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  • Fairbairn v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board

    54 Mass. App. Ct. 353 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Apr 1, 2002

    See Noone v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Bd., supra at 763 n.11. Discussion. Noone v. … [retirement] board lacks medical information that, with nonmedical facts presented to the board, provides the basis for the decision of the [retirement] board on the question of causation” (emphasis in original).

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Fifield v. Board of Zoning Appeal

    450 Mass. 1001 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 5, 2007

    Andover v. State Fin. … Cappuccio v.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Fender v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board

    72 Mass. App. Ct. 755 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Oct 3, 2008

    Zavaglia v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Bd,., 345 Mass. 483, 486 (1963).” Blanchette v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Bd., 20 Mass. App. Ct. 479, 482-483 (1985). See Adams v. … See, e.g., Caswell v. Licensing Commn. for Brockton, 387 Mass. 864, 876-877 (1983); Costello v. Department of Pub. Utils., 391 Mass. 527, 537, 542 (1984); Foster from Gloucester, Inc. v.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Mackay v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board

    56 Mass. App. Ct. 924 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Dec 30, 2002

    In both cases, the Teachers’ Retirement Board (board) declined to let them do so, and the board’s decision was upheld on their appeals to the Contributory Retirement Appeal Board (CRAB). … Ct. 401 , 404 n.2 (1995), quoting from Board of Educ. v. School Comm. of Amesbury, 16 Mass. App. Ct. 508, 514 (1983), and ours is the power to determine pure questions of law. See Raytheon Co. v.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Bower v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board

    393 Mass. 427 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 6, 1984

    Because of a heart condition, his application for accidental disability retirement was approved by the Wellesley retirement board (board), and he retired on September 11, 1979. … He appealed to the Contributory Retirement Appeal Board (CRAB), which affirmed the decision of the board. Pursuant to a petition for review under G.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Sansoucy v. Planning Board of Worcester

    355 Mass. 647 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 11, 1969

    Sudbury v. Department of Pub. Util. 343 Mass. 428, 430 . Hamilton v. Department of Pub. Util. 346 Mass. 130, 143-145 . Boston Edison Co. v. Selectmen of Concord, ante, 79, 90-91. … See Newton v. Department of Pub. Util. 339 Mass. 535 , 546- *650 547. Lyman v. Planning Bd. of Winchester, 352 Mass. 209, 214 .

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Boelter v. Board of Selectmen of Wayland

    479 Mass. 233 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 5, 2018

    See Deerskin Trading Post, Inc. v. … See Revere v.

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Windsor v. PLANNING BOARD OF WAYLAND

    26 Mass. App. Ct. 650 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Dec 9, 1988

    As in all appeals from planning board approvals, the burden is on the objector to show error, see Selectmen of Ayer v. Planning Bd. of Ayer, 3 Mass. App. … The proper practice would be to recommit to the board of health if the revision could be seen *659 to raise any new question within that board’s purview. See Doeblin v. Tinkham Dev. Corp., 7 Mass. App.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Prime v. Zoning Board of Appeals

    42 Mass. App. Ct. 796 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jun 9, 1997

    The judge concluded, citing Cumberland Farms of Conn., Inc. v. Zoning Bd. of Appeal of N. Attleborough, 359 Mass. 68, 74-75 (1971), and Kirker v. Board of Appeals of Raynham, 33 Mass. App. … Compare Goddard v. Board of Appeals of Concord, 13 Mass. App. Ct. 1001 (1982) (protection of ground water is a valid public interest).

    Cited 13 timesPublished
  • Desy v. Board of Bar Examiners

    452 Mass. 1012 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 20, 2008

    Strigler v. Board of Bar Examiners, supra. Louis Desy, Jr., pro se. Katy E. Koski (Jessica G. Gray with her) for Board of Bar Examiners. Judgment affirmed. … We recently upheld the board’s decision as to that individual. Strigler v. Board of Bar Examiners, 448 Mass. 1027 (2007).

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Parente v. State Board of Retirement

    80 Mass. App. Ct. 747 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Nov 3, 2011

    In November, 2006, she applied for her pension benefits with the State retirement board (board). … On June 27, 2008, DALA affirmed the board’s decision, and on November 3, 2009, CRAB issued a decision adopting DALA’s conclusion and affirming the board’s decision.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • G.J.T., Inc. v. Boston Licensing Board

    397 Mass. 285 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 14, 1986

    See City Council of Boston v. … Hanlon v. Rollins, 286 Mass. 444, 447 (1934).” International Org. of Masters v. Woods Hole, Martha’s Vineyard & Nantucket S.S. Auth., 392 Mass. 811, 813 (1984); Interstate Eng’g Corp. v.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Michaels v. Zoning Board of Appeals

    71 Mass. App. Ct. 449 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Mar 27, 2008

    As parties in interest, the plaintiffs benefited from an initial presumption of standing to challenge the board’s action. See Standerwick v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Andover, 447 Mass. 20, 32-33 (2006). … Qualitatively, the evidence must be of a type on which a reasonable person could rely to conclude that the claimed injury likely will flow from the board’s action.” Butler v. Waltham, 63 Mass. App. Ct. at 441 .

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Marashlian v. Zoning Board of Appeals

    37 Mass. App. Ct. 931 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Oct 20, 1994

    The judge concluded that plaintiffs Snow and Marashlian had standing to maintain the action, but that the board had not exceeded its authority. The case is controlled by our decision in Barvenik v. … Bedford v. Trustees of Boston Univ., 25 Mass. App. Ct. 372, 376 (1988).

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Giroux v. Board of Dental Examiners

    322 Mass. 251 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 6, 1948

    Minasian v. Aetna Life Ins. Co. 295 Mass. 1, 3 . Silva v. Silva, 297 Mass. 217, 218 . Pilos v. … Streeter v. Worcester, 177 Mass. 29 . Hurley v. Boston Elevated Railway, 213 Mass. 192 . Morrison v. Selectmen of Weymouth, 279 Mass. 486, 491 . Final decree dismissing petition affirmed.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Board of Selectmen v. County Commissioners

    12 Mass. App. Ct. 900 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jul 1, 1981

    This action was brought in October, 1970, by the board of selectmen of Hull and twelve taxpayers of that town in an effort to obtain a declaration that Hull had been disproportionately assessed for county taxes through the … Lee v. Templeton, 13 Gray 476 , 480 (1859). Barrett v. Cambridge, 10 Allen 48 (1865). Bogigian v. Commissioner of Corps. & Taxn., 256 Mass. 142, 147 (1926). Stoneman v. Boston, 263 Mass. 255, 261 (1928).

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Sedell v. Zoning Board of Appeals

    74 Mass. App. Ct. 450 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jun 22, 2009

    Britton v. … Ct. at 76 , quoting from Copley v. Board of Appeals of Canton, 1 Mass. App. Ct. 821 (1973).

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Upton Planning Board v. Upton Zoning Board of Appeals

    3 Mass. Supp. 316 · Massachusetts District Court · Feb 24, 1982

    Bjorklund v. Zoning Board of Appeals of Marshfield, 353 Mass. 757 , 231 N.E.2d 365 (1967); McLaughlin v. Rockland Zoning Board of Appeals, 351 Mass. 678, 680 , 223 N.E.2d 521 (1967); Lincoln v. … Pierce v. Board of Appeals of Carver, cited on page 809. A suggestive discussion in McLaughlin v.

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  • Cataldo v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board

    343 Mass. 312 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 8, 1961

    See McCarthy v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Bd., 342 Mass. 45 . … McCarthy v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Bd., 342 Mass. 45, 47 .

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Norfolk County Retirement Board v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board

    15 Mass. App. Ct. 683 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Apr 22, 1983

    See Selectmen of Topsfield v. State Racing Commn., 324 Mass. 309, 312-313 (1949); Moynihan v. Arlington, 6 Mass. App. Ct. 960 (1978). … Ry. v. Massachusetts Bay Transp. Authy., 350 Mass. 340, 343 (1966). It is unnecessary to look beyond the pertinent language of § 100, quoted above, to determine its meaning. See Commonwealth v.

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