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  • Commonwealth v. Can-Port Amusement Corp.

    19 Mass. L. Rptr. 211 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Apr 7, 2005

    See Saxon Coffee Shop, Inc. v. Boston Licensing Board, 380 Mass. 919, 925 (1980), citing Druzik v. … Signs of Kaposi’s sarcoma in light-skinned people are round brown, reddish, or purple spots that develop in the skin or in the mouth. In dark-skinned people, the spots are more pigmented.

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  • Irish-American Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual Group v. City of Boston

    1 Mass. L. Rptr. 370 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Dec 15, 1993

    Hudgens v. National Labor Relations Board, 425 U.S. 507 , 520 (1976) (internal quotations and citations omitted). … Abood v. Detroit Board of Education, 431 U.S. 209, 234-35 (1977).

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  • Slade v. McIntyre

    11 Mass. L. Rptr. 79 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Nov 30, 1999

    See McIntyre v. Board of Selectmen of Ashby, 31 Mass.App.Ct. 735 (1992). To prepare the site for the mining operation, Slade constructed an access road and cleared a portion of the property. … See Putnam v.

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  • Annesse v. Billerica Department of Public Works

    6 Mass. L. Rptr. 493 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Jan 8, 1997

    As provided for in the by-law, Annesse appealed the director’s decision to the town’s board of selectmen (board). The board upheld the director’s decision. Annesse has not appealed the board’s decision. … Cooke appealed to the board. The board affirmed the director’s decision. Cooke subsequently filed a separate action in Suffolk Superior Court challenging the decision of the board. That action is still pending.

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  • George E. Lyons, Jr., Inc. v. Boston Public Health Commission

    12 Mass. L. Rptr. 31 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Aug 4, 2000

    In Clean Harbors of Braintree, Inc. v. Board of Health of Braintree, 409 Mass. 834 (1991) (Clean Harbors I), an operator of a hazardous waste facility similarly argued that its facility was not governed by G.L.c. … Id. at 838; Clean Harbors of Braintree, Inc. v. Board of Health of Braintree, 415 Mass. 876 (1993)(Ciean Harbors II) at 880.

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  • Bovie Manufacturing, Inc. v. O'Neil Equipment Co.

    6 Mass. L. Rptr. 325 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Dec 23, 1996

    Compare Casselman v. State, 472 N.E. Reports 2nd, 1310 (Indiana 1985). See also, Ilsley v. Nichols, 29 Mass. 270 (1832), and Swain v. Mizner, 74 Mass. 182 (1857). … See also, Platt v. Brown, 33 Mass. 553, 556 (1835) (officer properly broke down warehouse door to attach goods after have been refused permission to enter); Cate v. Schaum, 51 MD 299 (1879).

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  • Niles-Robinson v. Brigham & Women's Hospital, Inc.

    6 Mass. L. Rptr. 340 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Jan 15, 1997

    Board of Health of Braintree, 415 Mass. 876 (1993); see Champigny, supra, at 251 ; Neff v. Commissioner of the Dep’t of Indus. Accidents, 421 Mass. 70, 73 (1995). … That case was an appeal by the City of Worcester from a decree of the Superior Court, affirming the Industrial Accident Board’s (“Board”) finding that an employee’s tuberculosis was a “personal injury” within the meaning

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  • Mascia v. Commonwealth of Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles

    13 Mass. L. Rptr. 705 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Apr 12, 2001

    Liability Policies and Bonds (“Board") (collectively, “defendants”) revoking her driver’s license for two years. … . *706 In support of their motion for judgment on the pleadings, the defendants rely heavily upon the case of Daley v. Board of Appeal on Motor Vehicle Liability Policies and Bonds, 406 Mass. 857 (1990).

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  • Massachusetts Rental Housing Ass'n v. Prenney

    7 Mass. L. Rptr. 675 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Dec 15, 1997

    Worcester Sand and Gravel Co., Inc, v. Board of Fire Prevention Regulations, supra at 467. … Animal Legal Defense Fund v. Fisheries & Wildlife Board, 416 Mass. 635, 638 (1993).

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  • Mitchell v. Kucmas

    13 Mass. L. Rptr. 485 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Jul 16, 2001

    See Marashlian v. Zoning Board of Appeals of Newburyport, 37 Mass. App, Ct. 931, 933 (1994) (within zoning context reasonable likelihood more than mere “conjecture or hypothesis”); Barvenik v. … Board of Alderman of Newton, 33 Mass.App.Ct. 129 (1992).

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  • Caliendo v. Town of Arlington

    1 Mass. L. Rptr. 624 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Mar 11, 1994

    The Massachusetts Tort Claims Act, G.L.c. 258, does not apply to intentional torts, Spring v. Geriatric Authority of Holyoke, 394 Mass. 274, 284-85 (1985); Breault v. … Breault v. Chatman of the Board of Fire Commissioners of Springfield, supra, at 35. ORDER Accordingly, it is ORDERED that defendant Town of Arlington’s Motion for Summary Judgment be, and the same hereby is, ALLOWED.

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  • Wall v. Guinasso

    3 Mass. L. Rptr. 403 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Feb 13, 1995

    Barvenik v. Board of Aldermen of Newton, 33 Mass.App.Ct. 129, 131 (1992). … Georgetown v. Essex Counts Retirement Board, 29 Mass.App.Ct. 272 , 277-78 (1990).

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  • Rff Family Partnership Lp and Saugus Developer LLC v. Shops at Saugus LLC and Town of Saugus

    Massachusetts Superior Court · Feb 5, 2025

    Town Meeting voted to refer the application to the Planning Board for further discussion, so that the Board could make a non-binding recommendation to Town Meeting. … Emmert v.

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  • Greenup v. City of Cambridge

    25 Mass. L. Rptr. 335 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Apr 15, 2009

    Recently, in Mongeau v. … See Elder v. Holloway, 510 U.S. 510, 515-16 (1994), and cases cited; Dobos v. Driscoll, 404 Mass. 634, 646-47 (1989), and cases cited; Anderson v.

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  • Pasquale v. Reading Municipal Light Department

    18 Mass. L. Rptr. 370 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Sep 27, 2004

    As Lodge v. … FMR Corp. v.

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  • Graves v. Hawke

    32 Mass. L. Rptr. 547 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Apr 13, 2015

    School Comm. of Hudson v. Board of Educ., 448 Mass. 565, 575-76 (2007). … Hoffer v. Board of Registration in Med., 461 Mass. 451, 457 (2012).

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  • Brewer v. Poole Construction Co.

    13 Mass. L. Rptr. 97 · Massachusetts Superior Court · May 3, 2001

    To this end, the Trust applied for and received from the Rockport Board of Health (“Board”) permission to install on Lot #3 the two septic systems that are the subject of this action. … Board of Health of Sherborn, 4 Mass.App.Ct. 97, 101 (1976) (a homeowner cannot, by writ of mandamus, compel a board of health to exercise its discretionary enforcement powers against a builder-vendor).

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  • Ahern v. Wainwright Bank & Trust Co.

    27 Mass. L. Rptr. 509 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Oct 5, 2010

    See T&D Video, Inc. v. City of Revere, 423 Mass. 577, 580 (1996). … See Brookline v. Goldstein, 388 Mass. 443 , 450 n.10 (1983).

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  • Pucillo v. Doe

    15 Mass. L. Rptr. 268 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Oct 2, 2002

    . 3 On April 19, 1998, the Pucillos boarded “Destiny,” which departed from Miami, Florida. … General Motors Acceptance Corp., v. Abington Casualty Ins. Co., 413 Mass. 583, 584 (1992), quoting Nader v. Citron, 372 Mass. 96, 98 (1977).

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  • Flatley v. City of Malden

    1 Mass. L. Rptr. 613 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Mar 10, 1994

    Epstein v. Executive Secretary of Board of Selectman of Sharon, 22 Mass.App.Ct. 135, 137 (1986). However, the abatement procedure set out in that statute applies only to unpaid charges. Id. … Byors & Sons, Inc. v. Board of Water Commrs. of Northborough, 358 Mass. 354, 358 (1970), accord Board of Public Works of Millis v. Aron, 387 Mass. 830 , 832 n. 1 (1983).

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