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  • Hershkoff v. Bd. of Registrars of Voters of Worcester

    366 Mass. 570 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 31, 1974

    See Cohen v. Board of Registration in Pharmacy, 350 Mass. 246, 253 (1966). … White v. Whatley, 415 U. S. 934 (1974); Ballas v. Symm, 494 F. 2d 1167 (5th Cir. 1974); Anderson v. Brown, 332 F. Supp. 1195 (S. D. Ohio 1971); Bright v. Baesler, 336 F. Supp. 527 (E. D. Ky. 1971); Newburger v.

    Cited 30 timesPublished
  • Edge Moor Bridge Works v. County of Bristol

    170 Mass. 528 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 28, 1898

    In Lyman v. … See Dunham v. Boston, 12 Allen, 375 ; Water Commissioners v. Brown, 3 Vroom, 504 , 510.

    Cited 42 timesPublished
  • John Doe, Sex Offender Registry Board No. 375532 v. Sex Offender Registry Board.

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jul 14, 2023

    SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY BOARD. … No. 68549 v.

    Cited 0 timesUnpublished
  • Care One Management, LLC v. Gloria Brown.

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · Mar 5, 2024

    GLORIA BROWN. … McMenimen v. Passatempo, 452 Mass. 178, 189 (2008).

    Cited 0 timesUnpublished
  • Goldstein v. Board of Registration of Real Estate Brokers & Salesmen

    3 Mass. L. Rptr. 576 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Apr 27, 1995

    Pederson v. Time, Inc., 404 Mass. 14, 16-17 (1989). … Greater Boston Real Estate Board v. Board of Registration of Real Estate Brokers & Salesmen, 405 Mass. 360, 363 (1989). If statutory language is clear, it must be given its plain and ordinary meaning. Nationwide Mut.

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  • Town of Randolph v. Roberts

    346 Mass. 578 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 3, 1964

    Since February 16, 1960, the trustees have paid the defendant Roberts $30 monthly for her support, room, and board, thereby diminishing the obligation of the town from $206 to $176 a month. See G. … Garvey v. Garvey, 150 *580 Mass. 185,187. Brown v. Lumbert, 221 Mass. 419, 420-421 . Corkery v. Dorsey, 223 Mass. 97, 101 . Wright v. Blinn, 225 Mass. 146, 148 . Her creditors would have no greater rights.

    Cited 14 timesPublished
  • King v. Board of Appeals of Motor Vehicle Liability Policies & Bonds

    29 Mass. L. Rptr. 619 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Aug 25, 2011

    Coggin v. Massachusetts Parole Bd., 42 Mass.App.Ct. 584, 587 (1997), citing Merisme v. Board of Appeals on Motor Vehicle Liab. Policies & Bonds, 27 Mass.App.Ct. 470, 474 (1989). … Id., citing Commonwealth v.

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  • Karalekas v. Board of Registration in Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology

    1 Mass. L. Rptr. 539 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Feb 22, 1994

    The plaintiff acknowledges that courts defer to agencies’ interpretations of their own regulations, Boston Police Superior Officers Federation v. … Boston, 414 Mass. 458, 462 (1993), but she urges that agency interpretations that contradict or exceed their governing statutes are void, Boston Neighborhood Taxi Association v.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Sisson v. City of New Bedford

    137 Mass. 255 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 23, 1884

    Callender v. Marsh, 1 Pick. 418 . Brown v. Lowell, 8 Met. 172 . Mitchell v. Bridgewater, 10 Cush. 411 . Burr v. Leicester, 121 Mass. 241 . *257 By the Rev. … In Brown v.

    Cited 17 timesPublished
  • John Doe, Sex Offender Registry Board No. 187531 v. Sex Offender Registry Board.

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · Feb 17, 2023

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

    Cited 0 timesUnpublished
  • Cast Iron Soil Pipe Institute v. Board of State Examiners of Plumbers & Gas Fitters

    8 Mass. App. Ct. 575 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Oct 31, 1979

    Brown, J. … Natick Trust Co. v. Board of Bank Incorporation, 337 Mass. 615, 617 (1958). City Bank & Trust Co. v. Board of Bank Incorporation, 346 Mass. 29, 32 (1963). Dixie’s Bar, Inc. v.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Taunton v. TAUNTON BRANCH OF MASS POLICE ASS'N

    10 Mass. App. Ct. 237 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jul 11, 1980

    Present: BROWN, GREANEY, & DREBEN, JJ. Mark G. Kaplan ( Richard L. Alfred with him) for the defendant. Ellen C. Kearns for the plaintiff. BROWN, J. … On July 26, 1976, the Board of Conciliation and Arbitration (board) appointed a "fact finder" to resolve the impasse. G.L.c. 150E, § 9, inserted by St. 1973, c. 1078, § 2.

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Spain v. Oikemus

    278 Mass. 544 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 28, 1932

    Hutchinson v. H. E. Shaw Co. 273 Mass. 51 , and cases collected. Quinn v. Miller, 267 Mass. 84 . Durling v. Lamontain, 277 Mass. 517 . McGuiggan v. Atkinson, ante, 264. McSorley v. Risdon, ante, 415. … Lonergan v. American Railway Express Co. 250 Mass. 30, 35 . Hennessey v. Moynihan, 272 Mass. 165 . Brown v. Daley, 273 Mass. 432, 434-435 . Exceptions overruled.

    Cited 14 timesPublished
  • John Doe, Sex Offender Registry Board No. 523875 v. Sex Offender Registry Board.

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · Apr 28, 2023

    SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY BOARD. … No. 3177 v.

    Cited 0 timesUnpublished
  • Mt. Holyoke Realty Corp. v. Holyoke Realty Corp.

    292 Mass. 332 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 31, 1935

    Subsequently the plaintiff. removed electric light fixtures, painted over the skylight, and boarded up certain windows which afforded some light to the halls and stairway. … Prescott v. White, 21 Pick. 341 , 343. Brown v. Stone, 10 Gray, 61 , 65. Codman v. Evans, 5 Allen, 308 , 310. Churchill v. Harris, 257 Mass. 499, 502 .

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Ex parte Hubbard

    182 F. 76 · U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · Oct 3, 1910

    On November 11,1907, he was driven from home by the cruel treatment of his father, and applied for help to the State Board of Charity — the legal successor of the State Board of Lunacy and Charity. … This soldier has blue eyes, light brown hair, fair complexion; is 5 feet 4¾ inches high. “[Signed] James D. Fife, “Capt. Med. Dept. U. S. A. “Recruiting Officer.”

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Strout v. United Shoe Machinery Co.

    202 F. 602 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Jan 31, 1913

    , to be elected treasurer of the Goddu Sons Metal Fastening Company,- and a part of its own directors, including the defendant Hurd, to be elected as the entire board of directors of the Goddu Sons Metal Fastening Company … Swift v. United States, 196 U. S. 375, 396 , 25 Sup. Ct. 276, 49 L. Ed. 518 ; United States v. American Tobacco Co., 221 U. S. 106, 184 , 31 Sup. Ct. 632, 55 L. Ed. 663 .

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Fox v. Commissioner of Revenue

    51 Mass. App. Ct. 336 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Apr 12, 2001

    Board of Assessors of Gloucester, 385 Mass. 724, 731 (1982); Rabinovitz v. … Compare Board of Appeals of Maynard v.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Main v. County of Plymouth

    223 Mass. 66 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 1, 1916

    Great Barrington v. Gibbons, 199 Mass. 527, 529 . Paszkowski v. Stony Brook Paper Co. 210 Mass. 86, 89 . Shawmut Commercial Paper Co. v. Brigham, 211 Mass. 72, 74 . E. V. Grabill & G. … They stand on the same footing as ordinary actions at law or other antagonistic procedure involving the validity or discretionary conduct of public officers and boards. See Sears v.

    Cited 38 timesPublished
  • Johnson's Case

    318 Mass. 741 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 3, 1945

    Young v. Duncan, 218 Mass. 346, 349 . Slavinsky v. National Bottling Torah Co. *747 267 Mass. 319, 321 . … But it is also settled that, in construing a statute, its words must be given their plain and ordinary meaning according to the approved usage of language, Brown v. Robinson, 275 Mass. 55 ; Dascalakis v.

    Cited 41 timesPublished

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