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  • Board of Assessors v. B. A. Simeone, Inc.

    359 Mass. 756 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 13, 1971

    L. c. 58A, § 13, from a decision of the Appellate Tax Board granting an abatement of real estate taxes for the year 1968 assessed on a “Barber-Greene semiportable asphalt plant.” … Co. v. Lowell, 185 Mass. 114, 117 ; Chelsea v. Pickard T. Green Co. 319 Mass. 162, 166 . The board did not pass on the taxation of the machinery as personal property. Nor do we. Decision affirmed.

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  • Fitzgerald v. Board of Registration in Veterinary Medicine

    399 Mass. 901 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 13, 1987

    See Gurry v. Board of Pub. Accountancy, 394 Mass. 118, 121-125 (1985); Forziati v. Board of Registration in Medicine, 333 Mass. 125, 129 (1955). … See Langlitz v. Board of Registration of Chiropractors, 396 Mass. 374, 379 (1985); Bill v. Board of Registration of Chiropractors, 394 Mass. 779, 781 (1985).

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  • New England Forestry Foundation, Inc. v. Board of Assessors

    468 Mass. 138 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 15, 2014

    See, e.g., Holbrook Island Sanctuary v. Brooksville, 161 Me. 476, 486 (1965); Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Ass’n v. Board for the Assessment & Revision of Taxes of Berks County, 188 Pa. Super. 54, 57 (1958). … See, e.g., Wheaton College v.

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  • Gardner v. Worcester Regional Retirement Board

    26 Mass. L. Rptr. 514 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Feb 26, 2010

    in the performance of’ her duties); Boston Retirement Board v. … Retirement Board of Brookline v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board, 33 Mass.App.Ct. 478, 480 (1992), quoting Pyramid Co. v. Architectural Barriers Board, 403 Mass. 126, 130 (1998).

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  • Board of Selectmen v. Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission

    25 Mass. App. Ct. 470 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Mar 11, 1988

    Cheney v. Coughlin, 201 Mass. 204, 207-209 (1909). New City Hotel Co. v. Alcoholic Beverages Control Commn., 347 Mass. 539, 542 (1964). Opinion of the Justices, 349 Mass. 794 , 798 (1965). … Largess v. Nore’s, Inc., 341 Mass. 438, 441-442 (1960). Selectmen of Barnstable v. Alcoholic Beverages Control Commn., 373 Mass. 708, 714-715 (1977). Compare Selectmen of Clinton v.

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  • Stampfl v. ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS OF NORWOOD

    33 Mass. App. Ct. 354 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Sep 30, 1992

    The Stampfls and Norwood's zoning board of appeals (board) appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court which, as we interpret it, requires the Stampfls, who *355 use the northerly portion of their lot for open storage of … The Stampfls cite Bellows Farms, Inc. v.

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  • Nashoba Communications Ltd. Partnership v. Board of Assessors

    429 Mass. 126 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 4, 1999

    (emphasis in board’s decision). … We affirm the decision of the Appellate Tax Board. So ordered. We note that, as in Warner Amex Cable Communications Inc. v.

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  • Norberg v. Planning Board of Uxbridge

    27 Mass. L. Rptr. 436 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Sep 1, 2010

    Johnson v. … Goldman v.

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  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology v. Board of Assessors

    422 Mass. 447 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 12, 1996

    “In reviewing mixed questions of fact and law, the board’s expertise in tax matters must be recognized, and its decisions are due ‘some deference.’ ” Koch v. … See Sebestyen v. Assessors of Newton, 3 Mass. Appellate Tax Bd.

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  • Falcone v. ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS OF BROCKTON

    7 Mass. App. Ct. 710 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jun 5, 1979

    McCarthy v. Board of Appeals of Ashland, 354 Mass. 660, 663 (1968). Nyquist v. Board of Appeals of Acton, 359 Mass. 462, 465 (1971). … Smith v. Board of Appeals of Needham, 339 Mass. 399, 402 (1959). Nyquist v. Board of Appeals of Acton, supra .

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  • Sturdy Memorial Foundation, Inc. v. Board of Assessors

    60 Mass. App. Ct. 573 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Mar 4, 2004

    Found., Inc. v. … However, it can argue that the board’s general conclusion is inconsistent with or not supported by the board’s subsidiary findings. Children’s Hosp. Med. Center v. Assessors of Boston, 353 Mass. 35, 39 (1967).

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  • Board of Assessors of Holyoke v. State Tax Commission

    355 Mass. 223 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 15, 1969

    This appeal from a decision of the Appellate Tax Board (the board) is a further stage in the litigation which was before this court on procedural issues in Assessors of Holyoke v. … See Ferrante v. Board of Appeals of Northampton, 345 Mass. 158, 162-163 .

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  • Yakah v. Board of Bar Examiners

    448 Mass. 740 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 12, 2007

    See Wei Jia v. Board of Bar Examiners, 427 Mass. 777, 782-783 (1998). As we discussed in Osakwe v. … Osakwe v. Board of Bar Examiners, supra.

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  • Solar v. ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS OF LINCOLN

    33 Mass. App. Ct. 398 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Oct 9, 1992

    Conditions of the type here in issue are not prohibited by G.L.c. 40A, § 9. [4] See Maki v. Yarmouth, 340 Mass. 207, 212-213 (1960); Shuman v. … Aldermen of *401 Newton, 361 Mass. 758 , 766-767 & n. 11 (1972); Hopengarten v. Board of Appeals of Lincoln, 17 Mass. App. Ct. 1006, 1007 (1984).

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  • McLaughlin v. Duxbury Zoning Board of Appeals

    Massachusetts Land Court · Jul 30, 2021

    DUXBURY ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS, MISC 19-000109 JOHN MCLAUGHLIN, Plaintiff, v. TOWN OF DUXBURY ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS, ET AL., Defendants MISC 19-000109 JULY 30, 2021 PLYMOUTH, ss. SMITH, J. … Unless provided for under a local regulation or bylaw, neither board is bound by the decision of the other. See Stevens v. Zoning Board of Bourne, 97 Mass. App. Ct. 713 (2020).

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  • Filippova v. Frmingham Zoning Board of Appeals

    Massachusetts Land Court · Jun 23, 2021

    FRMINGHAM ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS, MISC 20-000073 GALINA FILIPPOVA, TRUSTEE of the PROSPECT STREET REALTY TRUST, Plaintiff, v. … See also Koines v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Cohasset, 91 Mass. App. Ct. 903 , 904 (2017). "If the board's interpretation of its by-law is reasonable, the court may not substitute its judgment." Coco Bella, LLC v.

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  • Board of Assessors v. New England Oyster House, Inc.

    362 Mass. 696 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 8, 1972

    Assessors of Quincy v. Boston Consol. Gas Co. 309 Mass. 60, 72 . 3. The decision of the board was supported by substantial evidence. … New Brunswick v. New Jersey Div. of Tax Appeals, 39 N. J. 537, 546.

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  • S. Kemble Fischer Realty Trust v. Board of Appeals

    9 Mass. App. Ct. 477 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Mar 28, 1980

    Co. v. … Pioneer Home Sponsors, Inc. v. Board of Appeals of Northampton, 1 Mass. App. Ct. 830, 831 (1973).

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  • Cumberland Farms, Inc. v. Planning Board of Bourne

    67 Mass. App. Ct. 67 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Aug 8, 2006

    In Cumberland Farms, Inc. v. Planning Bd. of Bourne, 56 Mass. App. … Board of Appeals of Northampton, 345 Mass. 158, 163 (1962). See Cape Resort Hotels, Inc. v. Alcoholic Lic. Bd. of Falmouth, 385 Mass. 205, 224-225 (1982); Balcam v. Hingham, 41 Mass. App. Ct. 260, 264 (1996).

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Doe v. Sex Offender Registry Board

    26 Mass. L. Rptr. 478 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Oct 26, 2009

    INTRODUCTION This action arises from the reclassification of the petitioner, John Doe, to Level 3 Sex Offender status by the respondent Sex Offender Registry Board (SORB). … See Doe v. Sex Offender Registry Bd., 74 Mass.App.Ct. 1129 , 2009 WL 2461228 *3 (August 13, 2009).

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