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  • Greco v. SUFFOLK DIV. OF PROBATE & FAMILY COURT DEPT

    418 Mass. 153 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 1, 1994

    Delisle v. Commonwealth, 416 Mass. 359, 360 (1993). Rogan v. Commonwealth, 415 Mass. 376, 378 (1993). There was no abuse or error. … Pandey v. Superior Court, 412 Mass. 1001, 1001-1002 (1992); Brown v. Chicopee Fire Fighters Ass'n, Local 1710, 408 Mass 1003, 1003-1004 (1990). Here, the plaintiff had such a remedy in the trial court.

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  • Foster v. Bowen

    311 Mass. 359 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 2, 1942

    Pinkham Medicine Co. v. Gove, 303 Mass. 1, 4-6 , and in Daniels v. Briggs, 279 Mass. 87 . See also Sagalyn v. … Hathaway v. Huntley, 284 Mass. 587, 591 . Brown v. Little, Brown & Co. (Inc.) 269 Mass. 102, 117 . Spiegel v. Beacon Participations, Inc. 297 Mass. 398, 411 , and cases cited.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Brooks v. Byam

    4 F. Cas. 261 · U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · Oct 15, 1843

    It is upon the like reaso'n, that the case of Ards v. Watkin, Cro. Eliz. 637, 651, is there attempted to be supported. In Ewer v. … “Apportionment,” B, § 19, and reported as the case of Morse v.

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  • In re Brown

    427 Mass. 146 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 24, 1998

    ment in the case of Edwards v. … The Justice again points to Liteky v.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Mahar

    21 Mass. App. Ct. 307 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Dec 24, 1985

    Defense counsel attempted, unsuccessfully, to get the victim to testify that the defendant’s eyes were not brown, as she had testified, but hazel. … On cross-examination, the defendant’s trial counsel established that the color of the defendant’s eyes was hazel, and not brown, as the victim had originally reported.

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  • Brocklehurst & Potter Co. v. Marsch

    225 Mass. 3 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 13, 1916

    Said board of arbitration shall be composed of said Marsch and two disinterested members who have a practical knowledge of such work as has been performed; said arbitrators to be appointed, one by a committee of two representing … Crafts v. Belden, 99 Mass. 535 . Morse v. Hutchins, 102 Mass. 439 . Whitside v. Brawley, 152 Mass. 133 . Brown v. Sallinger, 214 Mass. 245 .

    Cited 32 timesPublished
  • TONY RODRIGUES v. ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS OF BROCKTON & Another.

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · May 14, 2025

    Marashlian, supra, citing Circle Lounge & Grille, Inc. v. Board of Appeal of Boston, 324 Mass. 427, 430 (1949). … See Murchison v.

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  • Robinson v. Marshfield

    Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 15, 2026

    See DaPrato v. … See Dartt v. Browning-Ferris Indus., Inc. (Mass.), 427 Mass. 1, 17 (1998). See also Haddad, 455 Mass. at 107.

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  • Bennett v. Murphy

    166 F. Supp. 3d 128 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Feb 26, 2016

    See Board of Regents of State Colls. v. Roth, 408 U.S. 564, 570-71 , 92 S.Ct. 2701 , 33 L.Ed.2d 548 (1972). … v.

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  • Commonwealth v. McGhee

    470 Mass. 638 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 13, 2015

    He grabbed Brown's arm and forced Brown toward the ATM. Brown withdrew twenty dollars and gave it to the coventurer, who told Brown to "get back in there" and to give him one hundred dollars. … See Commonwealth v. Beneche, 458 Mass. at 78, quoting Commonwealth v. Brown, 364 Mass. 471, 476 (1973). See also Commonwealth v. Ray, 467 Mass. at 138-139.

    Cited 18 timesPublished
  • Doe v. Brandeis University

    177 F. Supp. 3d 561 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Mar 31, 2016

    See, e.g., Mangla v. Brown Univ., 135 F.3d 80, 83 (1st Cir.1998) (“The student-college relationship is essentially contractual in nature. … See Driscoll v. Board of Trs. of Milton Acad., 70 Mass.App.Ct. 285, 295, 873 N.E.2d 1177 (2007).

    Cited 59 timesPublished
  • Town of Mansfield v. GAF Corp.

    5 Mass. App. Ct. 551 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jul 27, 1977

    Brown, J. … The board of arbitrators denied the claims of the plaintiff and of Westcott, and on December 11, 1974, a judge of the Superior Court confirmed the arbitration award. 1.

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  • Board of Trustees of the Old Stone Bridge Acres Condominium Trust v. Longview Realty Trust

    23 Mass. L. Rptr. 449 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Jan 28, 2008

    Sullivan v. Chief Justice for Administration & Management of the Trial Court, 448 Mass. 15, 21 (2007), citing Planning Board of Marshfield v. Zoning Board of Appeals of Pembroke, 427 Mass. 699, 703 (1998). … Id., quoting Slama v. Attorney General, 384 Mass. 620, 624 (1981).

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  • Tellefsen v. Fee

    168 Mass. 188 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 23, 1897

    Clark v. Woods, 2 Exch. 395. Pearce v. Atwood, 13 Mass. 324 . Eames v. Johnson, 4 Allen, 382 . Thurston v. Adams, 41 Maine, 419. Harwood v. Siphers, 70 Maine, 464. Brown v. Howard , 86 Maine, 342. Rosen v. … Crepps v. Durden, Cowp. 640. Brown v. Compton, 8 T. R. 424. Watson v. Bodell, 14 M. & W. 57.

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  • Old Rochester Regional Teacher's Club v. Old Rochester Regional School District

    18 Mass. App. Ct. 117 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · May 11, 1984

    Brown, J. … Co. v. Teradyne, Inc., 15 Mass. App. Ct. 571, 573 (1983); J & G Constr. Co. v. Joseph E. Bennett Co., 16 Mass. App. Ct. 629, 630 (1983).

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Wright v. Herrick

    125 Mass. 154 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 30, 1878

    It was held in Lord v. … In that case several attachments were made in suits against John Brown alone, and a fourth attachment was made upon the same goods against John Brown and Aaron Brown as copartners.

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  • Edwards v. City of Boston

    408 Mass. 643 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 21, 1990

    Brown v. Lowell, 8 Met. 172 , 174 (1844). See Emerson College v. Boston, 393 Mass. 303, 307-309 (1984). We need not attempt to infer the legislative intent behind G. … See Belin v.

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  • City of Boston v. Santosuosso

    298 Mass. 175 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 16, 1937

    Billings v. Mann, 156 Mass. 203, 204 . This court said in Wilkinson v. … The case of Waters v.

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  • Bennett v. Browne

    290 Mass. 84 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 28, 1935

    Browne & Co., Trustees.” It is expressly found that the trustees were the purchasers of, and the debtors for, the materials for which the plaintiffs seek payment. B. B. Noyes Co. v. Ballard, 253 Mass. 340 . … Browne Company, and that meant Browne as an individual, as the bill and the argument for the plaintiffs admit.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Crowe

    21 Mass. App. Ct. 456 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jan 22, 1986

    Both Crews and Brown are among the progeny of Wong Sun v. … See Johnson v. Louisiana, 406 U.S. 356, 365 (1972). Thus, Brown v. Illinois had no application. 9 See Commonwealth v. Hine, 393 Mass. 564 ,569- *465 570 (1984).

    Cited 35 timesPublished

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