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  • Brennan v. Civil Service Commission

    2 Mass. L. Rptr. 69 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Mar 31, 1994

    On February 13, 1989, plaintiffs Michael Brown (“Brown”) and Timothy Doherty (“Doherty”) began their employment as Somerville police officers. … Merisme v. Board of Appeals on Motor Vehicle Liab. Policies & Bds., 27 Mass.App.Ct. 470, 474 (1989); Faith Assembly of God v. State Bldg. Code Comm’n, 11 Mass.App.Ct. 333, 334 (1981), citing Almeida Bus Lines, Inc. v.

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  • Rambert v. Commonwealth

    389 Mass. 771 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 26, 1983

    City Council of Peabody v. Board of Appeals of Peabody, 360 Mass. 867, 867 (1971). … Belanger & Sons v. Joseph M. Concannon Corp., 333 Mass. 22, 25 (1955), quoting Brown v. Robinson, 275 Mass. 55, 57 (1931).

    Cited 29 timesPublished
  • Weitman v. Tutor

    24 Mass. L. Rptr. 343 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Aug 13, 2008

    Giammargo v. Snapple Beverage Corp., 1994 WL 672698 , *2 (Del.Ch. Nov. 15, 1994). … See G.L.c. 156D, §8.30; Harhen v. Brown, 431 Mass. 838, 845 (2000).

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  • Assessors of Everett v. Albert N. Parlin House, Inc.

    331 Mass. 359 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 13, 1954

    These are appeals by the board of assessors of Everett from decisions of the Appellate Tax Board granting abatements to Albert N. … This raises a question of law which was appropriately raised before the board, Choate v. Assessors of Boston, 304 Mass. 298 ; Assessors of Lancaster v.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Chase v. Aldermen

    119 Mass. 556 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 1, 1876

    Tewksbury v. County Commissioners, 117 Mass. 563 . Worcester & Nashua Railroad v. Railroad Commissioners, 118 Mass. 561. … The mere want of .railings or barriers for the protection and safety of public travel does not prevent the board from proceeding to assess the expenses. Whiting v. Mayor Aldermen of Boston, 106 Mass. 89 . 3.

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • Purvis v. Commissioner of Correction

    29 Mass. App. Ct. 190 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Aug 28, 1990

    Brown, J. We are once again presented with a challenge by a prisoner to the process by which he was transferred to a higher custody status. … Harlow v. Fitzgerald, 457 U.S. 800 , 818 & n.30 (1982). Duarte v. Healy, 405 Mass. 43, 47 (1989). The test is the “objective reasonableness” of the officials’ conduct. Harlow v. Fitzgerald, supra. See also Duarte v.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Dowd v. Iantosca

    27 Mass. App. Ct. 325 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · May 16, 1989

    As stated in H & M Associates v. El Centro, 109 Cal. App. 3d 399, 409 (1980), cited in Doliner v. Brown, 21 Mass. App. … See and compare Doliner v. Brown, 21 Mass. App.

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  • Bartlet v. King

    12 Mass. 537 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 15, 1815

    The action is for a legacy given by the will of Mary Morris, deceased, to the plaintiffs, in trust for The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, for the purpose of promoting the pious objects of said board … Will 141.—2 Ves., Jun., 580. 3 Brown's Cha. Rep. 171. Ibid., 517. Ibid., 12. Ambler, 422. Ibid., 524. 4 Ves.,Jun., 329. 2 L. Raym. 1312. 1 W. Black. 90. Vide Inglis vs.

    Cited 125 timesPublished
  • Pacific Mills v. Nichols

    31 F. Supp. 43 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Jan 26, 1939

    The plaintiff relies for support upon Routzahn v. Brown, 6 Cir., 95 F.2d 766, 771 . That was a case involving an estate tax. … Routzahn v. Brown, supra, was perhaps such a case since the new defense changed the character of the litigation. But the situation, presented by the case at bar, is quite different.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Alpert ex rel. National Labor Relations Board v. United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners

    143 F. Supp. 371 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Jul 12, 1956

    J., concurring, in Brown v. Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co., 9 Cir., 218 F.2d 542, 544 . … The recent decision of National Labor Relations Board v.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • O'Connor v. Bd. of Appeal of Bos.

    95 Mass. App. Ct. 1118 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jun 25, 2019

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  • Sevigny's Case

    337 Mass. 747 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 25, 1958

    In those cases 1 the opinions did not have probative value because the basic facts upon which they were based were either gratuitously assumed (see Brown v. United States Fid. & Guar. … These abstracts were expressly made a part of the record by order of the board. No question is raised as to their accuracy. See Bacon v. George, 216 Mass. 519, 520 ; Davis v.

    Cited 50 timesPublished
  • Zerofski's Case

    385 Mass. 590 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 18, 1982

    See, e.g., Pell v. … See, e.g., Brown’s Case, 334 Mass. 343 (1956) (heart attack caused by “extremely heavy workload” compensable); Pell v.

    Cited 42 timesPublished
  • MELITA PICCIOTTO & Others v. A. CLARISSA WRIGHT, CHAIR OF BOARD OF BAR OVERSEERS, & others

    Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 26, 2025

    Board of Bar Overseers. … See Callahan v. Board of Bar Overseers, 417 Mass. 516, 518-519 (1994).

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  • Montgomery v. Bd. of Selectmen of Nantucket

    482 Mass. 1106 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 27, 2019

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  • Manning v. Superintendent, Massachusetts Correctional Institution

    372 Mass. 387 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 13, 1977

    Both parties seek support from Brown v. Commissioner of Correction, 336 Mass. 718 (1958). … Finally, in Brown v.

    Disagreed with by Gardner v. Commissioner of Correction, 56 Mass. App. Ct. 31 (2002)Cited 31 timesPublished
  • Guaranty Security Corp. v. Northway Motors Corp.

    260 Mass. 169 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 24, 1927

    The real estate was conveyed to them merely to protect it from a sale by the minority board of directors. … See Boyd v. Brown, 17 Pick. 453 , 459; George v. Kimball, 24 Pick. 234 , 238.

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  • Massachusetts Board of Registration in Pharmacy v. Drug Assist Health Solutions, Inc.

    337 B.R. 5 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Jan 31, 2006

    The preliminary injunction enjoined Defendants, and specifically the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Pharmacy (“Board”), “from taking or continuing any act ... to enforce against Drug Assist Health Solutions, Inc. … Thereafter, the preliminary injunction will be void, and the revocation order of the Board will have full effect, unless it is stayed either by the Board itself or by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Fitch v. Bd. of Appeals of Concord

    482 Mass. 1102 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 9, 2019

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  • Jenkins v. Town of Pepperell

    18 Mass. App. Ct. 265 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jun 14, 1984

    See Parmenter v. Board of Appeals of Grafton, 360 Mass. 852 (1971). … See Beechwood Acres, Inc. v. Hamilton, 350 Mass. 655, 658-659 (1966). See also Maki v. Yarmouth, 340 Mass. 207, 211 (1960); Farrugia v. Board of Appeals of Marshfield, 14 Mass. App. Ct. 720, 721-722 (1982); Fogelman v.

    Cited 3 timesPublished

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