport v. DeCarolis, 32 Mass. App. Ct. 348, 352 (1992). … See Elm Farm Foods Co. v. Cifrino, 328 Mass. 549, 557 (1952).

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. De La Cruz

    15 Mass. App. Ct. 52 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Dec 16, 1982

    See Commonwealth v. Pentz, 247 Mass. 500, 506 (1924); Commonwealth v. Palladino, 358 Mass. 28, 31 (1970); Commonwealth v. Burns, 8 Mass. App. Ct. 194, 195-196 (1979). … See Commonwealth v. Comins, 371 Mass. at 232-233 ; Arthurs v. Board of Registration in Medicine, 383 Mass. 299, 309 (1981); Commonwealth v. Lozano, 5 Mass. App. Ct. 872 (1977). 4. Entrapment.

    Cited 31 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Chase

    26 Mass. App. Ct. 578 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Nov 16, 1988

    A mediation hearing on the subject of the eviction was held at the Cambridge rent control board on January 8, 1985, two days before the fire. … See Commonwealth v. Goldberg, 212 Mass. 88, 91 (1912); Commonwealth v. Fatalo, 345 Mass. 85, 86-87 (1962); Commonwealth v. Ferreira, 373 Mass. 116, 130 (1977); Commonwealth v.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Unitt

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · Feb 28, 2017

    See Commonwealth v. Brown, 431 Mass. 772, 775 (2000) (plain language of statute controls). … See generally Commonwealth v. Nattoo, 452 Mass. 826, 828 n.1 (2009), quoting from Commonwealth v.

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  • Forbes v. Kramer

    5 Mass. App. Ct. 474 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jun 29, 1977

    See Bono v. Kramer, 346 Mass. 355, 360 (1963). … Compare Bono v. Kramer, supra. 2.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Turner v. School Committee

    41 Mass. App. Ct. 354 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Sep 20, 1996

    Commissioner of Correction, 417 Mass. 818, 821-822 (1994), quoting from Board, of Educ. v. Assessor of Worcester, 368 Mass. 511, 513 (1975). … L. c. 231 A, §§ 1 and 2, in the Superior Court, see Farrington v. School Comm, of Cambridge, 382 Mass. 324 (1981).

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Alexander Benitez Morales.

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · Mar 27, 2025

    See Commonwealth v. Brown, 449 Mass. 747, 765 (2007), citing Commonwealth v. Sheriff, 425 Mass. 186, 192 (1997). … Brown, supra. See Commonwealth v. Gallett, 481 Mass. 662, 686 (2019), quoting Commonwealth v.

    Cited 0 timesUnpublished
  • R. J. A. v. K. A. V.

    34 Mass. App. Ct. 369 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Apr 23, 1993

    See Marotta v. Board of Appeals of Revere, 336 Mass. 199, 202-203 (1957); Save the Bay, Inc. v. Department of Pub. Util., 366 Mass. 667, 672 (1975). The standing issue was presented in C.C. v. … Compare, e.g„ Irons v.

    Cited 13 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Mercado

    24 Mass. App. Ct. 391 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jun 26, 1987

    turned and went into the house to summon the police. 4 We note that the judge instructed on self-defense and defense of a third person, but the verdicts indicate that the jury were unmoved. 5 Supporting citations were: Brown … v.

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  • Commonwealth v. Agogo

    93 Mass. App. Ct. 495 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jun 29, 2018

    Brown, 460 U.S. 730, 742 (1983) 4 Here, there is also no dispute that the defendant was strip searched. See Commonwealth v. Vick, 90 Mass. App. … See Texas v. Brown, 460 U.S. at 735.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • EMANUEL BRANDAO v. BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT & Another

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jan 16, 2025

    Cohen v. Board of Water Comm'rs, Fire Dist. No. 1, S. Hadley, 411 Mass. 744 , 748 (1992). … Co. v. Danvers, 411 Mass. 39, 46 (1991), quoting Commerce Ins. Co. v. Koch, 25 Mass. App.

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  • MICHAEL PASCUCCI & Another v. TOWN OF LYNNFIELD & Another.

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · May 7, 2026

    See Chace v. Curran, 71 Mass. App. Ct. 258, 260 n.4 (2008). … Conservation Comm'n of Norton v. Pesa, 488 Mass. 325, 330 (2021).

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  • Commonwealth v. Rise

    50 Mass. App. Ct. 836 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Feb 9, 2001

    Brown, J. … See Commonwealth v.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • School Committee of Lynnfield v. Trachtman

    11 Mass. App. Ct. 524 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Mar 5, 1981

    collective bargaining agreement between the parties which provided that disputes regarding wages and hours would be subject to arbitration; that the reduction in Trachtman’s salary was not a general reduction “across the board … See also and compare School Comm. of Danvers v. Tyman, 372 Mass. 106, 111-112 (1977), and cases cited; School Comm. of West Springfield v. Korbut, 373 Mass. at 794-796; Berkshire Hills Regional Sch. Dist. Comm. v.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Emory G. Snell, Jr. v. Albert C. Bielitz, Jr.

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jul 2, 2024

    Martinez v. Waldstein, 89 Mass. App. Ct. 341, 345 (2016). … Ryan v.

    Cited 0 timesUnpublished
  • North American Site Developers, Inc. v. MRP Site Development, Inc.

    63 Mass. App. Ct. 529 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · May 16, 2005

    . & H.R.R. v. Walworth Co., 340 Mass. 1, 3 (1959), quoting from Century Indem. Co. v. Bloom, 325 Mass. 52, 56 (1949); see Shea v. … Philadelphia, 568 Pa. 244, 250-251 (2002); Brown v. Boyer-Washington Blvd. Assocs., 856 P.2d 352, 355 (Utah 1993).

    Cited 3 timesPublished

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