Case law

Kilgar v. Planning Board

12 Mass. L. Rptr. 665 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Dec 13, 2000

On April 13, 1999, the City Council referred the Petition to the Planning Board of the City of Worcester ("the Planning Board”). … In St George’s Ebenezer Primative Methodist Church of Methuen v.

Broderick v. Board of Appeal of Boston

361 Mass. 472 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 23, 1972

See Kairis v. Board of Appeal of Cambridge, 337 Mass. 528, 531 ; Dion v. Board of Appeals of Waltham, 344 Mass. 547, 551 . … Damaskos v. Board of Appeal of Boston, 359 Mass. 55, 64 , citing Begley v. Board of Appeal of Boston, 349 Mass. 458, 460 , and McNeely v. Board of Appeal of Boston, 358 Mass. 94, 110 .

MacGibbon v. Board of Appeals of Duxbury

369 Mass. 512 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 9, 1976

Josephs v. Board of Appeals of Brookline, 362 Mass. 290, 294-295 (1972); Vazza Properties, Inc. v. City Council of Wo- *516 burn, 1 Mass. App. Ct. 308, 312 (1973). … Rodenstein v. Board of Appeal of Boston, 337 Mass. 333, 334 .” Broderick v. Board of Appeal of Boston, 361 Mass. 472, 477 (1972). Murphy v. Zoning Board of Appeals of Lawrence, 2 Mass. App. Ct. 876 (1974). 2. Sewage.

Insurance Rating Board v. Commissioner of Insurance

359 Mass. 111 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 19, 1971

L. c. 175A, the Insurance Rating Board (Board) and the Mutual Insurance Rating Bureau (Mutual Bureau), suing on behalf of their members and subscribers, and eighteen insurance companies, each suing on behalf of itself and … He rejected filings by the Board and the Mutual Bureau made December 26, 1968, and in Insurance Rating Bd. v. Commissioner of Ins. 356 Mass. 184 , we held his action justified.

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.

Sanderson v. Zoning Board of Appeals

14 Mass. L. Rptr. 81 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Oct 30, 2001

Ginther v. Comm'r of Insurance, 427 Mass. 319, 322 (1998), citing Nader v. Citron, 372 Mass. 96, 98 (1977). … See Bingham, supra, citing Costello v. Board of Appeals of Lexington, 3 Mass.App.Ct. 441, 442-43 (1975).

Stowell v. Board of Public Works

184 Mass. 416 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 25, 1903

There is a difference in this respect between the proceedings of a town and those of a board like this. Robbins v. Lexington, 8 Cush. 292 . Taber v. New Bedford, 135 Mass. 162 . Foley v. … White v. Foxborough, 151 Mass. 28 .

Scott v. Board of Appeal of Wellesley

356 Mass. 159 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 5, 1969

See Nash v. Commonwealth, 174 Mass. 335, 336 ; Jenney v. Hynes, 285 Mass. 332, 335-336 ; Manchester v. Leahy, 336 Mass. 158, 160 ; Williams v. … The failure of the board to enter a decision within ninety days as specified in the by-law was not a jurisdictional defect. Cullen v. Building Inspector of No. Attleborough, 353 Mass. 671, 679-680 .

Kahn v. Brookline Rent Control Board

1984 Mass. App. Div. 51 · Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · Feb 17, 1984

Relying upon the case of Decker v. Boston Rent Board, 13 Mass. App. … Kahn v. Brookline Rent Control Board, supra at 113.

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.

Teves v. Costa

United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · Sep 30, 2025

The Bankruptcy Court has exclusive jurisdiction over actions brought under § 523(a)(2)(A), Brown v. … See Brown, 442 U.S. at 135–36.

Board of Public Works v. Aron

387 Mass. 830 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 5, 1983

The Appellate Tax Board (board) concluded that the rate was discriminatory and ordered an abatement. In Board of Pub. Works of Millis v. … Assessors of Quincy v. Boston Consol. Gas Co., 309 Mass. 60, 72 (1941). The board was correct in deciding that Aron I controlled. There is no error.

Sullivan v. Board of Appeals of Canton

345 Mass. 117 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 6, 1962

Blackman v. Board of Appeals of Barnstable, 334 Mass. 446, 450 . Atherton v. Board of Appeals of Bourne, 334 Mass. 451, 454 . Shacka v. Board of Appeals of Chelmsford, 341 Mass. 593, 595 . … The board of appeals found that this requirement had been satisfied. Indeed, without such a finding it could not have granted the variance. Barnhart v. Board of Appeals of Scituate, 343 Mass. 455 .

Board of Assessors v. Tenneco, Inc.

388 Mass. 739 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 12, 1983

Tregor v. Assessors of Boston, 377 Mass. 602, 604 , cert. denied, 444 U.S. 841 (1979). … See Keniston v. Assessors of Boston, 380 Mass. 888, 890-891 (1980).

DiGiovanni v. Board of Appeals of Rockport

19 Mass. App. Ct. 339 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Feb 13, 1985

See Dion v. Board of Appeals of Waltham, 344 Mass. 547, 553-554 (1962); Spalke v. Board of Appeals of Plymouth, 7 Mass. App. Ct. 683 , 685 *344 (1979). … Stark v. Board of Appeals of Quincy, 341 Mass. 118, 122 (1960). Ferrante v. Board of Appeals of Northampton, 345 Mass. 158, 163 (1962). Smith v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Scituate, 347 Mass. 755 , 759 (1964).

Board of Assessors v. Duddy's, Inc.

382 Mass. 686 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 3, 1980

Upon the appeal of the local assessors to this court from the eventual decision of the Board allowing an abatement of tax, the assessors contend that the Board was not empowered to allow the second extension of time when … We hold that the Board could grant the second extension in the exercise of its discretion. See G. L. c. 59, § 65B, under which the Board “may” (but is not required to) dismiss an appeal in the situation described.

Vainas v. Board of Appeals of Lynn

337 Mass. 591 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 19, 1958

Reynolds v. Board of Appeals of Springfield, 335 Mass. 464, 470 . … Blackman v. Board of Appeals of Barnstable, 334 Mass. 446, 450 .

Duhaime v. Planning Board

12 Mass. App. Ct. 907 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jul 3, 1981

The board refused to endorse the plan and the plaintiffs appealed under G. L. c. 41, § 81BB. See Waldor Realty Corp. v. Planning Bd. of West-borough, 354 Mass. 639 (1968); Gifford v. … Gallitano v. Board of Survey & Planning of Waltham, 10 Mass. App. Ct. 269, 270 (1980). Such an endorsement gives the lot shown on the plan no standing under the applicable zoning by-law. Gattozzi v.

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.

Green v. Board of Appeals of Provincetown

404 Mass. 571 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 10, 1989

See Brady v. Board of Appeals of Westport, 348 Mass. 515, 519 (1965), as to the common law right to seek enforcement, and Vokes v. Avery W. Lovell, Inc., 18 Mass. App. … Board of Appeal of Boston, 324 Mass. 427, 430-431 (1949). Sherrill House, Inc. v. Board of Appeal of Boston, 19 Mass. App. Ct. 274, 275-277 (1985). Waltham Motor Inn, Inc. v. LaCava, 3 Mass. App.