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  • Commonwealth v. Olusegun A. Adekunle.

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · May 22, 2024

    Commonwealth v. Brown, 401 Mass. 745, 747 (1988). 4 The evidence did not explain how the unknown woman might have acquired Day's Social Security number. … See Commonwealth v.

    Cited 0 timesUnpublished
  • Commonwealth v. Rivera

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jul 17, 2017

    Commonwealth v. … Bresilla, 470 Mass. 422, 425, 429-431 (2015) (rejecting challenge to showup procedures through which numerous eyewitnesses identified distinctive "light brown leather jacket with fur collar and fur cuffs" as jacket shooter

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Bolden v. O'Connor Café of Worcester, Inc.

    50 Mass. App. Ct. 56 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Sep 8, 2000

    Co. v. McCroskey, 9 Mass. App. Ct. 185, 187-188 (1980); Cruz Mgmt. Co. v. Thomas, 417 Mass. 782, 785 (1994). … See Board of Selectmen of Stockbridge v. Monument Inn, Inc., 8 Mass. App. Ct. 158, 162 (1979).

    Cited 50 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Rabb

    70 Mass. App. Ct. 194 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Sep 24, 2007

    C-l observed baseball bats and clubs lying around the apartment, which he believed were makeshift weapons, and that the rear door was barred with a two by four board. … Commonwealth v. Luthy, supra, quoting from Commonwealth v. Gallagher, supra. See Commonwealth v. Harmon, 63 Mass. App. Ct. 456, 461 (2005). See also Commonwealth v.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • City of Beverly v. Bass River Golf Management, Inc.

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jan 5, 2018

    satisfied its obligation under the management contract to ensure that the Golf Club was in compliance with all Federal, State, and local laws, rules, and regulations, particularly the regulations of the Architectural Access Board … See Martin v. Hall, 369 Mass. 882, 884 (1976); King v.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Giuffrida v. High Country Investor, Inc.

    73 Mass. App. Ct. 225 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Nov 24, 2008

    See Hurley v. … Contrast Plante v. Wylie, 63 Mass. App. Ct. 151, 159 (2005) (settlement demand made to resolve disputed issue under review by planning board was made “in connection with” pending governmental proceeding).

    Cited 43 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Charles A. Morse.

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · Nov 27, 2023

    Commonwealth v. Brown, 83 Mass. App. Ct. 772, 774 n.1 (2013). Officer Sleeper's testimony did not transform him from a lay witness to an expert witness. … Commonwealth v.

    Cited 0 timesUnpublished
  • Commonwealth v. Mario Rosa.

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · Mar 16, 2023

    Commonwealth v. … Commonwealth v.

    Cited 0 timesUnpublished
  • Wildlands Trust of Southeastern Mass., Inc. v. Cedar Hill Retreat Center, Inc.

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · Nov 12, 2020

    Maddalena v. Brand, 7 Mass. App. Ct. 466, 469 (1979). See Parkinson v. Board of Assessors of Medfield, 398 Mass. 112, 113 n.1 (1986). … See, e.g., Bulwer v.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Messiah Leggett.

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jun 12, 2026

    A "selfie" video recording taken around 9:30 P.M. depicted Jnley dancing, playing with a black and gray gun, which he pointed both at the recording device and at his own neck, displaying a paper cup full of a yellow-brown … See Commonwealth v.

    Cited 0 timesUnpublished
  • James Coyne v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · May 30, 2023

    See Prentice v. R.J. … See also Brown v. Philip Morris Inc., 4 In addition to Pamela's sister and childhood friend, two other witnesses knew Pamela as a child -- her half-brother and a neighbor she babysat.

    Cited 0 timesUnpublished
  • Commonwealth v. Charles A. Morse.

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · Nov 27, 2023

    Commonwealth v. Brown, 83 Mass. App. Ct. 772, 774 n.1 (2013). Officer Sleeper's testimony did not transform him from a lay witness to an expert witness. … Commonwealth v.

    Cited 0 timesUnpublished
  • CARE AND PROTECTION OF FRANCINE (And Two Companion Cases).

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · May 16, 2025

    See Carter v. Lynn Hous. … Gotay v. Creen, 495 Mass. 537, 547 (2024), quoting Tamas v. Department of Social & Health Servs., 603 F.3d 833, 846-847 (9th Cir. 2010).

    Cited 0 timesUnpublished
  • B.G. v. N.M.

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · Oct 31, 2024

    Co. v. … See also Wojcicki v. Caragher, 447 Mass. 200, 210 (2006), quoting MacDonald v.

    Cited 0 timesUnpublished
  • Affiliated Hospitals Center, Inc. v. Rate Setting Commission

    7 Mass. App. Ct. 563 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · May 16, 1979

    Wellesley College v. Attorney Gen., 313 Mass. 722, 731 (1943). Wolf v. Commissioner of Pub. Welfare, 367 Mass. 293, 298-299 (1975). Boston Edison Co. v. Department of Pub. Util., 375 Mass. 1, 6 (1978). 2. The statute. … [its] enforcement,” School Comm. of Springfield v. Board of Educ., 362 Mass. 417 , 441 n.22 (1972), quoting Investment Co. Inst. v. Camp, 401 U.S. 617, 626-627 (1971).

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Ideal Financial Services, Inc. v. Zichelle

    52 Mass. App. Ct. 50 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jul 11, 2001

    preserving their rights, their adjustors disagreed as to the value of the loss, 3 and it appears that, after creditors commenced suit against the Zichelles, the Zichelles abandoned their claim, neither requesting reference to a board … Assn. v. Hanover Ins.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Ford v. Town of Grafton

    44 Mass. App. Ct. 715 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · May 8, 1998

    The United States Supreme Court, in Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth, 408 U.S. 564 (1972), held that property interests created by State law are afforded due process protection. … Souza v.

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • CYNTHIA TOMASETTI, Individually and as Trustee, & Another v. STEVEN PAECHT, Individually and as Trustee.

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · Dec 2, 2025

    See Chace v. Curran, 71 Mass. App. Ct. 258, 260 n.4 (2008). … Board of Registration in Med. v. Doe, 457 Mass. 738, 742 (2010).

    Cited 0 timesUnpublished
  • Central Ceilings, Inc. v. Suffolk Construction Co., Inc.

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · Mar 29, 2017

    See Demoulas v. … Corp. v. United Reynolds Bros. v.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Heather Blaser v. Kevin M. Blaser.

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · Apr 29, 2026

    Jones v. Mass. R. A. … Cavanagh v.

    Cited 0 timesUnpublished

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