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  • Town of Wellesley ex rel. Board of Selectmen v. Javamine, Inc.

    21 Mass. L. Rptr. 12 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Mar 14, 2006

    See especially Commissioner of Correction v. Superior Court, 446 Mass. 123, 124 (2006); Gordon & Son, Inc. v. Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission, 371 Mass. 584, 589 (1976) (authorities collected). See also Casey v. … See Christy’s Market, Inc. v.

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  • McEachern v. Inter-Country Adoption Board of the Republic of the Philippines

    62 F. Supp. 3d 187 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Nov 26, 2014

    See Semtek Int’l, Inc. v. Info. Satellite Sys., 2012 WL 831475 , at *5 (D.Mass. Mar. 9, 2012) (citing *191 Transaero, Inc. v. La Fuerza Aerea Boliviana, 30 F.3d 148, 153-54 (D.C.Cir.1994) (collecting cases)); Magness v. … Republic of Argentina v. Weltover, Inc., 504 U.S. 607, 614 , 112 S.Ct. 2160 , 119 L.Ed.2d 394 (1992) (emphasis in the original) (citation omitted).

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  • Miller v. Labor Relations Commission

    33 Mass. App. Ct. 404 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Oct 14, 1992

    The plaintiffs nine-year campaign contesting his denial of tenure by the Board of Regents of Higher Education (board), illustrates the wisdom of the Labor Relations Commission’s deadline for filing prohibited practice charges … NLRB v. Pennwoven, Inc., 194 F.2d 521, 526 (3d Cir. 1952) (Biggs, C.J., concurring). NLRB v. Brown & Root, Inc., 203 F.2d 139, 145 (8th Cir. 1953). In Lyons v.

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  • Richardson v. Winsor

    20 F. Cas. 726 · U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · May 15, 1871

    Christie v. Lewis, 2 Brod. & B. 410; Saville v. Campion, 2 Barn. & Ald. 510; Dean v. Hogg, 10 Bing. 345; Palmer v. Gracie [Case No. 10,692]; Hooe v. Groverman, 1 Cranch [5 U. S.] 214. … The Helene, Brown. & L. 415.

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  • Marrotta v. Suffolk County

    726 F. Supp. 2d 1 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Jul 29, 2010

    Suffolk County, No. 05-10032, and superior officers assigned to the Suffolk County House of Correction and the Suffolk County Jail, in Brown v. … See id.; cf Williams v.

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  • General Chemical v. Dept. of Envtl. Quality

    19 Mass. App. Ct. 287 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jan 31, 1985

    Chrysler Corp. v. Brown, 441 U.S. 281, 317-318 (1979). See also Dodge v. Prudential Ins. Co. of America, 343 Mass. 375, 381 (1961). … Brown, 441 U.S. 281 (1979), on remand, 611 F.2d 439 (3d Cir.1979). Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. Usery, 426 F. Supp. 150, 172 (D.D.C. 1976). Westinghouse Elec. Corp. v. Brown, 443 F. Supp. 1225 , 1234-1235 *293 (E.D.

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  • Umina v. Malbica

    27 Mass. App. Ct. 351 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · May 23, 1989

    Tazziz v. Tazziz, 26 Mass. App. Ct. at 814 . McCarron v. District Court, 671 P.2d 953 , 956 (Colo. 1983). Brown v. Brown, 195 Conn. 98, 109-110 (1985). Larsen v. Larsen, 5 Kan. App. 2d 284, 292 (1980). Breneman v. … App. 3d 884, 899-900 (1980); McCarron v. District Court, 671 P.2d 953 , 955 (Colo. 1983); Brown v. Brown, 195 Conn. 98, 107 (1985); Grynkewich v. McGinley, 3 Conn. App. 541, 543-544 (1985); Campbell v.

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  • Sanford v. Orient Insurance

    174 Mass. 416 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 20, 1899

    Browne, St. of Frauds, § 275. May, Ins. (3d ed.) § 23, 0, and cases there cited. Franklin Ins. Co. v. Colt, 20 Wall. 560 . It was also within the corporate powers of the defendant, as expressed in its charter. … . * Sanborn v. Fireman’s Ins. Co., ubi supra. Brown v. Franklin Ins. Co. 165 Mass. 565 . May, Ins. (3d ed.) §23, D. The contract, therefore, was such as the defendant had the power to make.

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  • Adams v. Peterson

    35 Mass. App. Ct. 782 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jan 14, 1994

    Brown, J. … Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank Commn., ante 546, 550 (1993) (Brown, J., concurring), quoting from Piccicuto v. Dwyer, 32 Mass. App. Ct. 137, 140 (1992). Judgment affirmed, with double costs of appeal. 1 See, e.g., Long v.

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  • The Reeside

    20 F. Cas. 458 · U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · May 15, 1837

    Ed.) p. 210, lect. 47; Id. 217; Eliot v. Rossell, 10 Johns. 1 . … Nichols) with great surprise, and produced an inquiry on his part, whether they were in good order, when taken on board. To which the reply of the mate was, that they were. But Capt.

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  • Russell v. First National Stores, Inc.

    12 Mass. App. Dec. 85 · Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · Oct 4, 1956

    He stated that the board had been on the floor for the 2 l/z years that he had been working in the store, and that the board was slightly darker, a deeper brown than the floor. … Winchester v. Missin, 278 Mass. 427 at 428 .

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  • Boynton v. Rees

    26 Mass. 528 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 15, 1830

    See Patterson v. Winn, 5 Peters, 241 ; 1 Baldw. 559 ; Colley v. Merrill, 6 Greenleaf, 55; Sackett v. Sackett, 8 Pick. 309 ; Sibley v. Williams, 3 Gill & Johns. 62; State v. Campbell, Charlton, 167. … See Revised Stat. c. 93, § 12; Haven v. Brown, 7 Greenleaf, 421; Wilson v. Slaughter, 3 J. J. Marshall, (Ken.) 595.

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  • Hammond's Case

    62 Mass. App. Ct. 684 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Dec 16, 2004

    Brown, J. The issue before the Department of Industrial Accidents and this court is whether the employee was engaged in a “purely voluntary” recreational activity when she was injured while skiing on March 13, 1999. … requirement that she be present at the mountain does not suggest that her participation in the skiing was anything other than purely voluntary. 4 The employee further argues that pursuant to this court’s decision in Frassa v.

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  • Major v. Holmes

    124 Mass. 108 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 6, 1878

    Williams v. Hayward, 117 Mass. 532 . Nourse v. … Penniman v. Vinton, 4 Mass. 276 . Carpenter v. King, 9 Met. 511 . Judgments affirmed,.

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  • Johnson Products, Inc. v. City Council of Medford

    353 Mass. 540 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 17, 1968

    See Cefalo v. Board of Appeal of Boston, 332 Mass. 178, 181 ; Adams v. Adams, 331 Mass. 354, 358 . … See MacDonald v. Board of Health of Braintree, 347 Mass. 76, 77-78 .

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  • Braga v. Braga

    314 Mass. 666 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 28, 1943

    For a violation of law, the “vessel with her tackle, apparel, and furniture, and the cargo, found on board her, shall be forfeited.” § 325. … Coe v. Coe, 313 Mass. 232, 234 . He had no rights in the earnings, for he had no beneficial interest in the vessel. He cannot avail himself of a defence that Brown might have made but did not make.

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  • Commissioner of Corporations & Taxation v. Flaherty

    306 Mass. 461 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 3, 1940

    Compare Whitney v. Tax Commission of New York, 309 U. S. 530 ; Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway v. Browning, 309 U. S. 651 . … Abatement is granted in the amount found by the board, together with interest and costs. Commissioner of Corporations & Taxation v. Morgan, ante, 305. So ordered.

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  • Inhabitants of West Springfield v. Mayo

    265 Mass. 41 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 21, 1928

    Brown v. Newburyport, 209 Mass. 259, 266 , and cases cited. … Lajoie v. Milliken, 242 Mass. 508, 523 .

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  • Kelleher v. Squires

    33 Mass. L. Rptr. 187 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Jan 26, 2016

    Halebian v. Berv, 457 Mass. 620, 626 (2010), quoting Harhen v. Brown, 431 Mass. 838, 844 (2000). … Pupecki v. James Madison Corp., 376 Mass. 212, 218 (1978); accord Harhen v. Brown, 431 Mass. 838, 844 (2000) (referring to such derivative actions as “demand excused” cases).

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  • Connolly's Case

    418 Mass. 848 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 16, 1994

    Sys. v. … Brown v.

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