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  • Chalifoux v. Commissioner of Correction

    375 Mass. 424 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 19, 1978

    Brown v. Commissioner of Correction, 336 Mass. 718, 721 (1958). Lewis v. Commonwealth, 329 Mass. 445 , *428 448 (1952). Cf. Manning v. Superintendent, Mass. … See Nelson v. George, 399 U.S. 224, 229 (1970).

    Cited 48 timesPublished
  • Hopkinson v. First National Bank of Provincetown

    293 Mass. 570 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 26, 1936

    The writing spoke of the lot to be conveyed as "woodland formerly Elisha Brown.” … Hurley v. Brown, 98 Mass. 545 . Mead v. Parker, 115 Mass. 413 . Ryder v. Loomis, 161 Mass. 161 . Howe v. Watson, 179 Mass. 30, 39 . Nickerson v. Weld, 204 Mass. 346 , 354 et seq. Danforth v. Chandler, 237 Mass. 518 .

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Savage

    430 Mass. 341 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 4, 1999

    See Commonwealth v. … See Commonwealth v. Gullick, 386 Mass. 278, 282-283 (1982). See also Commonwealth v. Harris, 11 Mass. App. Ct. 165, 169-170 (1981). In Commonwealth v.

    Cited 17 timesPublished
  • Therrien v. Hamilton

    881 F. Supp. 76 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Mar 24, 1995

    Franchise Tax Board v. Construction Laborers Vacation Trust, supra 463 U.S. at 22 , 103 S.Ct. at 2852 . … Quoting Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Thompson, 478 U.S. 804 , 106 S.Ct. 3229 , 92 L.Ed.2d 650 (1986), and, in turn, quoting Franchise Tax Board v.

    Cited 17 timesPublished
  • Foster, Hall & Adams Co. v. Sayles

    213 Mass. 319 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 28, 1913

    See Hayes v. Harmony Grove Cemetery, 108 Mass. 400 , and cases cited; Conley v. Finn, 171 Mass. 70 ; Martin v. Hamlin, 176 Mass. 180 ; Close v. Martin, 208 Mass. 236 . … Martin v. Hamlin, 176 Mass. 180 . 1.

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Kushner v. McGinnis

    289 Mass. 326 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 29, 1935

    The boards forming the chute or slide were kept highly polished like a dance hall floor. … Brown v. Eastern Railroad, 11 Cush. 97 . Malone v. Boston & Worcester Railroad, 12 Gray, 388 . Hooker v. Boston & Maine Railroad, 209 Mass. 598, 600 , and cases cited.

    Cited 18 timesPublished
  • Massachusetts Ex Rel. Executive Office of Health & Human Services v. Sebelius

    701 F. Supp. 2d 182 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Mar 24, 2010

    Schaffer v. Weast, 546 U.S. 49, 52 , 126 S.Ct. 528 , 163 L.Ed.2d 387 (2005) (quoting Board of Ed. of Hendrick Hudson Central School Dist., Westchester Cty. v. … Guernsey Memorial Hosp., 514 U.S. 87, 99 , 115 S.Ct. 1232 , 131 L.Ed.2d 106 (1995) (quoting Chrysler Corp. v. Brown, 441 U.S. 281, 302, n. 31 , 99 S.Ct. 1705 , 60 L.Ed.2d 208 (1979)).

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Opinion of the Justices to the Governor & Council

    324 Mass. 736 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 2, 1949

    In Brown v. … See Bradley v. Zoning Adjustment Board of Boston, 255 Mass. 160, 165 ; Dunn v. Commissioner of Civil Service, 281 Mass. 376, 377 ; Nichols v. Commissioner of Public Welfare, 311 Mass. 125, 131 .

    Cited 17 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Bonnett

    482 Mass. 838 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Aug 23, 2019

    See Commonwealth v. … Brown, a family friend of Payne, also testified at the hearing; he stated that, after the defendant had been convicted, Brown agreed to drive Payne to pick up money to send to someone.

    Cited 19 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
  • Mitchell v. Bd. of Appeal On Motor Vehicle Liab. Policies

    94 Mass. App. Ct. 1122 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Feb 19, 2019

    Thus, contrary to the board's contention, the appeal is not moot, and we proceed to the merits. Judicial review of the board's decision is governed by the established standards of G. L. c. 30A, § 14. See Burke v. … See Breslin v. Board of Appeal on Motor Vehicle Liab. Policies & Bonds , 70 Mass. App.

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  • Schofield v. Clarke

    769 F. Supp. 2d 42 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Mar 10, 2011

    Brown v. Corsini, 657 F.Supp.2d 296, 305 (D.Mass.2009). … See Brown, 657 F.Supp.2d at 305 .

    Cited 23 timesPublished
  • Rogiers v. Gilchrist Co.

    312 Mass. 544 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 28, 1942

    The plaintiff told Miss Brown that the plaintiff had bought the dress *546 there, showed Miss Brown the dress and the “sales slip,” told her that the plaintiff had broken out with a rash and that she and her doctor “had definitely … The case is to be classed with such cases as Jamrog v. H. L. Handy Co. 284 Mass. 195, 198, 199 ; Smith v. Denholm & McKay Co. 288 Mass. 234, 241 ; Johnson v. Kanavos, 296 Mass. 373, 376, 377 ; Bruns v.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Edward P. Clark Post 107, American Legion, Inc. v. Town of Natick Board of Selectmen

    19 Mass. L. Rptr. 586 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Jul 6, 2005

    Sahli v. Bull HN Information Systems, Inc., 437 Mass. 696, 705 (2002). See Oxford v. Oxford Water Co., 391 Mass. 581, 584-85 (1984). … Sahli v. Bull HN Information Systems, Inc., supra, at 705.

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  • Commonwealth v. Stirk

    392 Mass. 909 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Aug 28, 1984

    See United States v. Gouveia, 467 U.S. 180 , 188 n.5 (1984); Commonwealth v. Mandeville, 386 Mass. 393, 401 (1982). See also Brown v. United States, 551 F.2d 619, 620-621 (5th Cir. 1977); People v. Claudio, 59 N. … Sandini had been suspended from the practice of law for failure to pay his annual fees to the Board of Bar Overseers.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Coakley v. Boston & Maine Railroad

    159 Mass. 32 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 17, 1893

    Webster v. Lowell, 142 Mass. 324, 341 . Bigelow v. Hillman, 37 Maine, 52. Larry v. hunt, 37 Maine, 69. Pillsbury v. Brown, 82 Maine, 450. … Sts. c. 112, § 163, unless the railroad corporation had been requested in writing by the selectmen, or required by the county commissioners, to erect and maintain boards at the crossing.

    Cited 14 timesPublished
  • Mahoney v. City of Chelsea

    20 Mass. App. Ct. 91 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · May 21, 1985

    (d) We see nothing in Kreger v. Public Bldgs. Commr. of Newton, 353 Mass. 622 (1968), or in Salah v. Board of Appeals of Canton, 2 Mass. App. … See also Brown v. Linnell, 359 Mass. 446 (1971).

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Moore v. Election Commissioners

    309 Mass. 303 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 23, 1941

    It is unlike the language in the Constitution of Minnesota, considered in Brown v. … In Brown v.

    Abrogated on other grounds by McSweeney v. City of Cambridge, 422 Mass. 648 (1996)Cited 50 timesPublished
  • WINDROCK TRUST COMPANY, LLC, Trustee v. PLANNING BOARD OF LINCOLN.

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · Nov 20, 2024

    We review the judge's ruling on the board's motion to dismiss de novo. See Pinti v. Emigrant Mtge. Co., 472 Mass. 226, 231 (2015). … See also Pierce v. Board of Appeals of Carver, 369 Mass. 804, 808 (1976).

    Cited 0 timesUnpublished
  • Cottone v. Cedar Lake, LLC

    19 Mass. L. Rptr. 206 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Apr 1, 2005

    Commonwealth v. Brown, 431 Mass. 772, 775 (2000). … It is in this regard that Harvard Square Defense Fund, Inc. v. Planning Board of Cambridge and Chongris v. Board of Appeals of Andover, upon which the Cortones rely, are clearly distinguishable from the case at hand.

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