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  • Namay v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board

    19 Mass. App. Ct. 456 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Mar 8, 1985

    Therrien v. Labor Relations Commn., 390 Mass. 644, 647-648 (1983). Gurry v. Board of Pub. Accountancy, 394 Mass. 118, 125-126 (1985). … Cleary v. Cardullo’s, Inc., 347 Mass. 337, 343-344 (1964). School Comm. of Springfield v. Board of Educ., 362 Mass. 417, 441, n.22 (1972). Consolidated Cigar Corp. v. Department of Pub.

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  • State Board of Retirement v. O'Hare

    92 Mass. App. Ct. 555 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Dec 15, 2017

    This case presents the question whether the State Board of Retirement (board) correctly ordered forfeiture of O'Hare's retirement allowance under G. … State Bd. of Retirement v. Bulger, 446 Mass. 169, 173 (2006), quoting from Massachusetts Bay Transp. Authy. v. Auditor of the Commonwealth, 430 Mass. 783, 790 (2000).

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  • Nevins v. Board of Public Welfare

    301 Mass. 502 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 29, 1938

    It is supplementary to § 43 in accordance with which the board of public welfare removed the petitioner. … McLaughlin v. Mayor of Cambridge, 253 Mass. 193, 199 . Peckham v. Mayor of Fall River, 253 Mass. 590, 593 . Wallace v. Superintendent of Streets of New Bedford, 265 Mass. 338 . Whalen v.

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  • Foresta v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board

    453 Mass. 669 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 24, 2009

    See Houde v. … See Kelley v.

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Nichols v. Board of Election Commissioners

    196 Mass. 410 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 30, 1907

    This is a petition for a writ of mandamus to compel the board of election commissioners of the city of Boston to provide the so called Australian ballot for use at the next election in Precinct 6 of Ward 10 of that city instead … Elwell v. Comstock, 99 Minn. 261 . Lynch v. Malley, 215 Ill. 574 . Detroit v. Inspectors of Elections, 139 Mich. 548 .

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  • DiMasi v. State Board of Retirement

    474 Mass. 194 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 21, 2016

    Brown, 466 Mass. 676, 679 (2013) (criminal conviction not final under Massachusetts law until sentence is imposed on defendant); Commonwealth v. Dascalakis, 246 Mass. 12, 19 (1923). … See, e.g., Sliney v.

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  • Everett Retirement Board v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board

    6 Mass. L. Rptr. 482 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Oct 24, 1996

    This interpretation of §4(2) (c) is not controlled by Gallagher v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board, 4 Mass.App.Ct. 1 (1976), or O’Brien v. … LaBarge v. Chief Administrative Justice of the Trial Court, 402 Mass. 462, 468-69 (1988): Langlitz v. Board of Registration of Chiropractors, 396 Mass. 374, 378 (1985); Holahan v.

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  • Rothman v. Rent Control Board

    37 Mass. App. Ct. 217 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Aug 26, 1994

    The landlord does not contest, and in his brief implicitly concedes, the right of the board to condition rent entitlement on habitability. See Flynn v. Cambridge, 383 Mass. 152 (1981); Altschuler v. … “(c) If the tenant fails to make payment as ordered, then a Certificate of Eviction shall be issued by the Board . . . .” McKenna v. Begin, 5 Mass. App. Ct. 304, 310-311 (1977), relying on Boston Hous. Authy. v.

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  • Carciofi v. Board of Appeal

    22 Mass. App. Ct. 926 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · May 19, 1986

    Accordingly, he applied to the board of appeal in March, 1984, requesting a variance from the frontage requirement in order to build a one-family house on the lot. … See Girard v. Board of Appeals of Easton, 14 Mass. App. Ct. 334, 336 (1982). Compare Adamowicz v. Ipswich, 395 Mass. 757,762-763,764 (1985).

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Axelrod v. Board of Assessors

    392 Mass. 460 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 12, 1984

    Keniston v. Assessors of Boston, supra. … See Keniston v. Assessors of Boston, supra at 890 n.4.

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  • Bagley v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board

    397 Mass. 255 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 9, 1986

    Bagley was a qualified member aggrieved by the local board’s failure to act. There was no decision of the board to be certified, thereafter to be susceptible to review by the District Court. Lowry v. … See Mathewson v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Bd., 335 Mass. 610, 616 (1957). Neither CRAB nor the board disputes the applicability of G. L. c. 32, § 16, to Bagley’s claim. Thus, their reliance on Welch v.

    Cited 35 timesPublished
  • Bunker v. Board of Appeal

    4 Mass. App. Ct. 797 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Mar 26, 1976

    L. c. 40A, § 21 (as in effect prior to St. 1975, c. 808, § 3), from a decision of the board of appeal of the town of Wellesley which sustained the action of the building inspector of that town in issuing a building permit … A final decree was entered pursuant to that order on May 15, 1974, which in effect affirmed the board of appeal. The plaintiff has appealed from that decree.

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  • Longo v. Board of Assessors

    1 Mass. App. Ct. 801 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jan 17, 1973

    The skeletal records before us do not disclose any question of law which may have been raised before the board. If we accept the factual assertions in the appellants’ briefs, no error of law is made to appear. Athos V. … Decisions of the Appellate Tax Board affirmed.

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  • Kraft v. Board of Appeals

    333 Mass. 573 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 10, 1956

    This is an appeal from a final decree entered in the Superior Court adjudging that a decision of the board of appeals of Lynnfield (hereinafter called the board) was within its jurisdiction, that the decision “should not … The building inspector on October 18, 1954, refused to issue the permit and the owner appealed to the board. C. 40A, §§ 13, 15.

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  • Kelly v. Board of Appeals

    5 Mass. App. Ct. 821 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · May 11, 1977

    Lolos v. Berlin, 338 Mass. 10, 13-14 (1958). East Longmeadow v. Springfield, ante, 143,147-148 (1977). Mass.R.A.P. 16(a) (4), as amended effective February 24, 1975, 367 Mass. 919 . … See Parrish v. Board of Appeal of Sharon, 351 Mass. 561, 567-568 (1967); S. Volpe & Co. Inc. v. Board of Appeals of Wareham, 4 Mass. App. Ct. 357, 359 (1976). Judgment affirmed.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Leary v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board

    421 Mass. 344 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 14, 1995

    See Williams v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Bd., 304 Mass. 601, 605 (1939) (statute ought to be construed, whenever possible, as a whole). See also Negron v. Gordon, 373 Mass. 199, 201 (1977), quoting Holbrook v. … Fontaine v. Ebtec Corp., 415 Mass. 309, 321 (1993), quoting Hartford Ins. Co. v. Hertz Corp., 410 Mass. 279, 283 (1991). Accord Bagley v. Illyrian Gardens, Inc., 401 Mass. 822, 825 (1988).

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  • Canter v. Planning Board of Westborough

    4 Mass. App. Ct. 306 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · May 17, 1976

    It follows from that clear statutory language that the planning board may not disapprove a plan not shown to violate the regulations of the planning board or the requirements of the board of health. Pieper v. … Compare United Reis Homes, Inc. v. Planning Bd. of Natick, 359 Mass. at 625 . See also Rounds v. Board of Water & Sewer Commrs. of Wilmington, 347 Mass. 40, 46-47 (1964).

    Cited 31 timesPublished
  • Board of Selectmen v. Zoning Board of Appeals

    5 Mass. L. Rptr. 417 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Mar 1, 1996

    Inappropriate zoning relief will be annulled by the court as in excess of the Board of Appeals’ authority. Blasko v. Bd. of Appeals of Winchendon, 31 Mass.App.Ct. 32, 33 (1991). 6. … The court will not, *419 however, allow conditions whereby the permit-granting authority delegates matters to another board or reserves for itself important substantive decisions. Tebo v.

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  • Dyer v. Board of Selectmen

    34 Mass. App. Ct. 606 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jun 18, 1993

    See Politano v. Selectmen of Nahant, 12 Mass. App. Ct. 738, 742 (1981) (facts concerning a claimant’s eligibility for benefits under G. … In Hennessey v. Bridgewater, 388 Mass. 219 (1983), the court construed the nearly identical language of the proviso in G.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Carey v. Planning Board of Revere

    335 Mass. 746 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 2, 1957

    There was reasonable notice also, from the fact that the members of the planning board were defendants, that the board was concerned in some way. This was insufficient notice to comply with the statute. … See Boston v. Acton, 167 Mass. 579 ; Higgins v. Boston Elevated Railway, 214 Mass. 335, 336 ; Bacon v. Paradise, 318 Mass. 649, 655 ; Commissioner of Corporations & Taxation v.

    Cited 6 timesPublished

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