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  • J.W., Sex Offender Registry Board No. 25324 v. Sex Offender Registry Board.

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · May 4, 2026

    No. 10800 v. Sex Offender Registry Bd., 459 Mass. 603, 637 (2011); Doe, Sex Offender Registry Bd. No. 10216 v. … No. 10800 v. Sex Offender Registry Bd., 459 Mass. 603, 630-631 (2011).

    Cited 0 timesUnpublished
  • Corbett's Case

    270 Mass. 162 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 27, 1930

    Accordingly, Mitchell ordered Corbett, the deceased, and another carpenter, named Brown, to report at the Company to do the work Mitchell had agreed to do. … See also in this connection Knight v. Cubitt & Co. supra; People’s Ice Co. v. Employers’ Liability Assurance *167 Corp. 161 Mass. 122 ; Pickett v. Waldorf System, Inc. 241 Mass. 569 ; McCarthy v.

    Cited 21 timesPublished
  • Drummey v. Town of Falmouth Zoning Board of Appeals

    31 Mass. L. Rptr. 250 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Jun 18, 2013

    P’ship v. Board ofApp. of Shirley, 461 Mass, at 475; MacGibbon v. Board ofApp. ofDuxbury, 356 Mass, at 639. … P’ship v. Board ofApp. of Shirley, 461 Mass, at 477.

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  • Sweetser v. Eaton

    96 Mass. 157 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 15, 1867

    Mann v. Mirick, 11 Allen, 29 . Toll v. Merriam, Ib. 395. Or he might perhaps have done so at the suggestion of the creditor, or upon his own motion. … Niles v. Hancock, 3 Met. 572 Hobbs v. Fogg, 6 Gray, 251 . Russell v. Goodrich, 8 Allen, 150 After such default, the debtor could be discharged, if at all *159 only upon a new notice in due form.

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  • SUNPIN ENERGY SERVICES, LLC, & Another v. ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS OF PETERSHAM

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jul 9, 2025

    Williams v. Board of Appeals of Norwell, 490 Mass. 684 , 689 (2022). … See Fitzsimonds v. Board of Appeals of Chatham, 21 Mass. App.

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  • Lennox v. Haskell

    253 Mass. 334 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 18, 1925

    Its stock was divided equally among Haskell, Brown and Bradbury, who comprised the board of directors and who were familiar with the lease from the plaintiff. … Abbott v. Hapgood, 150 Mass. 248, 252 . Pennell v. Lothrop, 191 Mass. 357 . Whiting & .Sons Co. v. Barton, 204 Mass. 169 .

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Parker Affiliated Companies, Inc. v. Department of Revenue

    382 Mass. 256 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 8, 1981

    See Brown v. Commissioner of Corps. & Taxation, 242 Mass. 242 (1922). a. Was There a Taxable Gain? … Brown, 163 Conn. 478, 502-503 (1972); Thorpe v. Mahin, 43 Ill. 2d 36, 49 (1969); Katzenberg v. Comptroller of the Treasury, 263 Md. 189, 204 (1971). The case of Wallace v.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Walsh ex rel. National Labor Relations Board v. W.B. Mason Co.

    219 F. Supp. 3d 209 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Nov 28, 2016

    See NLRB v. … See McGaw of Puerto Rico, Inc. v.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Town of Wayland v. Middlesex County Retirement Board

    6 Mass. L. Rptr. 559 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Feb 3, 1997

    Civil Service Com'n., 408 Mass. 292, 296-97 (1990); Malone v. Civil Service Com’n., 38 Mass. 147 , 151 (1995). … The decision of a board “can be disturbed only if it is based on ‘a legally untenable ground’... or is ‘unreasonable, whimsical, capricious or arbitrary.’ ” Forsyth School for Dental Hygienists v.

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  • Coates v. Bates

    265 Mass. 444 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 3, 1929

    Brown v. Harrington, 208 Mass. 600, 602 . Bourne v. Whitman, 209 Mass. 155, 164 . 4. … Newcomb v. Boston Protective Department, 146 Mass. 596, 600 . Perlstein v. American Express Co. 177 Mass. 530, 531 . Johnson v. Shaw, supra. Bourne v. Whitman, supra.

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Brown v. The Wheatleigh Corporation

    District Court, D. Massachusetts · Apr 16, 2024

    Plaintiff Mark Brown (“Plaintiff”) has filed a motion seeking the court’s approval of the settlement he reached with The Wheatleigh Corporation (“Wheatleigh”), L. … Singleton v. AT&T Mobility Servs., LLC, 146 F. Supp 3d 258, 260 (D. Mass. 2015) (citing Cheeks v. Freeport Pancake House, Inc., 796 F.3d 199, 206 (2d Cir. 2015); Lynn’s Food Stores, Inc. v. U.S. By & Through U.S.

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  • Brown v. Department of Correction

    District Court, D. Massachusetts · Apr 29, 2024

    Corp. v. … Abernathy v. Anderson, 984 F.3d 1, 6 (1st Cir. 2020) (first quoting (quoting Rhodes v.

    Cited 0 timesUnknown
  • Gallitano v. BD. OF SURVEY PLANNING OF WALTHAM

    10 Mass. App. Ct. 269 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jul 14, 1980

    BOARD OF SURVEY AND PLANNING OF WALTHAM. Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex. March 12, 1980. July 14, 1980. Present: ARMSTRONG, BROWN, & KASS, JJ. Robert J. Brophy, Assistant City Solicitor, for the defendant. … If not a conscious choice, but merely an omission, it is probably one beyond the power of a planning board to rectify: for a planning board controls development principally *273 through its regulations, Canter v.

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • Lead Lined Iron Pipe Co. v. Inhabitants of Wakefield

    223 Mass. 485 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 6, 1916

    Murphy v. Needham, 176 Mass. 422 . Johnson v. Somerville, 195 Mass. 370, 382 . Smith v. Gloucester, 201 Mass. 329 . Dupuis v. Fall River, ante, 73. … Brown, J., who ordered a verdict for the defendant.

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Butler's Case

    243 Mass. 166 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 29, 1922

    The Industrial Accident Board, however, found as a fact that the employer had notice of the injury “as soon as practicable after its occurrence.” By G. … Brown’s Case, 228 Mass. 31 . Lapan’s Case, 237 Mass. 340 . There was evidence to sustain the findings of the board upon both questions, and these findings must stand.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Boyd v. Town of Burlington Board of Appeals

    6 Mass. L. Rptr. 159 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Sep 5, 1996

    Eyal v. Helen Broadcasting Corp., 411 Mass. 426, 429 (1991). … Under Barvenik v.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Massachusetts Department of Correction v. Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination and Pamela Scanlan

    Massachusetts Superior Court · Jan 15, 2019

    Board of Appeals on Motor Vehicle Policies and Bonds, 27 Mass. App. Ct. 470, 474 (1989); Mass. Ass'n of Minority Law Enforcement Officers v. Abban, 434 Mass. 256 , 263‑64 (2001). … Two years ago, in a ' 9 case, the Supreme Judicial Court decided Brown v.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Estate of Moulton v. Puopolo

    467 Mass. 478 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 14, 2014

    Adoption of corporate policies is achieved by a vote of the board of directors as a whole, acting as the corporation, see Harhen v. Brown, 431 Mass. 838, 844-845 (2000); G. … Stated otherwise, the power of the corporation to act is lodged in the board of directors acting collectively. See Harhen v. Brown, supra at 844-845 , citing Bartlett v.

    Cited 42 timesPublished
  • Gloria Sharyon Brown v. Vero Healthcare.

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · May 25, 2023

    Co. v. Wilkerson, 91 Mass. App. Ct. 276, 283 (2017), and "some leniency is appropriate" for self-represented litigants, Mmoe v. … Lindsay v. Romano, 427 Mass. 771, 774 (1998), quoting McGuinness v. Cotter, 412 Mass. 617, 627 (1992).

    Cited 0 timesUnpublished
  • United Fruit Co. v. United States Shipping Board Merchant Fleet Corp.

    42 F.2d 222 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · May 29, 1930

    The case is presented upon defendant’s motion to dismiss, which followed closely *223 upon the opinion in Johnson v. United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation, 280 U. S. 320 , 50 S. Ct. 118 , 74 L. … And again, in Johnson v. United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation, supra, at page 325, of 280 U. S., 50 S.

    Cited 12 timesPublished

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