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  • Hastings v. Gay

    55 Mass. App. Ct. 157 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jun 12, 2002

    See Durkin v. Ferreira, 21 Mass. App. Ct. 771, 773-774 (1986), citing Old Colony Trust Co. v. Chauncey, 214 Mass. 271, 273 (1913). For example, in Lafond v. … See also Rousseau v.

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  • Care & Protection of Georgette

    54 Mass. App. Ct. 778 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · May 22, 2002

    ‘Rule 60 is to litigation what mouth-to-mouth resuscitation is to first aid: a life-saving treatment, applicable in desperate cases.’ ” Bowers v. Board of Appeals of Marshfield, 16 Mass. App. … Board of Registration in Med., 414 Mass. 663, 664-665 (1993) (motion under rule 60[b][6] cannot be used to vacate a judgment after the statutory appeal period has expired without an appeal); Tibbits v.

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  • Buffum v. Town of Rockport

    36 Mass. App. Ct. 377 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Apr 26, 1994

    Krupp v. Gulf Oil Corp., 29 Mass. App. Ct. 116, 118-119 (1990). See also Productora e Importadora de Papel, S.A. de C.V. v. Fleming, 376 Mass. 826, 832 (1978); Kenney v. Rust, 17 Mass. App. Ct. at 702 ; Roberson v. … a Superior Court date stamp of January 12, 1989, and that they were not before the first judge in 1991 when he denied the town’s motion to set aside the default. 6 The second affidavit, filed by the chairman of the town board

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  • Fontana v. Commissioner of the Metropolitan District Commission

    34 Mass. App. Ct. 63 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Feb 1, 1993

    The board of review of DET denied the MDC’s application for review. 3 In considering the defendant’s motion for summary judgment on the plaintiffs liberty interest claim, the second motion judge recognized that the plaintiffs … See Regents of State Colleges v. Roth, 408 U.S. at 573-574 ; Codd v. Velger, 429 U.S. 624, 625 (1977); Stetson v.

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  • Burke v. Lappin

    1 Mass. App. Ct. 426 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Aug 1, 1973

    See Meyer v. Buckman, 7 Ill. App. 2d 385, 403-404 (1955); Board of Educ. v. United States Fid. & Guar. Co. 115 Ill. App. 2d 416, 428-429 (1969). … See Kilduff v. Boston Elev. Ry. 247 Mass. 453,456 (1924); Roketenetz v. Woburn Daily Times, Inc. ante, 156 (1973); Taneski v. St. Louis Merchants’ Bridge Terminal Ry. 230 Ill. App. 300, 304 (1923); Kimes v.

    Cited 14 timesPublished
  • Federal Deposit Insurance v. Holbrook & Johnston

    36 Mass. App. Ct. 424 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Apr 29, 1994

    He was then (and had been since 1985) a member of the board of directors of POA, and as of April, 1989, was a vice president in charge of “product development.” … In Griffin v.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Rapheal Adebowale.

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · May 28, 2025

    Commonwealth v. Brown, 477 Mass. 805, 813 (2017). … v.

    Cited 0 timesUnpublished
  • B.C. Construction Co., Inc. v. Johnson Roberts Associates, Inc.

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · Oct 3, 2025

    Williams v. Board of Appeals of Norwell, 490 Mass. 684 , 689 (2022). … See Cavicchi v. Koski, 67 Mass. App.

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  • Commonwealth v. Taghizadeh

    28 Mass. App. Ct. 52 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Nov 17, 1989

    Commonwealth v. McHoul, 352 Mass. at 548 . … Commonwealth v. Brown, 387 Mass. 220 , 222 n.3 (1982). Nevertheless, the Commonwealth did produce such evidence in the person of Dr.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Kenton Thomas.

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · Apr 4, 2025

    Commonwealth v. Brown, 479 Mass. 163, 173 (2018). To charge counsel with the obligation to foresee a jury's disobedience would undermine this clearly settled proposition. … Brown, 479 Mass. at 173.

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  • Ben v. Schultz

    47 Mass. App. Ct. 808 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Sep 24, 1999

    Bailey v. Shriberg, 31 Mass. App. Ct. 277, 283 (1991). … Id., quoting from Friedman v. Board of Registration in Med., 414 Mass. 663, 665 (1993). The single justice thus lacked jurisdiction to enlarge the time period for Schultz to file an appeal under G.

    Cited 23 timesPublished
  • RYAN WELTER v. WILLIAM WHELAN & Others.

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jul 26, 2024

    See Iannacchino v. … Commonwealth v. Brown, 479 Mass. 163, 168 n.3 (2018), quoting Commonwealth v.

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  • Commonwealth v. Clemente

    25 Mass. App. Ct. 229 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jan 6, 1988

    Compare Brown v. Ohio, 432 U.S. 161, 166-170 (1977); Sanabria v. United States, 437 U.S. 54, 69-78 (1978); Whalen v. United States, 445 U.S. 684, 692-695 (1980). Compare also Missouri v. Hunter, 459 U.S. at 365-369 . … Commonwealth v.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Harvard 45 Associates, LLC v. Allied Properties & Mortgages, Inc.

    80 Mass. App. Ct. 203 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Aug 25, 2011

    Co. v. Wilson, 387 Mass. 841, 853 (1983); Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank Commn. v. Board of Assessors of West Tisbury, 62 Mass. App. Ct. 25, 27 (2004). … See Mugford v.

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  • Alfeo v. Dinsmore

    68 Mass. App. Ct. 249 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Feb 16, 2007

    See Tremouliaris v. Pina, 23 Mass. App. Ct. 722, 726 (1987); Churgin v. Hobbie, 39 Mass. App. Ct. 302, 305 (1995). … Co. v. All Regions Chem. Labs, Inc., 419 Mass. 712, 713 (1995); Sarvis v. Cooper, 40 Mass. App. Ct. 471, 475 (1996).

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  • Lawrence v. Town of Concord

    56 Mass. App. Ct. 70 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Sep 23, 2002

    Ryan v. Stavros, 348 Mass. 251, 262 (1964). Kendall v. Selvaggio, 413 Mass. 619, 621-622 (1992). Totman v. Malloy, 431 Mass. 143, 145 (2000). MacDonald v. McGillvary, 35 Mass. App. Ct. 902, 903 (1993). … See Hardy v. Jaeckle, 371 Mass. 573, 579-580 (1976); Robertson v. Plymouth, 18 Mass. App.

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  • M.M. v. D.A.

    79 Mass. App. Ct. 197 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Apr 4, 2011

    Brown, J. D.A. … See Sodones v. Sodones, 366 Mass. *207 121, 130-131 (1974); Salvesen v. Salvesen, 370 Mass. 608, 611 (1976). See also O’Connell v. Greenwood, 59 Mass. App. Ct. 147, 154 (2003).

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  • JOHN A. DESANTIS v. QUIRK CARS, INC. & Another.

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · Feb 8, 2023

    Foley v. Polaroid Corp., 381 Mass. 545, 548-549 (1980) (Foley I), quoting G. L. c. 152, § 26. See Brown v. Nutter, McClennen & Fish, 45 Mass. App. … See Anzalone v. Massachusetts Bay Transp.

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  • Heins v. Wilhelm Loh Wetzlar Optical Machinery GmbH & Co. KG.

    26 Mass. App. Ct. 14 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · May 11, 1988

    Mass. 1979) (transacting business when foreign corporation sells many products to Massachusetts distributor over more than a year and frequently communicates with distributorship); Little Brown and Co. v. Bourne, 493 F. … Co. v.

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  • Commonwealth v. Foreman

    52 Mass. App. Ct. 510 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Sep 11, 2001

    Gilbert, 366 Mass. 18, 27 (1974) (divorce document allowed to be introduced for purpose of showing murdered spouse’s state of mind that she would not have voluntarily boarded boat with her estranged husband). … See Commonwealth v.

    Cited 8 timesPublished

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