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  • Hadge v. Bd. of Registration of Real Estate Appraisers

    93 Mass. App. Ct. 1119 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jul 16, 2018

    Here, Hadge has the burden to establish the invalidity of the board's decision. See Gauthier v. Director of the Office of Medicaid , 80 Mass. App. Ct. 777 , 783 (2011). … We may only interfere with the board's exercise of its broad discretion on a showing of extraordinary circumstances. See Lawless v. Board of Registration in Pharmacy , 466 Mass. 1010 , 1012 (2013). 5. Discussion .

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  • Murphy v. Metropolitan National Bank

    191 Mass. 159 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 5, 1906

    Robertson v. Coleman, 141 Mass. 231 . Dunbar v. Boston Providence Railroad, 110 Mass. 26 . Metzger v. Franklin Bank, 119 Ind. 359 . Crippen v. American National Bank, 51 Mo. App. 508 . Meridian National *163 Bank v. … Danvers Bank v.

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  • Warburton v. City of Quincy

    309 Mass. 111 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 26, 1941

    Brown v. Nahant, 213 Mass. 271, 274 . … The fact that under the defendant’s charter the school committee is a department or board within the meaning of G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 43 (see Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway v.

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  • Matthews

    27 Mass. App. Ct. 12 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Feb 17, 1989

    Brown, J. The claimant (widow of the employee) has appealed from the reviewing board’s decision affirming the single member’s decision, which had rejected the applicability of G. … This court went on to say: “Because there is nothing pending before the board . . . and because resolution of the question requires no expertise peculiar to the board . . . , we decide the appeal.”

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  • State Cinema of Pittsfield, Inc. v. Ryan

    303 F. Supp. 579 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Sep 12, 1969

    Bantam Books, Inc. v. Sullivan, 372 U.S. 58 , 83 S.Ct. 631 , 9 L.Ed.2d 584 (1959); HMH Publishing Co. v. Garrett, 151 F.Supp. 903 (N.D.Ind.1957); New American Library of World Literature v. … Allen, 114 F.Supp. 823 (N.D.Ohio, 1953); American Mercury, Inc. v. Chase, 13 F.2d 224 (D.Mass.1926).

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  • Blake v. Friendly Ice Cream Corp.

    21 Mass. L. Rptr. 131 · Massachusetts Superior Court · May 24, 2006

    Harhen v. Brown, 431 Mass. 838, 845 (2000). … Harhen v. Brown, 431 Mass. at 843 .

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  • Kurker v. Hell

    44 Mass. App. Ct. 184 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jan 22, 1998

    At the first meeting, Washak was removed from the board of directors, and the sisters were elected to the board. … Corp. v. Kinmont Indus., Inc., 955 F.2d 94, 98 (1st Cir. 1992); Payton v. Abbott Labs., 512 F. Supp. 1031, 1034-1035 (D. Mass. 1981); Norman v. Brown, Todd & Heyburn, 693 F. Supp. 1259, 1264 (D. Mass. 1988).

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  • City of Worcester v. Quinn

    304 Mass. 276 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 9, 1939

    Phelps v. Board of Education of West New York, 300 U. S. 319 . Dodge v. Board of Education of Chicago, 302 U. S. 74 . … Richardson v. Brown, 260 Mass. 509 . Stoneman v. Boston, 263 Mass. 255 . McLaughlin v. Exchange Trust Co. 272 Mass. 158 . Carey v. Fitzpatrick, 301 Mass. 525 . Judgment for the defendant.

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  • Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. v. Gove

    303 Mass. 1 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 12, 1939

    He had “general supervision and control” over the advertising in the absence of specific direction by the board of directors. Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. v. Gove, 298 Mass. 53, 64 . … Brown v. Weymouth, 36 Maine, 414. Taylor v. Taylor, 74 Maine, 582, 584-585. Blackwell v. Saddleback Lumber Co. 129 Maine, 270, 275. See Cashin v. Corporation Finance Co. 251 Mass. 60 .

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  • 92 Montvale, LLC v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Stoneham

    93 Mass. App. Ct. 1104 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Mar 30, 2018

    Ct. 539 , 543-544 (2014), but we remain "highly deferential" to a board's interpretation of its own ordinances. Grady v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Peabody , 465 Mass. 725 , 729 (2013) (quotation omitted). 1. … The board was entitled to reject Montvale's proposed alternate definitions of "flashing." See Davis v. Zoning Bd. of Chatham , 52 Mass. App. Ct. 349 , 356 n.11 (2001), quoting from Conservation Commn. of Falmouth v.

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  • In Re Mutual Life Ins. of New York Premium Litig.

    295 F. Supp. 2d 140 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Nov 17, 2003

    See Siegel v. Levy Org. Dev. … See Robinson v.

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  • Associated General Contractors v. Boston District Council

    642 F. Supp. 1435 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Aug 25, 1986

    Isaac v. Schwartz, 1 Cir.1983, 706 F.2d 15 ; A. Musto Co., Inc. v. Satran, D.Mass.1979, 477 F.Supp. 1172 . … Brown v. Sterling Aluminum Products Corp., 8 Cir.1966, 365 F.2d 651 . III.

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  • Slome v. Chief of Police of Fitchburg

    304 Mass. 187 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 26, 1939

    Commonwealth v. Crane, 162 Mass. 506 . Commonwealth v. Libbey, 216 Mass. 356 . Commonwealth v. Reilly, 248 Mass. 1 . Commonwealth v. Brown, 302 Mass. 523 . Corn Products Refining Co. v. Eddy, 249 U. S. 427 . … Packer Corp. v. Utah, 285 U. S. 105 . Semler v. Oregon State Board of Dental Examiners, 294 U. S. 608 . National Fertilizer Association Inc. v. Bradley, 301 U. S. 178 .

    Declined to follow by Alabama Independent Service Station Ass'n v. McDowell, 242 Ala. 424 (1942)Cited 44 timesPublished
  • Bloom v. School Committee of Springfield

    376 Mass. 35 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 20, 1978

    Board of Education v. … Quinton, 362 P.2d 932 (Alas. 1961), appeal dismissed, 368 U.S. 517 (1962); State v. Brown, 36 Del. 181 (1934); Spears v. Honda, 51 Haw. 103 (1969); Epeldi v.

    Cited 29 timesPublished
  • O'Connor v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Dennis

    92 Mass. App. Ct. 1112 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Nov 2, 2017

    In Tsagronis v. Board of Appeals of Wareham , 33 Mass. App. Ct. 55 , 60-62 (1992), S . … Rourke v. Rothman , 448 Mass. at 195 .

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  • Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Woburn v. Hous. Appeals Comm.

    92 Mass. App. Ct. 1115 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Nov 21, 2017

    Board of Appeals of Woburn v. Housing Appeals Comm ., 66 Mass. App. Ct. 1109 (2006). … "The board's power to disapprove a comprehensive permit, like its power to impose conditions in issuing a comprehensive permit, Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Amesbury v.

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  • Commonwealth v. Lugo

    482 Mass. 94 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 24, 2019

    See Commonwealth v. … See Commonwealth v.

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  • Reynolds v. Park Trust Co.

    245 Mass. 440 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 26, 1923

    Pierce v. O’ Brien, supra. Gately v. Kappler, 209 Mass. 426, 431 . Cohen v. Levy, 221 Mass. 336, 339 . … The transaction was not void, as in Murphy v. Barnard . In Strong v.

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  • Marshall v. Pettingell-Andrews Co.

    153 F. 579 · U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · May 7, 1907

    Cabot, secretary of the Boston Board of Fire Underwriters, and chairman of the Electrical Committee of the National Board of Fire Underwriters, testified as follows: “Int. … Waterman Co. v. Johnson [C. C.] 123 Fed. 303, 305 ) and of the Circuit Court of the Second Circuit (L. E. Waterman v. Forsyth [C. C.] 121 Fed. 103 ). So, in Perry v. Revere Rubber Co., 103 Fed. 314, 315 , 43 C. C.

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  • Vale v. Valchuis

    471 Mass. 495 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 22, 2015

    Crihfield v. Brown, 224 W. Va. 407, 412 (2009). See, e.g., Brown v. Engstrom, 89 Cal. App. 3d 513, 523 (1979); Cabus v. Dairyland Ins. Co., 656 P.2d 54, 56 (Colo. Ct. App. 1982); Juhasz v. … See Norfleet v. Safeway Ins. Co., 144 Ill. App. 3d 838, 842 (1986) ("in our view, the appointment of a partial board of arbitrators cannot logically constitute 'initiation' of arbitration proceedings.

    Cited 1 timesPublished

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