Case law

Percia v. VBenx Corp.

29 Mass. L. Rptr. 107 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Oct 20, 2011

(board decision to grant officers/directors bonuses classic example of transaction subject to entire fairness review), appeal dismissed, 929 A.2d 784 (2007); Carlson v. … Nemec v. Shrader, 991 A.2d 1120, 1126 (Del. 2010).

Coutinho-Boisse Funeral Home, LLC v. Hamel, Wickens & Troupe Funeral Home, Inc.

24 Mass. L. Rptr. 572 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Sep 17, 2008

Realty Trust v. … PMP Assocs., Inc. v. Globe Newspaper Co., 366 Mass. 593, 596 (1975); see Massachusetts Employers’ Ins. Exch. v.

Harvard Alumni Architectural Review Committee v. McDonough

5 Mass. L. Rptr. 575 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Aug 29, 1996

Purity Supreme, Inc. v. … See Cummings v. Secretary of Environmental Affairs, 402 Mass. 611, 616-18 (1988).

South Street Neighbors & Abutters Ass'n v. Ensminger

2 Mass. L. Rptr. 71 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Mar 31, 1994

Nader v. Citron, 372 Mass. 96, 98 (1977), quoting Conley v. Gibson, 355 U.S. 41, 45-46 (1957). A complaint is not subject to dismissal if it could support relief under any theory of law. Whitinsville Plaza Inc. v. … Carney v. City of Springfield, 403 Mass. 604, 605 (1988); Fiske v. Board of Selectmen of Hopkinton, 354 Mass. 269, 271 (1968), quoting North Shore Corp. v.

Kent v. Commonwealth

10 Mass. L. Rptr. 1 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Apr 8, 1999

MacNeil v. Massachusetts Parole Board and Michael Maloney, Civ. No. 87-2640 (January 14, 1988) (Mathers, J.). … See Coughlin v.

Marchant v. Burlington Municipal Employees' Federal Credit Union

9 Mass. L. Rptr. 250 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Sep 3, 1998

Wright v. Shriners Hosp. for Crippled Children, supra at 476.” Shea v. Emmanuel College, 425 Mass. 761, 764 (1997). … See Comey v. Hill, 387, Mass. 11, 20 (1982).

Magane v. Concannon

21 Mass. L. Rptr. 390 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Jun 9, 2006

Bruzzese v. Board of Appeals of Hingham, 343 Mass. 421, 423 (1962). Accordingly, no person has a legal right to a variance. Guiragossian v. Board of Appeals of Watertown, 21 Mass.App.Ct. 111, 115 (1985). … Brackett v. Board of Appeals of Boston, 311 Mass. 52, 60 (1942).

Walcott Valley Townhouse Condominium Ass'n v. Town of Hopkinton

3 Mass. L. Rptr. 352 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Mar 1, 1995

Pederson v. Time, Inc., 404 Mass. 14, 16-17 (1989). … Bologna, 32 Mass.App.Ct. 612, 615 (1992), aff'd 415 Mass. 20 (1993); Aronson v. Brookline Rent Control Board, 19 Mass.App.Ct. 700, 703-706 (1985); Duvin v.

Town of Wellfleet v. Amsler

18 Mass. L. Rptr. 629 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Sep 16, 2004

Amsler relies on Goldlust v. … The complaint shall allege that the decision exceeds the authority of the board .. . and shall contain a prayer that the decision be annulled.” Amsler also cited to Castelli v.

Airport Impact Relief, Inc. v. Massachusetts Port Authority

3 Mass. L. Rptr. 653 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Jun 8, 1995

Massport relies principally on Labor Relations Comm’n v. Board of Selectmen of Dracut, 374 Mass. 619 (1978), and Duggan v. … And, to a lesser degree, two subsequent cases, Woburn Golf and Ski Auth’y v. Woburn Country Club, 365 Mass. 415 (1974) and White v. Board of Selectmen of Holbrook, 27 Mass.App.Ct. 1117 (1989).

Apache Building & Development, Inc. v. Town of Barre

14 Mass. L. Rptr. 160 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Nov 20, 2001

Bonan v. City of Boston, 398 Mass. 315, 320 (1986). Apache has not yet submitted its new plan to be acted upon by the Board. The Board has not yet denied any plan Apache has submitted. … Brookline, 347 Mass. 486 (1964); DeMatteo Construction Co. v Board of Appeals of Hingham, 3 Mass.App.Ct. 446 , 454 n.9 (1975).

Good Builders, Inc. v. Falmouth Historic Districts Commission

24 Mass. L. Rptr. 398 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Jul 10, 2007

This court’s review is mandated by section 10 of Chapter 654 of the Acts of 1975 (as amended) and guided by the principles set forth in Warner v. Lexington Historic Districts Commission, 64 Mass.App.Ct. 78 (2005). … Having served on volunteer town boards in years past, this jurist is sensitive to the sacrifice and good intentions board members bring to their tasks.

Hanley v. Walker

25 Mass. L. Rptr. 516 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Jun 23, 2009

Boston Cab taxis are painted with distinctive brown and white exterior colors. Tutunjian trademarked the appellation, “Brown and White Fleet,” as part of a branding strategy for marketing his business. Exhibit 5D. 29. … Brown, 394 Mass. 151, 156 (1985), quoting P. Lorillard Co. v. FTC, 186 F.2d 52, 58 (4th Cir. 1950).

Foster v. Armendo

26 Mass. L. Rptr. 406 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Jan 13, 2010

(“Foster”), filed this action seeking judicial review of a decision of the Worcester Zoning Board of Appeals (the “Board”) pursuant to G.L.c. 40A, §17. … Planning Bd. of Marshall v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Pembroke, 427 Mass. 699, 703 (1998). 4 To have standing, Foster must be aggrieved by the Board’s decision. G.L.c. 40A, § 17.

Peterson v. Eder

14 Mass. L. Rptr. 478 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Dec 27, 2001

Id., quoting Barvenik v. Board of Aldermen of Newton, 33 Mass.App.Ct. 129, 132 (1992); see Circle Lounge & Grille, Inc. v. … See Green v. Board of Appeals of Provincetown, 404 Mass. 571, 572 (1989).

Russ Development, Inc. v. Cipriano

23 Mass. L. Rptr. 445 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Jan 31, 2007

Poly v. Moylan, 423 Mass. 141, 145 (1996). … Toubiana v. Priestly, 402 Mass. 84, 91 (1988); Girardi v. Gabriel, 38 Mass.App.Ct. 553, 560 (1995).

Heyn v. City of Worcester

3 Mass. L. Rptr. 669 · Massachusetts Superior Court · May 26, 1995

Harvard Square Defense Fund, Inc. v. Planning Board of Cambridge, 27 Mass.App.Ct. 491, 492 (1989). Abutters have the benefit of a rebuttable presumption of aggrievement. Cohen v. … Therefore, the decision may not have been final until the Board filed its addendum on October 4. See Planning Board of Falmouth v.

Kobrin v. Gastfriend

16 Mass. L. Rptr. 611 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Oct 30, 2002

See id.; see also McLarnon v. … Relying on Hayes v Zaleznik, 2001 Mass.App.Div. 107, plaintiff claims that Gastfriend did not engage in petitioning activity before the Board. Hayes v. Zaleznik does not control the instant case.

Somerset Savings Bank v. Buccilli

3 Mass. L. Rptr. 527 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Apr 7, 1995

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). … Pederson v. Time, Inc., 404 Mass. 14, 16-17 (1989). Both parties agree that the scope of the Board’s jurisdiction with regard to building inspectors is defined in G.L.c. 40A, §7.

Boesel v. Swaptree, Inc.

31 Mass. L. Rptr. 555 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Dec 23, 2013

Epstein v. Board of Appeals of Boston, 77 Mass.App.Ct. 752, 756 (2010). II. … Boesel does not assert that he was excluded from board meetings. In fact, as a member of the board he regularly attended board meetings.