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  • Moran v. School Committee

    317 Mass. 591 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 5, 1945

    Poignand v. Smith, 8 Pick. 272 . Gray v. Moore, 7 Gray, 215 . Browne v. Fairhall, 218 Mass. 495 . Irwin v. Worcester Paper Box Co. 246 Mass. 453 . Finer v. Steuer, 255 Mass. 611 . Vonherberg v. … National Labor Relations Board, 109 Fed. (2d) 587, 592; Martel Mills Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board, 114 Fed. (2d) 624, 629; Chicago & Alton Railroad v. Industrial Board of Illinois,, 274 Ill. 336 ; Reck v.

    Cited 47 timesPublished
  • McPherson v. Planning Bd. of Plymouth

    95 Mass. App. Ct. 1108 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Apr 19, 2019

    Cited 0 timesPublishedNo opinion text
  • Chapman's Case

    321 Mass. 705 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 4, 1947

    Perdew v. Nufer Cedar Co. 201 Mich. 520 . Geibig v. Ann Arbor Asphalt Construction Co. 238 Mich. 560 . Tragas v. Cudahy Packing Co. 110 Neb. 329 . Grieb v. Hammerle, 222 N. Y. 382 . Brown v. … See Sanborn v. Fireman’s Ins. Co. 16 Gray, 448 ; Cass v. Lord, 236 Mass. 430, 432 ; Shumway v. Home Fire & Marine Ins. Co. 301 Mass. 391, 394 ; Tetrault v. Ghibellini, 316 Mass. 477, 479 ; Peay v.

    Cited 46 timesPublished
  • John Doe, Sex Offender Registry Board No. 529078 v. Sex Offender Registry Board.

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jun 16, 2026

    See Chace v. Curran, 71 Mass. App. Ct. 258, 260 n.4 (2008). … SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY BOARD.

    Cited 0 timesUnpublished
  • Assessors of West Springfield v. Eastern States Exposition

    326 Mass. 167 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 28, 1950

    This is an appeal by the board of assessors of West Springfield from a decision of the Appellate Tax Board abating a tax assessed for the year 1948 upon the Coliseum Building, so called, and appurtenant land owned by the … People v. Walker Opera House Co. 249 Ill. 106, 112 . Attorney General v. Pere Marquette Railway, 263 Mich. 431 . Thompson, Corporations (3d ed.) § 2474. Fletcher, Cyc. Corporations, § 2535. See Brown v.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Yacubian v. United States

    952 F. Supp. 2d 334 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Jul 8, 2013

    On December 11, 1998, Brown led a team of Coast Guard Officers on a routine boarding of the F/V Independence. While on board, Brown asked Plaintiff to estimate the amount of scallops on board his vessel. … Brown made an estimate that was higher than Plaintiffs estimate. Brown later wrote up *337 a report of the boarding.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • John Doe, Sex Offender Registry Board No. 22460 v. Sex Offender Registry Board.

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jun 5, 2026

    SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY BOARD. … MEMORANDUM AND ORDER PURSUANT TO RULE 23.0 The plaintiff, John Doe, appeals from a Superior Court judgment affirming his reclassification by the Sex Offender Registry Board (SORB or board) as a level two sex offender

    Cited 0 timesUnpublished
  • Brotherhood of Alpha Upsilon, Inc. v. Zoning Board of Appeals of Bridgewater

    15 Mass. App. Ct. 991 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Apr 21, 1983

    L. c. 40A (see Casasanta v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Milford, 377 Mass. 67, 70-73 [1979]; Shalbey v. Board of Appeal of Norwood, 6 Mass. App. Ct. 521, 524-527 [1978]). … This is not an instance in which a landowner is obliged to support the decision of the board, such as would be the case if he were forced to rely on the grant of a variance or a special permit. See Warren v.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • John Doe, Sex Offender Registry Board No. 119114 v. Sex Offender Registry Board.

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · Apr 30, 2026

    SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY BOARD. … See Boss v. Leverett, 484 Mass. 553, 562-563 (2020). See also Doe, Sex Offender Registry Bd. No. 3974 v.

    Cited 0 timesUnpublished
  • Brockton Retirement Board v. Public Employee Retirement Administration Commission

    20 Mass. L. Rptr. 172 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Aug 16, 2005

    Corp. v. Stewart, 414 Mass. 721, 723 (1993); Commonwealth v. Massachusetts, CRINC, 392 Mass 79, 89 (1984). … Sullivan v. Town of Brookline, 435 Mass. 353, 357 (2001); see also White v. Boston, 428 Mass. 250, 253-54 (1998); O’Neill v. City Manager of Cambridge, 428 Mass. 257, 259 (1998).

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Potris v. Commissioner of Department of Employment & Training

    42 Mass. App. Ct. 735 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · May 29, 1997

    Brown, J. Ann Marie Arbour Potris’s employment with Texas Instruments, Inc. (Texas Instruments), was terminated when she failed to report to her new job assignment. … The difficulty here, however, is that because the board’s conclusion lacks record support, a “ ‘voluntary’ quit is not made out.” Director of the Div. of Employment Sec. v.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • John Doe, Sex Offender Registry Board No. 527835 v. Sex Offender Registry Board.

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · Sep 19, 2025

    See Chace v. Curran, 71 Mass. App. Ct. 258, 260 n.4 (2008). … SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY BOARD.

    Cited 0 timesUnpublished
  • John Doe, Sex Offender Registry Board No. 528364 v. Sex Offender Registry Board.

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · May 7, 2026

    SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY BOARD. … No. 68549 v.

    Cited 0 timesUnpublished
  • Finnegan v. Baker

    88 Mass. App. Ct. 35 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Aug 14, 2015

    Kaidanow, 321 F.3d at 173 (board resolution authorizing additional shares was only logical if the board was aware of and had previously approved the conversion rights); Klaassen v. Allegro Dev. … Grimes v.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • John Doe, Sex Offender Registry Board No. 528660 v. Sex Offender Registry Board.

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · Mar 11, 2026

    No. 10304 v. Sex Offender Registry Bd., 70 Mass. App. … See Murphy v.

    Cited 0 timesUnpublished
  • John Doe, Sex Offender Registry Board No. 528808 v. Sex Offender Registry Board.

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · May 1, 2026

    SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY BOARD. … No. 356011 v. Sex Offender Registry Bd., 88 Mass. App. Ct. 73, 76 (2015), quoting Doe, Sex Offender Registry Bd. No. 10216 v. Sex Offender Registry Bd., 447 Mass. 779, 787 (2006).

    Cited 0 timesUnpublished
  • Splaine v. Morrissey

    282 Mass. 217 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 23, 1933

    Ed.] c. 209, § 2; Boland v. McKowen, 189 Mass. 563, 565 ), would not stand in the way of such a gift, for no contract between the deceased and Ms wife would be required. See Brown v. Brown, 174 Mass. 197 . … Brown v. Brown, 174 Mass. 197 . Compare G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 209, § 3; Ames v. Chandler, 265 Mass. 428, 430-431 . The interests of the deceased in the deposits, if he was a tenant by entirety, were liable for his debts.

    Cited 33 timesPublished
  • Rothstein v. Contributory Ret. Appeal Bd.

    480 Mass. 1104 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 29, 2018

    Cited 0 timesPublishedNo opinion text
  • Massachusetts Association of Cosmetology Schools, Inc. v. Board of Registration in Cosmetology

    40 Mass. App. Ct. 706 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jul 11, 1996

    Bank v. Board of Bank Incorporation, 351 Mass. 363, 367 (1966) (banking industry). The purpose of the Act does not encompass the control of competition or pricing in the cosmetology industry. … Commissioner of Rev. v. Wells Yachts South, Inc., 406 Mass. 661, 664 (1990). See Baker v. Binder, 34 Mass. App. Ct. 287, 289 (1993).

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Singer Sewing MacHine Co. v. Assessors of Boston

    341 Mass. 513 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 6, 1960

    In Assessors of Boston v. … The appellees cite Johnson v. Brown, 154 Mass. 105,106 , which held that the deposit of a notice in a post office box on the street was the same in legal effect as a deposit in a box at the post office.

    Cited 13 timesPublished

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