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  • United States v. Leff

    36 F. Supp. 930 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Feb 7, 1941

    Massachusetts General Laws, Ter.Ed., c. 106, Section 58 (3); Country Club Soda Co., Inc., v. Arbuckle, 279 Mass. 121, 134 , 181 N.E. 256 ; John Service, Inc., v. … Goodnow-Pearson Co., 242 Mass. 594, 596, 597 , 136 N.E. 623 , 29 A.L.R. 1513 ; Gascoigne v. Cary Brick Co., 217 Mass. 302, 305 , 104 N.E. 734 , Ann.Cas.1917C, 336.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Buckton v. National Collegiate Athletic Assn.

    436 F. Supp. 1258 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Aug 26, 1977

    These two decisions were based on Bradley v. Richmond School Board, 416 U.S. 696 , 94 S.Ct. 2006 , 40 L.Ed.2d 476 (1974). … Bradley v. School Board, 416 U.S. 696 , 94 S.Ct. 2006 , 40 L.Ed.2d 476 (1974); Mills v. . Electric Auto-Lite, 396 U.S. 375 , 90 S.Ct. 616 , 24 L.Ed.2d 593 (1970); Thomas v.

    Cited 18 timesPublished
  • Moroni v. Brawders

    317 Mass. 48 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 14, 1944

    But a presumption is not evidence (Brown v. Henderson, 285 Mass. 192, 195, 196 ; Commonwealth v. Clark, 292 Mass. 409, 415 ; Del Vecchio v. Bowers, 296 U. S. 280, 286 ; New York Life Ins. Co. v. Gamer, 303 U. … Jones v. McLeod, 103 Mass. 58 . Goddard v. Rawson, 130 Mass. 97, 99 . National Vinegar Co. v. Jaffe, 261 Mass. 86, 88 . Janevesian v. Esa, 274 Mass. 231, 233 . Dondis v. Lash, 277 Mass. 477, 485 . Hunt Drug Co. v.

    Cited 24 timesPublished
  • Brown's Case

    334 Mass. 343 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 27, 1956

    Brown, put him in the Massachusetts Osteopathic Hospital for about three weeks. Then on the advice of his physicians he went to Florida where he remained until the time of the hearing before the single member. … All of the *346 findings of the single member were affirmed by the reviewing board.

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  • Elwell v. Town of Athol

    325 Mass. 41 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 14, 1949

    See Brown v. Winthrop, 275 Mass. 43 ; DePrizio v. F. W. Woolworth Co. 291 Mass. 143 ; Pecorelli v. Worcester, 307 Mass. 425 . Compare Cameron v. Somerville, 285 Mass. 307 . … Slack v. Boston, 275 Mass. 187 . Beckwith v. Boylston, 284 Mass. 279 . Barton v. Boston, 301 Mass. 492 . Mello v. Peabody, 305 Mass. 373 . Cox v.

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Sullivan v. Massachusetts Catholic Order of Foresters

    302 Mass. 246 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 1, 1939

    The sum so paid was included in the monthly remittance from that court to the governing board of the order and was retained by the latter. “The act of receiving said remittance was the act of the defendant." … It is expressly affirmed in Carlson v. Supreme Council American Legion of Honor, 115 Cal. 466 ; Brown v. Knights of the Protected Ark, 43 Col. 289 ; Gifford v. Workmen’s Benefit Association, 105 Maine, 17; Chasson v.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Juozapaitis's Case

    335 Mass. 137 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 6, 1956

    In any event he was not harmed because the ruling of the board was made without prejudice. The board was not in error. Bursey’s Case, 325 Mass. 702 . … The decree must be reversed and the case remanded to *141 the Industrial Accident Board for further proceedings consistent with this opinion. Nelson’s Case, 217 Mass. 467 . Brown’s Case, 228 Mass. 31, 38 .

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Ex parte Liang Buck Chew

    296 F. 182 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Jun 12, 1923

    the powers of the boards of special inquiry. … Brown, J., Grayson v. Lynch, 163 U. S. 468, 477 , 16 Sup. Ct. 1064, 1068 ( 41 L. Ed. 230 ). See, also, to the same effect, Council v. St. L. & S. F. R. R., 123 Mo. App. 432 , 100 S. W. 57 , 61.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Spunt v. Charlesbank Laundry, Inc. (In re Charlesbank Laundry, Inc.)

    35 B.R. 756 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Jan 12, 1984

    Brown, 1968, 391 U.S. 471 , 88 S.Ct. 1759 , 20 L.Ed.2d 751 , or a breach of contract, Cramer v. … Apart from citing Reading Co. v. Brown, 1968, 391 U.S. 371 , 88 S.Ct. 1759 , 20 L.Ed.2d 751 , in oral argument, appellants did not raise their continuing tort theory before the Bankruptcy Court.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Meunier's Case

    319 Mass. 421 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 9, 1946

    Co. v. Commissioner of Insurance, 298 Mass. 161 . Boott Mills v. Board of Conciliation & Arbitration, 311 Mass. 223 . Burns v. Thomas Cook & Sons, Inc. 317 Mass. 398 . Interstate Commerce Commission v. … Ltd. v. Edwards, [1933] A. C. 28. See Richardson v. Redpath, Brown & Co. Ltd. [1944] A. C. 62.

    Cited 50 timesPublished
  • John Doe, Sex Offender Registry Board No. 10390 v. Sex Offender Registry Board.

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · Sep 17, 2024

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

    Cited 0 timesUnpublished
  • Ackermann v. President of the College of the Holy Cross

    16 Mass. L. Rptr. 108 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Apr 1, 2003

    GTE Products Corp. v. Stewart, 414 Mass. 721, 722-23 (1993); Packaging Indus. Group v. Cheney, 380 Mass. 609, 616-17 (1980). … Brown University, 135 F.3d 80, 83 (1st Cir. 1983); Dinu v. President Fellows of Harvard College, 56 F.Sup.2d 129, 130 (D.Mass. 1999).

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Spoor v. Spooner

    53 Mass. 281 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 15, 1847

    Tindal v. Brown, 1 T. R. 168. So also as to contracts where something is to be performed and the contract is silent on the subject, what is a reasonable time for its performance is held to be matter of law. Attwood v. … Hill v. Hobart, 4 Shepley, 164. Ellis v. Thompson, 3 Mees. & Welsb. 445.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • John Doe, Sex Offender Registry Board No. 178282 v. Sex Offender Registry Board.

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · Aug 23, 2024

    SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY BOARD. … No. 339940 v. Sex Offender Registry Bd., 488 Mass. 15, 30 (2021).

    Cited 0 timesUnpublished
  • John Doe, Sex Offender Registry Board No. 523735 v. Sex Offender Registry Board.

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · Aug 23, 2024

    SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY BOARD. … Doe therefore bears the "heavy burden of establishing that the [board's] decision was incorrect" (citation omitted). Doe, Sex Offender Registry Bd. No. 3177 v.

    Cited 0 timesUnpublished
  • VBenx Corp. v. Finnegan

    33 Mass. L. Rptr. 431 · Massachusetts Superior Court · May 27, 2016

    In Chervin v. Travelers Ins. … The court assumes that if the elements of a claim for malicious prosecution (which are essentially the same in Massachusetts and Delaware, see Alexander v.

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  • John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance v. Health, Welfare & Retirement Trust Funds Board

    341 Mass. 206 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 10, 1960

    Co. v. Health, Welfare & Retirement Trust Funds Bd., ante, p. 194.

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  • John Doe, Sex Offender Registry Board No. 132084 v. Sex Offender Registry Board.

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · Aug 13, 2024

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

    Cited 0 timesUnpublished
  • Robertson v. Commissioner of Civil Service

    259 Mass. 447 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 19, 1927

    Brown v. Russell, 166 Mass. 14, 25 . Attorney General v. Drohan, 169 Mass. 534 . Attorney General v. Trehy, 178 Mass. 186 . Attorney General v. Douglass, 195 Mass. 35 . Garvey v. Lowell, 199 Mass. 47 . … Attorney General v. Tillinghast, supra. Attorney General v. Andrew, 206 Mass. 46 .

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Campbell v. City Council of Lynn

    32 Mass. App. Ct. 152 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Feb 19, 1992

    Brown, J. This is a nimby — not in my backyard — case. … Authy. v. Board of Zoning Appeals of Fitchburg, 380 Mass. at 875 .

    Cited 7 timesPublished

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