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  • Whitehouse v. Town of Sherborn

    11 Mass. App. Ct. 668 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Apr 9, 1981

    Wine v. … So ordered. 3 General Laws c. 79, § 3, as amended through St. 1964, c. 579, § 1, provided (and still provides) in pertinent part: “The board of officers by whom an order of taking has been adopted under section one shall

    Cited 24 timesPublished
  • Somerset Importers, Ltd. v. Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission

    28 Mass. App. Ct. 381 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Mar 19, 1990

    Cleary v. Cardullo’s, Inc., 347 Mass. 337, 343 (1964). Amherst-Pelham Regional School Comm. v. Department of Educ., 376 Mass. 480, 491-492 (1978). Beverages International, Ltd. v. … Contributory Retirement Appeal Board, 13 Mass. App. Ct. 85, 92 (1982). Here there was evidence before the commission in the form of a chart which traced New England’s orders for Tan-queray gin from 1981 through 1984.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Powell

    40 Mass. App. Ct. 430 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · May 15, 1996

    Arthur had spotted the Powell car on the Cambridge side of the Charles River where Fresh Pond Parkway meets Greenough Boulevard by the Buckingham, Brown & Nichols School. … United States v.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Bannister

    15 Mass. App. Ct. 71 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jan 4, 1983

    Commonwealth v. Bernier, 359 Mass. 13, 15 (1971). See also Commonwealth v. Brown, 378 Mass. 165, 171 (1979). … Fleming v.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • LISA M. JONES v. ANDREW D. JONES (and a consolidated case ).

    101 Mass. App. Ct. 673 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Sep 14, 2022

    See Wooters v. Wooters, 74 Mass. App. … See also George v. George, 476 Mass. 65, 68 (2016); Rodman v. Rodman, 470 Mass. 539, 544 (2015); Chin v. Merriot, 470 Mass. 527, 536 (2015).

    Cited 22 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Souza

    39 Mass. App. Ct. 103 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Aug 17, 1995

    Commonwealth v. Gallison, 383 Mass. 659, 671 (1981). Commonwealth v. Mamay, 407 Mass. 412, 416 (1990). Commonwealth v. Doyle, 5 Mass. App. Ct. 544, 547 (1977). … C testified that her grandparents had covered her mouth with scotch tape to prevent her from screaming and had tied her to a bedpost with brown rope; N said that her grandparents had tied a shoelace around her neck and had

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • City of Somerville v. Supervisor of Public Records of the Commonwealth

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · Sep 17, 2025

    See Rahim v. … Co. v.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Winfield

    76 Mass. App. Ct. 716 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · May 14, 2010

    See Davis v. Alaska, 415 U.S. 308, 320 (1974); Commonwealth v. … Commonwealth v. Brown, 376 Mass. 156, 164 (1978), quoting from Commonwealth v. Johnson, 352 Mass. 311, 320-321 , cert. granted, 389 U.S. 816 (1967), cert. dismissed, 390 U.S. 511 (1968).

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Eller

    66 Mass. App. Ct. 564 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jun 22, 2006

    Brown, J. … Compare Commonwealth v.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Kennedy v. Kennedy

    23 Mass. App. Ct. 176 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Nov 17, 1986

    See Olmstead v. Murphy, 21 Mass. App. Ct. at 667 . See also MacGibbon v. Board of Appeals of Duxbury, 369 Mass. 512, 520 (1976). Compare Robbins v. Robbins, 19 Mass. App. Ct. at 544 . … Robbins v. Robbins, 19 Mass. App. Ct. at 543 . See Pemberton v. Pemberton, 9 Mass. App. Ct. 9, 16-18 (1980). See also Hayden v. Hayden, 326 Mass. 587, 596 (1950); First Natl. Bank v.

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Kelley v. Cambridge Historical Commission

    84 Mass. App. Ct. 166 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Aug 21, 2013

    See, e.g., Callahan v. … Board of Bar Overseers, supra at 517 (imposing double appellate costs where counsel’s submissions were “convoluted, difficult to understand . . .

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • COREY DENTON v. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS & Others.

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · Feb 11, 2025

    Verveine Corp. v. Strathmore Ins. Co., 489 Mass. 534, 538 (2022). … Commonwealth v. Brown, 426 Mass. 475, 482-484 (1998).

    Cited 0 timesUnpublished
  • Audette v. Commonwealth

    63 Mass. App. Ct. 727 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jun 13, 2005

    Malchanoff v. Truehart, 354 Mass. 118, 123 (1968). Brown v. Buldoc, 29 Mass. App. Ct. 909, 910 (1990). 5 Principles of sovereign immunity preclude the imposition of strict liability under G. … Andrews v.

    Cited 15 timesPublished
  • Industria De Calcados Martini Ltda. v. Maxwell Shoe Co.

    36 Mass. App. Ct. 268 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Mar 21, 1994

    See Plastileather Corp. v. Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co., 361 Mass. 356, 358 (1972). … McAvoy v. Shufrin, 401 Mass. 593, 601 (1988).

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Covell v. Olsen

    65 Mass. App. Ct. 359 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jan 11, 2006

    Although Erik’s primary residence was in Rockport, where he lived with the defendant, he attended a boarding school in Vermont. … In Alioto v.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Wilbur v. Tunnell

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jul 10, 2020

    See, e.g., Clymer v. Mayo, 393 Mass. 754 (1985); Torphy v. Reder, 357 Mass. 153 (1970); Robinson v. Nutt, 185 Mass. 345 (1904); Pritchard v. Attorney Gen., 77 Mass. App. … Ctr., 295 Neb. 650, 654-656 (2017); Kasharian v. Wilentz, 93 N.J. Super. 479, 482 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. 1967); Brown v. Coe, 365 S.C. 137, 142 (2005); State ex rel. Baker v.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Simon v. Simon

    35 Mass. App. Ct. 705 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jan 5, 1994

    Parker v. Tainter, 123 Mass. 185, 187 (1877). See Michelson v. Sherman, 310 Mass. at 777; A.B.C. Auto Parts, Inc. v. Moran, 359 Mass. 327, 330 (1971). Compare Hook Brown Co. v. … See Peters v. Wallach, 366 Mass. 622, 628 (1975); Lipson v. Adelson, 17 Mass. App. Ct. 90, 92-93 (1983).

    Cited 39 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Shawn Walker.

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · May 9, 2025

    See Commonwealth v. Brown, 102 Mass. App. Ct. 233, 235 n.6 (2023). 1. Standard of review. … Commonwealth v. Rainey, 491 Mass. 632, 647 (2023), quoting Commonwealth v.

    Cited 0 timesUnpublished
  • Munshani v. Signal Lake Venture Fund II, LP

    60 Mass. App. Ct. 714 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Mar 26, 2004

    (Terago), on whose board both individual defendants served. … Co. v. Shawmut Bank, N.A., supra.

    Cited 17 timesPublished
  • F.A.P. v. J.E.S.

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jun 30, 2015

    Brown for the defendant. Kimberly Ann Parr for the plaintiff. MILKEY, J. … v.

    Cited 0 timesPublished

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