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  • Coe v. Coe

    313 Mass. 232 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 23, 1943

    But it was said in Brown v. … See Burrows v. Purple, 107 Mass. 428, 435 ; Smith v. Smith, 190 Mass. 573, 575 ; Brown v. Brown, 222 Mass. 415, 416, 418 ; Commonwealth v. Whiston, 306 Mass. 65, 66 .

    Cited 72 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Hogan

    17 Mass. App. Ct. 186 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Dec 6, 1983

    Present: BROWN, PERRETTA, & SMITH, JJ. Daniel E. Callahan for the defendant. Dyanne Klein Polatin, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth. SMITH, J. … BROWN, J. (concurring in result).

    Cited 15 timesPublished
  • Arthur D. Little, Inc. v. East Cambridge Savings Bank

    35 Mass. App. Ct. 734 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jan 13, 1994

    Compare Lewis v. Emerson, 391 Mass. 517, 519-520 (1984) (separate document requirement met where “judgment” portion of findings and rulings was visually distinct); Brown v. Quinn, 27 Mass. App. … Tausevich v. Board of Appeals of Stoughton, 402 Mass. 146, 148 (1988). Cf. Olsen v. Olsen, 294 Mass. 507, 508 (1936).

    Cited 39 timesPublished
  • TIMOTHY BURKE, Trustee v. ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS OF DENNIS.

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · Aug 19, 2025

    See Leominster Materials Corp. v. Board of Appeals of Leominster, 42 Mass. App. Ct. 458, 461 (1997) ("court cannot read into the ordinance an unexpressed exception"). … See Warren v. Board of Appeals of Amherst, 383 Mass. 1, 9 (1981), citing Charter v.

    Cited 0 timesUnpublished
  • Commonwealth v. Martin

    358 Mass. 282 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 3, 1970

    and disguised; breaking and entering the dwelling house of Brown in the nighttime while armed, with the intent to commit a felony, and assault on Brown; and assault and battery on Brown. … Lolos v. Berlin, 338 Mass. 10, 13-14 . The evidence tending to prove that the defendant was one of the two persons who robbed Brown was in very large part circumstantial.

    Cited 34 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Fluker

    377 Mass. 123 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 18, 1979

    Commonwealth v. Greene, supra at 520 . In Commonwealth v. … Commonwealth v. Collins, supra at 599 . Commonwealth v. Rodriguez, supra at 690-691. Commonwealth v. Ramey, 368 Mass. 109, 113-114 (1975). Commonwealth v. Benders, 361 Mass. 704, 707 (1972). Cf. Cupp v.

    Cited 73 timesPublished
  • Akara v. Ryan

    270 F. Supp. 3d 423 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Sep 11, 2017

    Philip Gadsden (“Gadsden”) boarded the same train car and sat near the rear door, near where Akara and Green were standing. … Roden, 733 F.3d 18, 23 (1st Cir. 2013) (quoting Brown v. O’Brien, 666 F.3d 818 , 822 n.3 (1st Cir. 2012).

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Mendonca v. Immigration & Naturalization Service

    52 F. Supp. 2d 155 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Jan 13, 1999

    The Board rejected Mr. … Azubuko v. Board of Trustees, No. C.A. 97- 628 ML, 1998 WL 686741, at *2 (D.R.I. Sept. 17, 1998) (citing Gooley v. Mobil Oil Corp., 851 F.2d 513, 514 (1st Cir.1988)). Mrs.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Thornton v. Kaye, Fialkow, Richmond & Rothstein

    7 Mass. L. Rptr. 419 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Jul 2, 1997

    Inc., a Delaware Corporation, Richard Libbey, and Richard Brown (Adoks plaintiffs) filed an action against Thornton and a number of other parties, Adoks A. S., Inc. et al. v. Van Gazda, Inc. et al. … In Coffey v.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Walters

    479 Mass. 277 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 4, 2017

    He also argues that his sentence was illegal because the resentencing judge did not properly apply our holding in Brown v. … Ct. 31 , 34-35, 775 N.E.2d 426 (2002) ( Brown and Manning v. Superintendent, Mass.

    Cited 18 timesPublished
  • McAuliffe & Burke Co. v. Boston Housing Authority

    334 Mass. 28 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 2, 1956

    The extent and the necessity for a taking rest in the sound discretion of the board to which the subject has been entrusted, Talbot v. Hudson, 16 Gray, 417 ; Lynch v. Forbes, 161 Mass. 302 ; Boston v. … Ward Co. v. Street Commissioners of Boston, 217 Mass. 381 . Lajoie v. Lowell, 214 Mass. 8 . Brown v. Peabody, 228 Mass. 52 . Breckwood Real Estate Co. v. Springfield, 258 Mass. 111 . Radway v.

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Essex Regional Retirement Board v. Justices of the Salem Division of the District Court Dept.

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jul 12, 2017

    The board timely appealed. Discussion. … Commn. v. Bettencourt, 474 Mass. 60, 77 (2016). The board determined that "Swallow [is] entitled to a return of his accumulated total deductions, less any accrued interest."

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Town of Dartmouth v. Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School District

    461 Mass. 366 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 24, 2012

    Dist. v. Salem, 393 Mass. 354, 359 (1984). See Haffner v. Director of Pub. Safety of Lawrence, 329 Mass. 709, 714 (1953), quoting Brown v. … Auth. v. Auditor of the Commonwealth, supra at 792-793; Clean Harbors of Braintree, Inc. v. Board of Health of Braintree, supra at 879. Neither Dartmouth nor Fairhaven has raised such an allegation.

    Cited 38 timesPublished
  • Towle v. Kettell

    59 Allen 18 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 15, 1849

    In the case of Brown v. … When the vessel arrived at cape Haytien, there being sickness on board, she was moved by the proper authority from her anchorage and put into quarantine.

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  • In re Mulligan

    116 F. 715 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Aug 1, 1902

    Merchants’ Bank v. School Dist., 36 C. C. A. 432 , 94 Fed. 705 ; Commissioners v. Wilkinson, 119 Mich. 655 , 78 N. W. 893 , 44 L. R. A. 493; Bank v. Weems, 69 Tex. 489 , 6 S. W. 802 , 5 Am. St. Rep. 85 . See Bank v. … Ed. 696 ; Gianella v. Momsen, 90 Wis. 476 , 63 N. W. 1018 ; Byrne v. Byrne, 113 Cal. 294 ; Ferchen v. Arndt, 26 Or. 121 , 37 Pac. 161 , 29 L. R. A. 664, 46 Am. St. Rep. 603 ; Arbuckle v.

    Cited 25 timesPublished
  • ELLEN MOYNIHAN v. CONTRIBUTORY RETIREMENT APPEAL BOARD & Another.

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · May 28, 2024

    She then appealed DALA's decision to the Contributory Retirement Appeal Board (CRAB), which also affirmed the MTRS ruling. … Lydon v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Bd., 101 Mass. App. Ct. 365, 366-367 (2022), quoting Murphy v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Bd., 463 Mass. 333, 344 (2012).

    Cited 0 timesUnpublished
  • Executive Board of Local 403 of the International Brotherhood of Police Officers v. Barrett

    9 Mass. L. Rptr. 212 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Oct 29, 1998

    New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, supra. In Gertz v. … Gertz , at 342, Lyons v. New Mass.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Gray Ex Rel. Dehon, Inc. v. Barnett (In Re Dehon, Inc.)

    334 B.R. 71 · United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · Oct 5, 2005

    Brown, Jerome H. Grossman, M.D., Pamela W. McNamara, Arno A. Penzias, and Gerhard Schulmeyer’s Motion to Dismiss” (the “Motion to Dismiss”) the complaint filed against them by the Plan Administrator of Dehon, Inc. … In the present adversary proceeding, the Plan Administrator seeks recovery against former members of the Debtor’s Board of Directors, including defendant McNamara, on several theories arising under various state and federal

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Rooney v. Town of Groton

    577 F. Supp. 2d 513 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Sep 23, 2008

    Board adopted the new FLSA standards. … See also Shockley v.

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Fitzgerald v. Beckwith

    182 Mass. 177 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 30, 1902

    Brown, trustee. Mr. Brown died in the spring of 1897 and the defendant was appointed his successor in the trust. … The defendant relies upon Murphy v. Barnard, 162 Mass. 72 , Biggerstaff v. Marston, 161 Mass. 101 , and Baxter v. Little, 6 Met. 7 .

    Cited 7 timesPublished

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