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  • Simmons v. Zoning Board of Appeals

    60 Mass. App. Ct. 5 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Nov 14, 2003

    The plaintiffs argue that the *6 stabling of the horses violates § V-B of the ordinance. 4 The building inspector, the zoning board of appeals of Newburyport (board), and a Superior Court judge (on cross motions for summary … See Henry v. Board of Appeals of Dunstable, 418 Mass. 841, 845 (1994), discussed in note 8, supra. See also Garabedian v. Westland, 59 Mass. App. Ct. 427, 435 (2003).

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Jaxtimer v. Planning Board of Nantucket

    38 Mass. App. Ct. 23 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jan 5, 1995

    Shea v. Board of Appeals of Lexington, 35 Mass. App. Ct. 519, 523 (1993). *25 Perry v. Planning Bd. of Nantucket, 15 Mass. App. … Cassesso v. Commissioner of Correction, 390 Mass. 419, 422 (1983), quoting from Community Natl. Bank v. Dawes, 369 Mass. 550, 553 (1976). The judgment is reversed and the matter is remanded to the Land Court for trial.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Kennedy v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board

    47 Mass. App. Ct. 425 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jul 27, 1999

    magistrate and affirmed the decision of the board. … Pysz v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Bd., 403 Mass. 514, 518 (1988).

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  • Miles v. Planning Board of Millbury

    29 Mass. App. Ct. 951 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Aug 30, 1990

    We were applying the thesis of Weld v. … Kiss v.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • SCIT, Inc. v. Planning Board of Braintree

    19 Mass. App. Ct. 101 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Dec 21, 1984

    Board of Appeals of Duxbury, 356 Mass. 635 (1970); Josephs v. Board of Appeals of Brookline, 362 Mass. 290 (1972); Kiss v. Board of Appeals of Longmeadow, 371 Mass. 147 (1976); Pioneer Home Sponsors, Inc. v. … Dugout, Inc. v. Board of Appeals of Canton, 357 Mass. 25 (1970).

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  • Mele v. Zoning Board of Appeals

    5 Mass. App. Ct. 779 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Feb 24, 1977

    “Whatever the law may have been at the time the judge rendered his decision (see Pierce v. Board of Appeals of Carver, 3 Mass. App. … City Council of Waltham v. Board of Appeals of Waltham, ante, 773, 774 (1977), citing Pierce v. Board of Appeals of Carver, 369 Mass. 804, 807-812 (1976).

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Barvenik v. Board of Aldermen of Newton

    33 Mass. App. Ct. 129 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Aug 3, 1992

    Contrast Tsagronis v. Board of Appeals of Wareham, ante 55, 58-59 (1992). … See, e.g., Marotta v. Board of Appeals of Revere, 336 Mass. at 203 ; Litton Bus. Sys., Inc. v. Commissioner of Revenue, 383 Mass. 619, 622 (1981); Bonan v. Boston, 398 Mass. 315, 320-322 (1986). 7 Marotta v.

    Cited 100 timesPublished
  • Hampton Associates v. Board of Assessors

    52 Mass. App. Ct. 110 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jul 18, 2001

    See generally Commonwealth v. Marino, 343 Mass. 725, 728 (1962); Cohen v. Board of Registration in Pharmacy, 350 Mass. 246, 251-252 (1966); Atkinson v. Rosenthal, 33 Mass. App. Ct. 219, 224 (1992). … Contrast Foxboro Associates v.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • O'Brien v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board

    27 Mass. App. Ct. 1124 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · May 8, 1989

    In Gallagher v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Bd., 4 Mass. App. … Finkelstein v. Board of Registration in Optometry, 370 Mass. 476, 478 (1976) (citations omitted). Paul L. Kenny for the plaintiff. Alice G.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Brown v. Sav. Bank Life Ins. Co. of Mass.

    93 Mass. App. Ct. 572 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jul 18, 2018

    Accord Hearn v. … See Garrity v.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Knott v. Zoning Board of Appeals

    12 Mass. App. Ct. 1002 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Dec 17, 1981

    Compare Todd v. Board of Appeals of Yarmouth, 337 Mass. 162,169 (1958); Maki v. Yarmouth, 340 Mass. 207,212-213 (1960). … See Dion v. Board of Appeals of Waltham, 344 Mass. 547, 555-556 (1962); Sullivan v. Board of Appeals of Canton, 345 Mass. 117, 120 (1962).

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Ouellette v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board

    86 Mass. App. Ct. 396 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Sep 30, 2014

    2 BROWN, J. … Goldberg v. Board of Health of Granby, 444 Mass. 627, 633 (2005).

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  • Costello v. Board of Appeals of Lexington

    3 Mass. App. Ct. 441 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Aug 20, 1975

    Board of Appeals of Framingham, 346 Mass. 418 (1963). Maria v. Board of Appeal of Lowell, 348 Mass. 798 (1965). Halko v. Board of Appeals of Bil-lerica, 349 Mass. 465, 467 (1965). Bjornlund v. … Board of Appeals of Lexington, 357 *443 Mass. 9, (1970); Cuzzi v. Board of Appeals of Medford, 2 Mass. App. Ct. 887 (1974); Curdo v.

    Cited 42 timesPublished
  • Rauseo v. Board of Assessors of Boston

    94 Mass. App. Ct. 517 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Nov 26, 2018

    Adams v. Assessors of Westport, 76 Mass. App. Ct. 180, 183 (2010), quoting Raytheon Co. v. Commissioner of Revenue, 455 Mass. 334, 337 (2009). … Condominium Ass'n v.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Grenier v. Zoning Board of Appeals

    62 Mass. App. Ct. 62 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Sep 17, 2004

    Rather, she suggests that Gem Properties, Inc. v. Board of Appeals of Milton, 341 Mass. 99, 104-105 (1960), and Jenckes v. … Grace & Co. — Conn. v. City Council of Cambridge, 56 Mass. App. Ct. 559, 574 (2002); Zanghi v. Board of Appeals of Bedford, 61 Mass. App.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • V.S.H. Realty, Inc. v. License Board

    13 Mass. App. Ct. 586 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · May 27, 1982

    As a general rule, we should “be slow to decide that a public board has acted unreasonably or arbitrarily” (Cotter v. … See Cliff v. Board of Health of Amesbury, 343 Mass. 58, 62 (1961); School Comm. of Boston v. Board of Educ., 364 Mass. 199, 203 (1973).

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • McDonough v. Plymouth County Personnel Board

    57 Mass. App. Ct. 788 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Apr 16, 2003

    Authy. v. Civil Serv. Commn., 7 Mass. App. Ct. 586, 590-591 (1979); Commissioner of Health & Hosps. of Boston v. Civil Serv. Commn., 23 Mass. App. Ct. 410, 413 (1987); Green v. Brookline, 53 Mass. App. … Authy. v. Civil Serv. Commn., 1 Mass. App.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Board of Health of Northbridge v. Couture

    95 Mass. App. Ct. 296 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · May 20, 2019

    Dartt v. Browning-Ferris Indus., Inc. (Mass.), 427 Mass. 1, 16 (1998), citing Labonte v. Hutchins & Wheeler, 424 Mass. 813, 821 (1997). … Frawley v. Police Comm'r of Cambridge, 473 Mass. 716, 729 (2016), quoting Doe v. Superintendent of Sch. of Stoughton, 437 Mass. 1, 6 (2002). 8 The board's request for appellate fees and costs is denied.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Giuffrida v. Zoning Board of Appeals

    68 Mass. App. Ct. 396 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Mar 6, 2007

    Boyd v. Jamaica Plain Co-op. Bank, 7 Mass. App. Ct. 153, 163-167 (1979). … Heacock v. Heacock, 402 Mass. 21, 23 (1988). See TLT Constr. Corp. v. A. Anthony Tappe & Assocs., Inc., 48 Mass. App. Ct. 1, 6-8 (1999).

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Manning v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board

    29 Mass. App. Ct. 253 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Sep 19, 1990

    Methuen Retirement Bd. v. … L. c. 32, § 1, definition of “Board.”

    Cited 4 timesPublished

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