Case law

Margo Roman v. Board of Registration in Veterinary Medicine

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 6, 2025

Kippenberger v. Board of Registration in Veterinary Med., 448 Mass. 1035, 1035 (2007), quoting Weinberg v. Board of Registration in Med., 443 Mass. 679, 685 (2005). … Schoeller v. Board of Registration of Funeral Directors & Embalmers, 463 Mass. 605, 614 (2012), quoting Weinberg v. Board of Registration in Med., 443 Mass. 679, 689 (2005).

A P East, Inc. v. Board of Assessors

40 Mass. App. Ct. 912 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Mar 13, 1996

It is one of the more familiar principles of Massachusetts law that, the applications having been filed beyond the statutory period, the board lacked jurisdiction over the taxpayers’ appeals. See Assessors of Boston v. … Dodd for the Board of Assessors of Westborough. Decisions of the Appellate Tax Board affirmed.

City of Cambridge Rent Control Board v. Praught

1992 Mass. App. Div. 175 · Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · Sep 16, 1992

This is an action commenced in the Cambridge Division of the District Court Department for the enforcement of a subpoena duces tecum issued to the defendant by the plaintiff, Cambridge Rent Control Board.

West Beit Olam Cemetery Corp. v. Board of Assessors

89 Mass. App. Ct. 677 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jul 7, 2016

Mount Auburn Hosp. v. Assessors of Watertown, 55 Mass. App. Ct. 611, 616 (2002). In reviewing the board’s decision, “we affirm findings of fact . . . that are supported by substantial evidence.” Regency Transp., Inc. v. … Assessors of Sharon v.

DIST. ATT. FOR THE PLYMOUTH v. Board of Selectmen

395 Mass. 629 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Aug 8, 1985

Phillips v. Chase, 201 Mass. 444, 449 (1909). McCooe v. Dighton, Somerset, & Swansea St. Ry., 173 Mass. 117, 118-119 (1899). … This result is consistent with Doherty v.

New Boston Garden Corp. v. Board of Assessors

24 Mass. App. Ct. 122 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · May 4, 1987

v. … Compare Ott v. Board of Registration in Medicine, 276 Mass. 566, 574 (1931). Substantiality of the evidence supporting the board’s determination of fair market value.

Elder Care Services, Inc. v. Zoning Board of Appeals

17 Mass. App. Ct. 480 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Feb 6, 1984

Building In *482 spector of Attleboro v. Attleboro Landfill, Inc., 383 Mass. at 111-112. Capone v. Zoning Board of Appeals of Fitchburg, 389 Mass. 617, 623-624 (1983). Noe v. Board of Appeals of Hingham, 13 Mass. App. … See also Capone v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Fitchburg, 389 Mass. at 624 . *483 As we said in Girard v. Board of Appeals of Easton, 14 Mass. App.

Hession Enterprises, Inc. v. Commonwealth Architectural Access Board

6 Mass. L. Rptr. 654 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Apr 23, 1997

(Hession), seeks judicial review of the decision of the defendant Architectural Access Board (Board) that Hession violated the Board’s accessibility regulations by failing to provide vertical access for handicapped individuals … comply with all the Board’s regulations. 521 C.M.R. §4.7.2.

Doe v. Sex Offender Registry Board

20 Mass. L. Rptr. 55 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Sep 6, 2005

Light Co. v. *57 Department of Public Utilities, 371 Mass. 881 , 887 n.10 (1977). … Robinson v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board, 20 Mass.App.Ct. 634, 639 (1985). There is no such basis in the record.

Fitzgerald v. Zoning Board of Appeal

21 Mass. L. Rptr. 305 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Jul 5, 2006

Marashlian v. Zoning Board of Appeals of Newburyportat 721. See also Butler v. City of Waltham, 63 Mass.App.Ct. 435, 441 (2005) (“Credible evidence has both a quantitative and qualitative component . . . … See Sheehan v. Zoning Board of Appeals of Plymouth, 65 Mass.App.Ct. 52, 55 (2005); Barvenik v. Board of Alderman of Newton at 129, 134-35; Harvard Square Defense v.

CITY OF NEWTON v. COMMONWEALTH EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS BOARD & Another.

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 22, 2025

A court may not displace an administrative board's choice between two fairly conflicting views, even though the court would justifiably have made a different choice had the matter been before it de novo." Brookfield v. … Dist. v. Labor Relations Comm'n, 386 Mass. 414, 420 (1982). Rather, "[w]e defer to the board's specialized knowledge and expertise." Somerville v. Commonwealth Employment Relations Bd., 470 Mass. 563, 568 (2015).

Blue Hill Cemetery, Inc. v. Board of Assessors

2 Mass. App. Ct. 602 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Oct 15, 1974

Woodlawn Cemetery v. Everett, supra, at 361 . Almost a century later the Woodlawn case was distinguished in Assessors of Sharon v. Knollwood Cemetery, supra. … See Milton Hosp. & Convalescent Home v. Assessors of Milton, 360 Mass. 63, 70 (1971), and cases cited. The decision of the Appellate Tax Board is affirmed. So ordered. G.

Dorrance v. Zoning Board of Appeal of North Attleborough

7 Mass. App. Ct. 932 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jun 6, 1979

See Pierce v. Board of Appeals of Carver, 369 Mass. 804, 808 (1976); Costello v. Board of Appeals of Lexington, 3 Mass. App. Ct. 441, 442-443 (1975). … Vyskocil v. Vyskocil, 376 Mass. 137, 139 (1978).

Slotnick v. Pike

374 Mass. 822 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 13, 1977

See Rey v. Brown, 4 Mass. App. Ct. 860 (1976). In seeking disciplinary action against the defendant, the plaintiff is not properly before the court. Under S.J.C. … Binns v. Board of Bar Overseers, supra. Cf. In re Keenan, 313 Mass. 186, 198 (1943); Boston Bar Ass’n v. Casey, 211 Mass. 187,191-192 (1912).

J. & C. HOMES, INC. v. Planning Board of Groton

8 Mass. App. Ct. 123 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jul 17, 1979

See Strand v. Planning Bd. of Sudbury, 5 Mass. App. Ct. 18, 23-24 (1977); Patelle v. Planning Bd. of Woburn, 6 Mass. App. Ct. 951 (1978). See also Pieper v. Planning Bd. of Southborough, 340 Mass. 157,160-161 (1959). … See Roberts-Haverhill Associates v. City Council of Haverhill, 2 Mass. App. Ct. at 721 . The appeals in Superior Court No. 77-1871 are dismissed. So ordered.

Alesi v. Sex Offender Registry Board

18 Mass. L. Rptr. 500 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Nov 22, 2004

Commonwealth v. Bradway, 62 Mass.App.Ct. 280, 287 (2004). … Counsel for the Board in this appeal orally represented that Ms. Faye was a licensed psychologist. It is unclear whether Ms. Faye was a member of the Board or an employee of the Board. In Covell v.

Brown-Forman Corp. v. Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission

17 Mass. L. Rptr. 721 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Jun 14, 2004

Merisme v. Board of Appeal on Motor Vehicle Liab. Policies and Bonds, 27 Mass.App.Ct. 470, 474 (1989). Substantial evidence is “such evidence as a reasonable mind might accept as adequate to support a conclusion.” … See Doherty v. Retirement Board of Medford, 425 Mass. 130, 135 (1997); Pyfrom v. Commissioner of the Department of Public Welfare, 39 Mass.App.Ct. 621, 624 (1996).

Boston Ass'n of School Administrators v. Boston Retirement Board

383 Mass. 336 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 8, 1981

See Averell v. Newburyport, 241 Mass. 333, 335 (1922); Attorney Gen. v. Woburn, 317 Mass. 465, 467-468 (1945); Quinlan v. Cambridge, 320 Mass. 124 (1946); Fitchburg Teachers Ass’n v. … v.

Quinn v. ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS OF DALTON

18 Mass. App. Ct. 191 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · May 31, 1984

Rousseau v. Building Insp. of Framingham, 349 Mass. 31, 37 (1965); Gallagher v. Board of Appeals of Falmouth, 351 Mass. 410, 414 (1966). … See Selectmen of Kingston v. Board of Appeals of Kingston, 3 Mass. App. Ct. 704 (1975); Deibel v. Yorke, 4 Mass. App. Ct. 770 (1976). See also Ranney v. Board of Appeals of Nantucket, 11 Mass. App. Ct. 112, 119 (1981).

Gastown, Inc. v. Board of Registrars of Voters

361 Mass. 876 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 4, 1972

See Wallant v. Registrars of Voters of Brockton, 360 Mass. 853 . Four signatures were ruled out because addresses on voter registration cards differed from those on the petitions. Unlike the statute governing Putnam v. … L. c. 53, §§ 7, 22A; Compton v. State Ballot Law Commn. 311 Mass. 643, 651-652 ; Carpenter v. Registrars of Voters of Marlborough, 327 Mass. 183, 188 ; Sharpe v.