Case law

Commonwealth v. Ellis

8 Mass. L. Rptr. 678 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Jul 31, 1998

See, e.g., Commonwealth v. Brown, 426 Mass. 475, 482 (1998), quoting Trigones v. … See Brown v.

Krueger v. Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta, Inc.

13 Mass. L. Rptr. 665 · Massachusetts Superior Court · May 18, 2001

The Malcolm Cotton Brown Corporation (“MCB”), a Massachusetts corporation, was the “house corporation" of the FIJI House. … In April of 1996, the Boston Licensing Board suspended all rights to serve alcohol under the FIJI House’s dormitory license.

Fay v. Sims

1 Mass. L. Rptr. 604 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Mar 31, 1994

While no Massachusetts appellate court has explicitly adopted the “doctrine of judicial estoppel” as such, the Court in Brown v. … In referring to the doctrine of judicial estoppel, the Supreme Judicial Court in Brown, supra, also cited Patriot Cinemas, Inc. v.

Clegg v. Vaughan

7 Mass. L. Rptr. 134 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Jun 27, 1997

Poncz v. Loftin, 34 Mass.App.Ct. 909 , 911 & n.2, rev. den., 415 Mass. 1102 (1993). See also Brown v. … Co. v. Wilson, 387 Mass. 841, 847 (1983); McGowan v. Director of the Division of Employment, 388 Mass. 1003, 1004 (1983); Andrews v.

Berman v. Cosmos

18 Mass. L. Rptr. 483 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Nov 18, 2004

Cosmos (“Cosmos”) and Brown, Rudnick, Freed & Gesmer, P.C. (“Brown Rudnick”) executed a Promissory Note (the “Note”) which was subsequently assigned to Berman. … Pederson v. Time, Inc., 404 Mass. 14, 17 (1989).

Contescu v. Harrop

3 Mass. L. Rptr. 635 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Apr 19, 1995

In November 1992, the Cambridge Rent Control Board (“CRCB”) approved plaintiffs’ evictions. Plaintiffs vacated the premises on June 30, 1993. … Tennaro v. Ryder System Inc., at 499, citing Norman v. Brown, Todd & Heybum, 693 F.Supp. 1259, 1265 (D.Mass. 1988). In Tennaro v.

Ellis v. Varney

17 Mass. L. Rptr. 394 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Jan 9, 2004

Harhen v. Brown, 431 Mass. 838, 846 (2000). … Harhen v. Brown, 431 Mass, at 843 n.5; Demoulas v. Demoulas Super Markets, Inc., 424 Mass, at 523.

Gardner v. Applied Geographics, Inc.

18 Mass. L. Rptr. 33 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Jul 2, 2004

Harhen v. Brown, Suffolk Superior Court, Civil Action No. 97-1522-H, Memorandum and Order on Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss at p. 3 ( 7 Mass. L. Rptr. 598 ). … Touchet, Inc. v. Touchet, 264 Mass. 499, 509-10 (1928).

Catucci v. Benedetti

27 Mass. L. Rptr. 385 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Aug 31, 2010

As recognized by McDonald while an across-the-board ban of firearms is unconstitutional, it remains permissible to seek to keep firearms out of the hands of irresponsible persons. Ruggerio v. … See U.S. v. Skoien at p.4, infra.

Hargreaves-Heald v. Town of Lincoln Conservation Commission

16 Mass. L. Rptr. 798 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Sep 19, 2003

Homes of Blackstone Inc., 41 Mass.App.Ct. at 684 , quoting Forsyth School for Dental Hygienists v. Board of Registration in Dentistry, 404 Mass. 211, 217 (1989). … Boston Edison Co. v. Board of Selectmen of Concord, 355 Mass. 79, 92 (1968). “The court should be slow to decide that a public board has acted unreasonably or arbitrarily.

Meade v. State Racing Commission

27 Mass. L. Rptr. 341 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Feb 9, 2010

Kevin Lightbrown (“Light-brown”), in the presence of a Commission testing agent. Lightbrown then sealed the urine sample. … Tri-County Youth Programs, Inc. v. Acting Deputy Dir. of the Div. of Employment & Training, 54 Mass.App.Ct. 405, 408 (2002).

Vinch v. Lown Cardiovascular Group, P.C.

29 Mass. L. Rptr. 543 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Dec 21, 2011

As such, the shareholders’ receipt of funds above and beyond their base salaries was not automatic, but rather, left to the board’s discretion. … Browning-Ferris Indus., Inc. v. Casella Waste Mgmt. of Mass., Inc., 79 Mass.App.Ct. 300, 307 (2011). “An ambiguity arises from language susceptible of different meanings in the eyes of reasonably intelligent persons."

Vicor Corp. v. Concurrent Computer Corp.

20 Mass. L. Rptr. 717 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Mar 6, 2006

Sciences, Inc. v. Board of Trustees of Leland Stanford Jr. Univ., 489 U.S. 468, 479 (1989)). … Commonwealth v. Brown, 391 Mass. 157, 160 (1982). Here, in the second sentence, the term “disputes” is modified by the subsequent clause “not disposed of by negotiation.”

RSA Media, Inc. v. Ciavattieri

30 Mass. L. Rptr. 656 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Sep 20, 2012

Browning-Ferris Industries, Inc. v. Casella Waste Management of Massachusetts, Inc., 79 Mass.App.Ct. 300, 313 (2011). … Aronovitz v. Fafard, 78 Mass.App.Ct. 1, 8 (2010). See Middlesex & Boston St. Railway Co. v. Board of Aldermen of Newton, 371 Mass. 849, 859 (1977).

Pinchuk v. State Street Corp.

28 Mass. L. Rptr. 37 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Jan 19, 2011

see also Blake v. … Harhen v. Brown, 431 Mass. 838, 845-46 (2000). A director taking or refraining to take action in the good faith exercise of the business judgment rule will not be liable for such actions.

Bennett v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

8 Mass. L. Rptr. 154 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Feb 2, 1998

See also Brown v. … Brown v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, 519 F.Supp. 864, 866 (E.D. Pa. 1981) (transportation authority is a state actor).

Flanders v. Levy Home Entertainment, Inc.

21 Mass. L. Rptr. 344 · Massachusetts Superior Court · May 17, 2006

Dartt v. Browning-Ferris Industries, Inc., 427 Mass, at 16-17. … Dartt v. Browning-Ferris Industries, Inc., 427 Mass. at 17 .

Oates v. Larkin

23 Mass. L. Rptr. 390 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Dec 5, 2007

See Berish v. Bornstein, 437 Mass. 252, 267-69 (2002); Aldrich v. Add, Inc., 437 Mass. 213, 216-17 (2002); FMR Corp. v. Boston Edison Co., 415 Mass. 393, 395 (1993). … See Harhen v. Brown, 431 Mass. 838, 844 (2000); compare Cote v. Levine, 52 Mass.App.Ct. 435, 442 (2001).

Flaherty v. Walgreen Eastern Co.

18 Mass. L. Rptr. 661 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Jan 25, 2005

Brown v. Kendall, 6 Cush. 292 , 296 (1850). … Hopkins v.

Silverman v. Liberty Mutual Insurance

13 Mass. L. Rptr. 303 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Jul 11, 2001

See generally Harhen v. Brown, 46 Mass.App.Ct. 793, 803 (1999), rev’d on other grounds, 431 Mass. 838 (2000); G.L.c. 175, §30(a)(4). … See Zimmerman v.