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  • Young Men's Christian Ass'n v. Sandwich Water District

    16 Mass. App. Ct. 666 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Sep 28, 1983

    The locus was zoned for low density residential use, but land in the district could be used for commercial water supply purposes if a special permit were obtained from the board of appeals. *670 The Town of Sandwich Zoning … See, e.g., Birnbaum v. Pamoukis, 301 Mass. 559, 561-562 (1983); Shapiro v. State Farm Mut. Ins. Co., 355 Mass. 54, 55-57 (1968); Bruno v.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • MARITA E. HYMAN v. CHRISTINE CONWAY & Another.

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · Mar 18, 2025

    Cigal v. Leader Dev. Corp., 408 Mass. 212, 218 (1990). … Cote v. Levine, 52 Mass. App. Ct. 435, 439 (2001).

    Cited 0 timesUnpublished
  • Terrio v. McDONOUGH HARTFORD FIRE INS. CO.

    16 Mass. App. Ct. 163 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jun 15, 1983

    Giroux v. Board of Dental Examrs., 322 Mass. 251, 252 (1948); Natick v. Sostilio, 358 Mass. 342, 344-345 (1970). … Contrast State v.

    Cited 135 timesPublished
  • One North of Boston LLC v. Dhiren Thakkar.

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jul 11, 2025

    See Goreham v. … Auth. v.

    Cited 0 timesUnpublished
  • Commonwealth v. Figueroa

    79 Mass. App. Ct. 389 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Apr 29, 2011

    Land, a board certified forensic psychiatrist, testified for the defendant as to his opinion of the victim’s competency at the time of the incident. Dr. … Commonwealth v.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Schultz v. Tilley

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · May 18, 2017

    Co. v. Gentile, 472 Mass. 1012, 1015 (2015), citing Barnstable County Ins. Co. v. Gale, 425 Mass. 126, 128 (1997). See Hingham Mut. Fire Ins. Co. v. Mercurio, 71 Mass. App. Ct. 21, 23-24 (2008) (Mercurio). … See Kobrin v. Board of Registration in Med., 444 Mass. 837, 843 (2005). Conclusion.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Zucco v. Kane

    55 Mass. App. Ct. 76 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jun 6, 2002

    See LePage v. … See Smith v.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Santiago

    30 Mass. App. Ct. 207 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Mar 8, 1991

    See United States v. Chadwick, 433 U.S. 1 (1977); Arkansas v. Sanders, 442 U.S. 753 (1979); Robbins v. California, 453 U.S. 420 (1981); Commonwealth v. Bishop, 402 Mass. at 451 . See also Texas v. … Brown, 460 U.S. 730, 747-751 (1983) (Stevens, J., concurring).

    Cited 28 timesPublished
  • Property Acquisition Group, LLC v. Ivester

    95 Mass. App. Ct. 170 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Apr 18, 2019

    Co. v. … Boston Edison Co. v.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Heinrich v. Silvernail

    23 Mass. App. Ct. 218 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Dec 3, 1986

    See Lewis v. Emerson, 391 Mass. 517, 519-520 (1984); Swampscott Educ. Assn. v. … See Wellman v. Carter, 286 Mass. 237, 248 (1934); Mooney v.

    Cited 31 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Dingle

    73 Mass. App. Ct. 274 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Dec 4, 2008

    See Commonwealth v. … Registrar of Motor Vehicles, 425 Mass. 523, 525 (1997), quoting from Registrar of Motor Vehicles v. Board of Appeal on Motor Vehicle Liab. Policies & Bonds, 382 Mass. 580, 585 (1981).

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • U.S. BANK, N.A. v. STEPHEN POOLE & Others.

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · Aug 20, 2025

    DeGiacomo v. Quincy, 476 Mass. 38, 41 (2016), quoting Wright Mach. Corp. v. Seaman-Andwall Corp., 364 Mass. 683, 688 (1974). … Kobrin v. Board of Registration in Med., 444 Mass. 837, 843 (2005). Furthermore, "the issue decided in the prior adjudication must have been essential to the earlier judgment." Id. at 844 (quotation omitted).

    Cited 0 timesUnpublished
  • Commonwealth v. Bones

    93 Mass. App. Ct. 681 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Aug 3, 2018

    See Commonwealth v. … city or town may by ordinance or by-law not inconsistent with this section provide for non-criminal disposition of violations of any ordinance or by-law or any rule or regulation of any municipal officer, board

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Pingaro

    44 Mass. App. Ct. 41 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Dec 15, 1997

    Commonwealth v. … See Commonwealth v. Hubbard, 371 Mass. 160, 168-169 (1976); Commonwealth v. Brown, 378 Mass. 165, 171 (1979). Compare, however, Commonwealth v. Correa, 43 Mass. App. Ct. at 718-719 .

    Cited 40 timesPublished
  • MARK E. MILLER & Others v. HAROLD M. MILLER, JR.

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jan 30, 2026

    See also Board of Registration in Med. v. Doe, 457 Mass. 738, 743 n.12 (2010). The defendant also challenged the judge's award of attorney's fees, costs, and expenses pursuant to G. L. c. 231, § 6F. … Consistent with the procedure set out in Fabre v.

    Cited 0 timesUnpublished
  • Commonwealth v. Alexis Gonzalez.

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · May 2, 2025

    See Commonwealth v. Brown, 413 Mass. 693, 696 (1992). The defendant does not dispute that the stabbing constituted a sufficiently startling event to give rise to an excited utterance. … See Commonwealth v.

    Cited 0 timesUnpublished
  • Dillon v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

    49 Mass. App. Ct. 309 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jun 2, 2000

    So, for example, the recordings aim to provide a record of procedures followed during emergencies, to aid accident investigations by internal means as well as by agencies such as the National Transportation Safety Board, … See State v.

    Cited 17 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Yoonsang Bae.

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jul 1, 2025

    See, e.g., Maghsoudi v. Immigration & Naturalization Serv., 181 F.3d 8, 14- 15 (1999); Commonwealth v. Taron T., 104 Mass. App. … See Commonwealth v.

    Cited 0 timesUnpublished
  • Gagnon v. Coombs

    39 Mass. App. Ct. 144 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Aug 23, 1995

    Swift, 230 Mass. 407, 412 (1918); Dolbeare v. Bowser , 254 Mass, at 61; Pitman v. Pitman, 314 Mass. 465, 471, 476 (1943); Berenson v. Nirenstein, 326 Mass. 285, 288, 289 (1950); Mackey v. … Arnold v. Brown, 24 Pick. 89 , 96-97 (1832).

    Cited 33 timesPublished
  • M.K. v. D.B.

    102 Mass. App. Ct. 183 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jan 18, 2023

    Baxter v. Board of Appeals of Barnstable, 29 Mass. App. Ct. 993, 994 (1990) (although appellant appealed from only denial of Mass. R. Civ. … Marengi v. 6 Forest Rd.

    Cited 2 timesPublished

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