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  • Ouellette v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board

    86 Mass. App. Ct. 396 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Sep 30, 2014

    2 BROWN, J. … Goldberg v. Board of Health of Granby, 444 Mass. 627, 633 (2005).

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  • Finkelstein v. Board of Registration in Optometry

    370 Mass. 476 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 11, 1976

    Co. v. Commissioner of Ins., 360 Mass. 667, 674-675 (1971); Cleary v. Cardullo’s, Inc., 347 Mass. 337, 343-344 (1964). … The board in any event lacks the authority to regulate the activities of opticians. Kelley v. Board of Registration in Optometry, 351 Mass. 187, 192 (1966). Silverman v.

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  • McNeely v. Board of Appeal of Boston

    358 Mass. 94 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 3, 1970

    Sullivan v. Board of Appeals of Belmont, 346 Mass. 81 . See Brackett v. Board of Appeal of the Bldg. Dept. of Boston, 311 Mass. 52, 59-60 ; Hurley v. Kolligian, 333 Mass. 170, 173 ; Planning Bd. of Springfield v. … Inc. v. Board of Appeals of Lawrence, 324 Mass. 433, 438 . Bicknell Realty Co. v. Board of Appeal of Boston, 330 Mass. 676, 681 . Blackman v. Board of Appeals of Barnstable, 334 Mass. 446, 450 . 4.

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  • Hampton Associates v. Board of Assessors

    52 Mass. App. Ct. 110 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jul 18, 2001

    See generally Commonwealth v. Marino, 343 Mass. 725, 728 (1962); Cohen v. Board of Registration in Pharmacy, 350 Mass. 246, 251-252 (1966); Atkinson v. Rosenthal, 33 Mass. App. Ct. 219, 224 (1992). … Contrast Foxboro Associates v.

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  • Green v. Board of Appeal of Norwood

    358 Mass. 253 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 4, 1970

    Gifford Sheltering Home Corp. v. Board of Appeals of Wayland, 349 Mass. 292, 294 . … Prior decisions have discussed the legislative purpose to limit substantially the scope of permissible planning board action and regulations. See Daley Constr. Co. Inc. v.

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  • O'Brien v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board

    27 Mass. App. Ct. 1124 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · May 8, 1989

    In Gallagher v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Bd., 4 Mass. App. … Finkelstein v. Board of Registration in Optometry, 370 Mass. 476, 478 (1976) (citations omitted). Paul L. Kenny for the plaintiff. Alice G.

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  • Pierce v. Board of Appeals of Carver

    369 Mass. 804 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 2, 1976

    Costello v. Board of Appeals of Lexington, 3 Mass. App. … See, e.g., Healy v. Board of Appeals of Watertown, 356 Mass. 130 (1969), and Opie v.

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  • Andrews v. Board of Registrars of Voters

    246 Mass. 572 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 27, 1923

    Except by some unusual occurrence, there will always be three members of the board. Plainly the Legislature intended that the board should be a continuous body. … Fairbanks v. Mayor & Aldermen of Fitchburg, 132 Mass. 42, 44 . Collins v. Mayor & Aldermen of Holyoke, 146 Mass. 298, 306 . Taintor v. Mayor & City Council of Cambridge, 192 Mass. 522, 523 . Zeo v.

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  • Wells v. Zoning Board

    16 Mass. L. Rptr. 568 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Apr 9, 2003

    Burke v. Zoning Board of Appeals of Harwich, 38 Mass.App.Ct. 957, 959 (1995). … Preston v. Board of Appeals of Hull, 51 Mass.App.Ct. 236, 238 (2001) (citations omitted).

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  • Langan v. Board of Registration in Medicine

    477 Mass. 1023 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 13, 2017

    Indeck v. Clients' Sec. Bd., 450 Mass. 379, 385 (2008), quoting School Comm. of Hudson v. Board of Educ., 448 Mass. 565, 575-576 (2007). … Sugarman v. Board of Registration in Med., 422 Mass. 338, 342 (1996), citing Kvitka v.

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  • Spaulding v. Board of Appeals of Leicester

    334 Mass. 688 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 15, 1956

    Prusik v. Board of Appeal of Boston, 262 Mass. 451, 457-458 . Brackett v. Board of Appeal of Boston, 311 Mass. 52, 54-55 . Gaunt v. Board of Appeals of Methuen, 327 Mass. 380, 381-382 . … In Del Grosso v.

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  • Rauseo v. Board of Assessors of Boston

    94 Mass. App. Ct. 517 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Nov 26, 2018

    Adams v. Assessors of Westport, 76 Mass. App. Ct. 180, 183 (2010), quoting Raytheon Co. v. Commissioner of Revenue, 455 Mass. 334, 337 (2009). … Condominium Ass'n v.

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  • Roman Catholic Archbishop v. Board of Appeal

    268 Mass. 416 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 10, 1929

    It was held in Bemis v. … It follows that there is vital error of law disclosed on the records of the respondent board and that they must be quashed. Bradley v. Zoning Adjustment Board of Boston, 255 Mass. 160, 174 . Prusik v.

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  • Greater Boston Real Estate Board v. Board of Registration of Real Estate Brokers & Salesmen

    405 Mass. 360 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 11, 1989

    Simon v. State Examiners of Electricians, 395 Mass. 238, 242 (1985), quoting Commonwealth v. Lightfoot, 391 Mass. 718, 720 (1984). … In light of its enabling statute, the board correctly notes that the issue is whether the powers granted by the Legislature to the board, taken as an organic whole, authorize the board’s regulation. See Commonwealth v.

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  • Barnhart v. Board of Appeals of Scituate

    343 Mass. 455 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 11, 1962

    Board of Appeals of Barnstable, 334 Mass. 446, 450 , Ather-ton v. … Spaulding v. Board of Appeals of Leicester, 334 Mass. 688, 692 . See Todd v. Board of Appeals of Yarmouth, 337 Mass. 162, 168 ; Wrona v. Board of Appeals of Pittsfield, 338 Mass. 87, 90 .

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  • Grenier v. Zoning Board of Appeals

    62 Mass. App. Ct. 62 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Sep 17, 2004

    Rather, she suggests that Gem Properties, Inc. v. Board of Appeals of Milton, 341 Mass. 99, 104-105 (1960), and Jenckes v. … Grace & Co. — Conn. v. City Council of Cambridge, 56 Mass. App. Ct. 559, 574 (2002); Zanghi v. Board of Appeals of Bedford, 61 Mass. App.

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  • Globe Newspaper Co. v. Boston Retirement Board

    388 Mass. 427 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 14, 1983

    Moulton v. Brookline Rent Control Bd., 385 Mass. 228, 230-231 (1982), quoting Druzik v. Board of Health of Haverhill, 324 Mass. 129, 133 (1949). Hopkins v. Hopkins, 287 Mass. 542, 547 (1934). See G. L. c. 4, § 6. … See Chrysler Corp. v. Brown, 441 U.S. 281 (1979). We have assumed that the exemptions are not mandatory, at least where the party protected by the exemption is a governmental entity. Westinghouse Broadcasting Co. v.

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  • Bailen v. Board of Assessors of Chelsea

    241 Mass. 411 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 20, 1922

    Ham v. Boston Board of Police, 142 Mass. 90 . And see Ayers v. Hatch, 175 Mass. 489, 492 ; Hogan v. Collins, 183 Mass. 43 . … Board, of Fire Commissioners of New York, 73 N. Y. 437 ; State v. Somers, 35 Neb. 322 ; Kimball v. Olmsted, 20 Wash. 629 .

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  • Shaughnessy v. Board of Appeals of Lexington

    357 Mass. 9 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 5, 1970

    Thus in Lincoln v. Board of Appeals of Framingham, 346 Mass. 418 , and in Maria v. … The plaintiffs’ motion to substitute Farwell for Wadsworth should be allowed, Ladd v. Board of Appeal of Malden, 352 Mass. 777 , and the case decided on the merits.

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  • Costello v. Board of Appeals of Lexington

    3 Mass. App. Ct. 441 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Aug 20, 1975

    Board of Appeals of Framingham, 346 Mass. 418 (1963). Maria v. Board of Appeal of Lowell, 348 Mass. 798 (1965). Halko v. Board of Appeals of Bil-lerica, 349 Mass. 465, 467 (1965). Bjornlund v. … Board of Appeals of Lexington, 357 *443 Mass. 9, (1970); Cuzzi v. Board of Appeals of Medford, 2 Mass. App. Ct. 887 (1974); Curdo v.

    Cited 42 timesPublished

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