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  • STEFANIK v. Town of Huntington

    536 F. Supp. 2d 106 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Mar 13, 2008

    Shortly thereafter, on May 11, 2004, the board of assessors conducted a new inspection. (Id. ¶ 12.) … Silva v. Worden, 130 F.3d 26, 30-31 (1st Cir.1997) (citing Board of County Comm’rs of Bryan County v. Brown, 520 U.S. 397, 404 , 117 S.Ct. 1382 , 137 L.Ed.2d 626 (1997); Pembaur v.

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  • DeMarco v. Granite Savings Bank

    1993 Mass. App. Div. 122 · Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · Jun 11, 1993

    William Brown, a contractor qualified at trial as an expert witness for the plaintiffs, testified that his inspection of the property revealed pock marks and sawdust on the floor boards, and that additional sawdust was produced … Brown stated that such structural damage was caused by insects, and estimated the total cost of necessary repairs to be $15,571.00.

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  • Crowley v. Adams

    226 Mass. 582 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 23, 1917

    This finding is well warranted, for it appears that after Brown’s death the mortgagors conveyed their interest to Susan P. … Wade v. Howard, 11 Pick. 289 . Fay v. Cheney, 14 Pick. 399 , 401. Baker v. Gavitt, 128 Mass. 93, 96 . Barnes v. Boardman, 149 Mass. 106,114, 115 .

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  • Brown

    395 Mass. 1006 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 15, 1985

    Brown. Michael W. Dingle, Assistant Attorney General, for the Sheriff of Essex County. … DeJoinville v. Commonwealth, 381 Mass. 246, 254 (1980) (where the jury may have relied on erroneous instruction, court cannot assume harmless error and case remanded for new trial); Commonwealth v.

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  • The George T. Kemp

    10 F. Cas. 227 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Jun 15, 1876

    Brown’s Claim. The petitioners, S. Tl. Brown & Son, had acted as stevedores in stowing the cargo for the last voyage of the ship, and asked that they might be decreed to rank with the material men against the proceeds. … S.] 120; The Medora [Case No. 9,391]; The Robert L. alane [Id. 11,892]; Stearns v. Doe, 12 Gray,482; Webster v. Seekamp, 4 Barn. & Ald. 352; Weston v. Wright, 7 Mees. & W. 396; The Alexander, 1 W. Rob.

    Cited 17 timesPublished
  • Multer v. Knibbs

    193 Mass. 556 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 3, 1907

    Rice v. Rice, 104 Mich. 371 . White v. Ross, 47 Mich. 172 . Tucker v. Tucker, 74 Miss. 93 . Payne v. Williams, 4 Baxt. 583 . Glass v. Bennett, 89 Tenn. 478 . Brown v. Brown, 124 N. C. 19 . Huling v. Huling, 32 Ill. … Bennett v. Smith, 21 Barb. 439 . Pollock v. Pollock, 9 Misc. (N. Y.) 82. White v. Ross, 47 Mich. 172 . Westlake v. Westlake, 34 Ohio St. 621 . Brown v. Brown, 124 N. C. 19 . Young v. Young, 8 Wash. 181 . Reed v.

    Cited 34 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Daniels

    445 Mass. 392 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 23, 2005

    If the masked shooter was not Brown, then the eyewitness’s identification of the defendant as an accomplice of Brown, which was prompted by her learning that the defendant was an acquaintance of Brown, loses credibility and … Commonwealth v.

    Cited 39 timesPublished
  • New England Merchants National Bank v. Spillane

    14 Mass. App. Ct. 685 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Nov 24, 1982

    See King v. Dolan, 255 Mass. 236, 237 (1926). In addition, the person appointed must be found to be suitable to serve as guardian. See Harding v. Brown, 227 Mass. 77, 86 (1917); Curran v. Carroll, 318 Mass. 780 (1945). … Brown. Mrs.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers v. Commonwealth of Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination

    695 F. Supp. 1321 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Sep 16, 1988

    Comm’n, 791 F.2d 1111 , 1116-17 (3d Cir.1986); Champion Int’l Corp. v. Brown, 731 F.2d 1406, 1408-09 (9th Cir.1984); Stone & Webster Engineering Corp. v. Ilsley, 690 F.2d 323 , 326 n. 2 (2d Cir.1982), aff'd sub nom. … Health, 372 Mass. 844, 855 , 364 N.E.2d 1202 (1977); Finkelstein v. Board of Registration in Optometry, 370 Mass. 476, 478 , 349 N.E.2d 346 (1976); Fioravanti v.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • De Blois v. Bowers

    44 F.2d 621 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Oct 30, 1930

    Crosby, J., Strachan v. Beacon Oil Co., 251 Mass. at page 487 , 146 N. E. 787 , citing authorities. See, too, Downing v. Elliott, 182 Mass. 28, 29 , 64 N. E. 201 , and Tuttle v. Church (C. C.) 53 F. 422 . … Newburyport Institute for Savings v. Peffer, 201 Mass. 41 , at page 47, 87 N. E. 562 , citing cases, Downing v. Elliott, 182 Mass. 28 , 64 N. E. 201 . See, too, New York City v. Pine; 185 U. S. 93 , 22 S.

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Adderley

    36 Mass. App. Ct. 918 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Feb 22, 1994

    According to a third security guard from the agency that employed Agbasi and Brown, upon seeing him the defendant ran toward a brown Cadillac automobile, and allegedly tossed a jacket into the Cadillac. … Both Agbasi and Brown testified that they recognized the defendant as the shooter.

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  • International Harvester Co. v. Richardson Mfg. Co.

    172 F. 436 · U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · Aug 19, 1909

    The spreader now made by the defendant is covered by two patents, Nos. '731,539 and 821,779, granted to Theophilus Brown for improvements in manure spreaders. … The range of equivalents depends upon the nature and extent of the invention (Miller v. Eagle Company, 151 U. S. 186, 209 , 14 Sup. Ct. 310, 38 L.

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  • Commonwealth v. Edwards

    444 Mass. 526 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 1, 2005

    Application of doctrine to Davis and Brown. The Commonwealth’s case with respect to Davis and Brown stands on wholly different footing. … Likewise, he did not consider Brown’s motion to sever.

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  • Ward v. Hickey

    781 F. Supp. 63 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Aug 31, 1990

    Board of Regents v. Roth, supra, 408 U.S. at 578, 92 S.Ct. at 2709 . … Goldwasser v. Brown, 417 F.2d 1169, 1171 (D.C.Cir., 1969), cert. denied, 397 U.S. 922 , 90 S.Ct. 918 , 25 L.Ed.2d 103 (1970).

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Wood

    93 Mass. App. Ct. 1108 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · May 3, 2018

    See Commonwealth v. Sepheus , 468 Mass. 160 , 164 (2014). The evidence presented by the Commonwealth was sufficient to show that the defendant, at a minimum, knowingly participated with Brown in selling drugs. … Commonwealth v. Peck , 86 Mass. App. Ct. 34 , 41 (2014) (quotation omitted). The same evidence was sufficient to show that the defendant conspired with Brown to distribute controlled substances. Contrast Commonwealth v.

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  • Belezos v. Board of Selectmen of Hingham, Massachusetts

    District Court, D. Massachusetts · Nov 27, 2019

    The SJC denied the ALOFAR in February 2018.2 (Docket Entry # 8-9); Belezos v. Board of Selectman of Hingham, 102 N.E.3d 424 (Mass. 2018) (table). … Inc. v.

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  • Butler v. Butler

    225 Mass. 22 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 13, 1916

    Guild v. Guild, 15 Pick. 129 . Kirchgassner v. Rodick, 170 Mass. 543 . Johnson v. Kimball, 172 Mass. 398 . Marple v. Morse, 180 Mass.,508. … The issues were tried before Brown, J. The first issue was as follows: “1.

    Cited 25 timesPublished
  • Goss v. Ellison

    136 Mass. 503 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 28, 1884

    Stone v. Dickinson, 5 Allen, 29 . Brown v. Cambridge, 3 Allen, 474 . … The case cannot be distinguished from Brown v. Cambridge, ubi supra; and the Superior Court rightly ruled that the action could not be maintained. Exceptions overruled.

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  • Commonwealth v. Craig C.

    44 Mass. App. Ct. 209 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jan 26, 1998

    See Commonwealth v. Smith, 418 Mass. at 127-129 , and cases cited; Commonwealth v. Twing, 39 Mass. App. Ct. 75, 78-79 (1995). See also Commonwealth v. … Commonwealth v. Cordeiro, 401 Mass. 843, 853 (1988), quoting from Commonwealth v. Moran, 387 Mass. at 659 .

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Moore

    36 Mass. App. Ct. 455 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · May 9, 1994

    Brown, J. A jury in the Superior Court convicted the defendant upon the following indictments: (1) assault and battery with a dangerous weapon to wit: a motor vehicle (G. … Commonwealth v.

    Cited 34 timesPublished

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