Case law

Bedfordshire Condominium Trust v. Alfred McAlpine Homes New England, Inc.

2 Mass. L. Rptr. 490 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Aug 19, 1994

LaLonde v. Eissner, 405 Mass. 207, 209 (1989). … the Board was “effectively controlled and/or dominated by the developer, so that the Release was not given at arms’ length.”

Merlino v. Town of Foxborough

22 Mass. L. Rptr. 645 · Massachusetts Superior Court · May 11, 2007

Pietrewicz v. Board of Selectmen of the Town of Webster, Civil No. 950183 (Worcester Super. Ct. May 29, 1997) (Butler, J.) (citations and internal quotations omitted) [ 7 Mass. L. Rptr. 137 ]. … In Pietrewicz v. Board of Selectmen, Civil No. 950183 (Worcester Super. Ct. May 29, 1997) (Butler, J.) [ 7 Mass. L.

J.F. White Contracting Company v. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Acting by and Through Its Department of Transportation, Rail and Transit Division

Massachusetts Superior Court · Mar 9, 2026

charges,” G.L. c. 59, § 64, makes timely payment in full “a condition precedent” to the Appellate Tax Board exercising jurisdiction over an abatement appeal); Vasys v. … Med. v.

Asset Restructuring Fund, L.P. v. Aerial Lifts of New England, Inc.

2 Mass. L. Rptr. 604 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Oct 12, 1994

Cassesso v. Commissioner of Correction, 390 Mass. 419, 422 (1983); Community National Bank v. Dawes, 369 Mass. 550, 553 (1976); Mass.R.Civ.P. 56(c). … Corp. v. Bledsoe, 989 F.2d 805, 810 (5th Cir. 1993); see Bell & Murphy & Assocs., Inc. v. Interfirst Bank Gateway, N.

Lafferty v. Martha's Vineyard Commission

17 Mass. L. Rptr. 501 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Apr 9, 2004

(“Down Island”) submitted to the Oak Bluffs Planning Board a proposal for the development of an 18-hole golf course in Oak Bluffs on Martha’s Vineyard. … Co. v. Dep’t of Envtl. Protection, 429 Mass. 798, 801 (1999).

Oort v. DaSilva

18 Mass. L. Rptr. 324 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Sep 15, 2004

Beal v. Board of Selectmen of Hingham, 419 Mass. 535, 539 (1995). Consequently, the facts stated below are presented in the light most favorable to the Oorts and should not be misunderstood as findings of the Court. … Brown v. Hearst Corp., 862 F.Sup. 622, 630 (D.Mass. 1994), aff'd, 54 F.3d 21 (1st Cir. 1995). Whether the “fair report privilege” applies to a news article is a question of law. Joyce v.

George v. Teare

12 Mass. L. Rptr. 274 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Sep 5, 2000

Teare’s engineer, accompanied by Teare, soon went before the Town’s Board of Health and asked the Board to waive the moratorium on sewer hook-ups for the property based in part on the presence of wetlands on the property. … See Correllas v. Viveiros, 410 Mass. at 320 ; Aborn v.

Dooley v. G. H. Harnum Co.

1 Mass. L. Rptr. 455 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Jan 25, 1994

Glickman v. Brown, 21 Mass.App.Ct. 229, 235 (1985). … Compare Underwood v. Risman, 414 Mass. 96, 99 (1993), and Lawton v.

Wong v. Luu

28 Mass. L. Rptr. 275 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Apr 20, 2011

Accord Sommer v. Maharaj, 451 Mass. 615, 621 (2008), and Commonwealth v. Matranga, 455 Mass. 45, 49 (2009). … Avelino-Wright v. Wright, 51 Mass.App.Ct. 1, 5 (2001). See also Clark v. Clark, 47 Mass.App.Ct. 737, 743-44 (1999).

City of Cambridge v. Dillon

13 Mass. L. Rptr. 209 · Massachusetts Superior Court · May 10, 2001

Authority v. Auditor of Com., 430 Mass. 783, 791 (2000), citing Carney v. Springfield, 403 Mass. 604, 605 (1988); Gloucester v. Civil Service Comm’n, 408 Mass. 292, 297 (1990); and Commissioner of Revenue v. … See Rosenfeld v. Board of Health of Chilmark, 27 Mass.App.Ct. 621 (1989); McLellan v. Commissioner of Correction, 29 Mass.App.Ct. 933 (1990).

Laffan v. Department of Environmental Protection

12 Mass. L. Rptr. 591 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Sep 28, 2000

Merisme v. Board of Appeals on Motor Vehicle Liability Policies & Boards, 27 Mass.App.Ct. 470, 474 (1989). … TBI, Inc. v. Board of Health of North Andover, 431 Mass. 9, 17 (2000), quoting Brookline v. Commissioner of the Dep’t of Envtl. Quality Eng’g, 398 Mass. 404, 414 (1986).

Raffa ex rel. Raffa v. Gymnastics Learning Center, Inc.

14 Mass. L. Rptr. 302 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Jan 2, 2002

Michael Brown, Esq., 1000 Worcester Road, Suite 201, Framingham, Massachusetts 01702. … In Commonwealth v.

Eisenstein v. David G. Conlin, P.C.

16 Mass. L. Rptr. 153 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Apr 7, 2003

Eisenstein and Resnick accepted offers of partnership on January 11, 1999, from Peabody & Brown and withdrew from DBRC on January 31, 1999. Peabody & Brown later merged with Nixon Hargraves to become Nixon Peabody. … Lindsay v. Romano, 427 Mass. 771, 773 (1998); Hakim v. Massachusetts Insurers’ Insolvency Fund, 424 Mass. 275, 281 (1997); Kourouvacilis v. General Motors Corp., 410 Mass. 706, 716 (1991); Cassesso v.

Guimares v. Del Prete

5 Mass. L. Rptr. 180 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Apr 15, 1996

George Kippenhan v. Chaulk Services, Inc., 2 Mass. L. Rptr. No. 7, 121, 122 n.1 (June 20, 1994). But see Herridge v. Board of Registration in Medicine, 420 Mass. 154, 156-57 (1995). … Commonwealth v. Stockhammer, 409 Mass. 867, 882 (1991), quoting Commonwealth v. Clancy, 402 Mass. 664, 670 (1988). This admonition applies with equal force in civil litigation.

Berkowitz v. Presidents of Harvard College

12 Mass. L. Rptr. 63 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Aug 15, 2000

See Schaer v. … But see Schaer v.

Shaw v. Espinola

13 Mass. L. Rptr. 735 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Nov 13, 2001

The bulls were owned and brought to the event by Jose Bettencourt and his company, Ganadería Internacional, who were authorized to conduct the event by the Holy Ghost Board of Directors. … See Rothenberg v. Bright Horizons Children’s Centers, Inc., 1998 WL 118915 (Mass.Super.) (Borenstein, J.). See also, United States of America v.

Witlow v. Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Inc.

17 Mass. L. Rptr. 330 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Jan 26, 2004

Commonwealth v. Ray, 435 Mass. 249, 252 (2001). See also Henry v. Board of Appeals of Dunstable, 418 Mass. 841, 843 (1994) (words used should be interpreted according to their common usages). … Framingham Clinic, Inc. v. Zoning Board of Appeals of Framingham, 382 Mass. 283, 290 (1981). The language of the statute itself is the principal source of insight into the legislative purpose.

Goldstein v. Elbery

6 Mass. L. Rptr. 107 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Sep 10, 1996

Funding, Inc. of America v. Bank of Boston Corp., 28 Mass.App.Ct. 404 (1990) (citing Slaney v. Westwood Auto, Inc., 366 Mass. 688, 703 (1975)). … Brown v. Gerstein, 17 Mass.App. 558, 570 (1984) (citing Guenard v. Burke, 387 Mass. 802, 808-11 (1982)).

Bensetler v. Data Plus, Inc.

24 Mass. L. Rptr. 628 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Oct 14, 2008

Merola v. Exergen Corp., 423 Mass. 461, 464 (1996), citing King v. Driscoll, 418 Mass. 576, 581-82 (1994). … Brodie v. Jordan, 447 Mass. 866, 868-70 (2006).

General Dynamics Corp. v. Comer

3 Mass. Supp. 304 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Mar 4, 1982

Yet the principle is not' inflexible; it probably does not apply if application would prejudice the taxpayer, Canron, Inc. v. Board of Assessors of Everett, 366 Mass. 634, 639 (1975). … Board of Assessors of Swampscott v. Lynn Sand & Stone Co., 360 Mass. 595, 597-599 (1971). 3.