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  • Utah Radio Products Co. v. Boudette

    8 F. Supp. 5 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Aug 7, 1934

    McCarty v. Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, 160 U. S. 110 , 16 S. Ct. 240 , 40 L. Ed. 358 ; Bates & Klinke, Inc., v. Peters Patent Corp. (C. C. A. 1) 73 F.(2d) 303 , decided June 14, 1934. … Hazeltine Corp. v. Atwater Kent Mfg. Co. (D. C.) 34 F.(2d) 50 .

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  • Breault v. Town of Auburn

    303 Mass. 424 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 29, 1939

    Commonwealth v. Fahey, 5 Cush. 408 . Commonwealth v. Smith, 111 Mass. 407 . Barry v. Smith, 191 Mass. 78, 88 . Johnson v. Somerville, 195 Mass. 370, 378, 379 . Irwin v. … Walcott v. Swampscott, 1 Allen, 101 , 102. Waldron v. Haverhill, 143 Mass. 582, 584 . Lead Lined Iron Pipe Co. v. Wakefield, 223 Mass. 485, 487 . Sherman v. Swansea, 261 Mass. 407, 408-9 . Cacavas v.

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  • Sherwin-Williams Co. v. H&R Painting Co.

    1992 Mass. App. Div. 1 · Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · Jan 16, 1992

    Willitts v. Roman Catholic Archbishop of Boston, 411 Mass. 202 (1991); Coveney v. President & Trustees of the College of the Holy Cross, 388 Mass. 16, 17 (1983); Community Nat'l Bank v. Dawes, supra at 553 . … Brown Rudnick, Freed & Gesmer v. Board of Assessors, 389 Mass. 298 , 303 n.8 (1983).

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  • Gardner v. Applied Geographics, Inc.

    18 Mass. L. Rptr. 33 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Jul 2, 2004

    Harhen v. Brown, Suffolk Superior Court, Civil Action No. 97-1522-H, Memorandum and Order on Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss at p. 3 ( 7 Mass. L. Rptr. 598 ). … Touchet, Inc. v. Touchet, 264 Mass. 499, 509-10 (1928).

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  • Commonwealth v. Molina

    81 Mass. App. Ct. 855 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jun 13, 2012

    The defendant acknowledged Brown’s presence. Brown was unaware of any criminal background of the defendant and knew him as “Alex.” They quickly exchanged pleasantries. … Commonwealth v. Miranda, supra, quoting from United States v. Levenite, supra.

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  • Rounds v. BD. OF WATER & SEWER COMMR. OF WILMINGTON

    347 Mass. 40 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 12, 1964

    See Lawrence v. Richards, 111 Maine, 95, 100-104; Greenwood v. Provine, 143 Miss. 42, 53-54 ; Rose v. … See also Brasier v. Lincoln, 159 Neb. 12, 22 , cert. den. 348 U.S. 926 . Cf. Wickenburg v. Sabin, 68 Ariz. 75, 77-80 ; Reid Dev. Corp. v. Parsippany-Troy Hills, 10 N.J. 229, 234-238 ; Lake Intervale Homes, Inc. v.

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  • Fish v. Accidental Auto Body, Inc.

    95 Mass. App. Ct. 355 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · May 24, 2019

    Partnership v. Board of Appeals of Shirley, 461 Mass. 469, 474-475 (2012) (Shirley Wayside). See MacGibbon v. … See also Dowd v. Board of Appeals of Dover, 5 Mass. App. Ct. 148, 154-155 (1977).

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  • Nelson v. Commissioner of Correction

    390 Mass. 379 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 10, 1983

    The reliance by a disciplinary board on the secondary information of a reporting officer without any primary evidence of guilt being presented to the board, is to compound the prospect for abuse. See Finney v. … Hence, on remand, the judge should order, if requested, a new hearing by a disciplinary board. 23 Judgments reversed. 2 See Real v. Superintendent, Mass. Correctional Inst., Walpole, post 399 (1983); Lamoureux v.

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  • Loring Hills Developers Trust v. Planning Bd. of Salem

    374 Mass. 343 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 6, 1978

    Review by the planning board of the board of health report. In United Reis Homes, Inc. v. … Judicial review of the board of health report. In United Reis Homes, Inc. v.

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  • Commonwealth v. Hamilton

    83 Mass. App. Ct. 406 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Mar 13, 2013

    Boria, 440 Mass. 416 (2003) (Boria), and Commonwealth v. Brown, 34 Mass. App. Ct. 222 (1993) (Brown). The Commonwealth appealed pursuant to Mass.R.Crim.P. 25(c)(1), and the defendant cross-appealed. … See Brown, 34 Mass. App.

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  • Commonwealth v. Albert J. Erler

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · Oct 10, 2025

    Similarly, restrictions on earning good time, Commonwealth v. Brown, 6 Mass. App. Ct. 844, 844 (1978), or calculations of parole eligibility, Commonwealth v. … See Commonwealth v. Brown, 71 Mass. App. Ct. 743, 747 (2008) (no ineffectiveness in failure to present cumulative evidence). 3. Prejudicial evidence.

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  • Foley v. Kibrick

    12 Mass. App. Ct. 382 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Aug 27, 1981

    See Brown v. Metropolitan Transit Authy., 345 Mass. 636, 640 (1963); Borras v. Sea-Land Serv., Inc., 586 F.2d 881, 886-887 (1st Cir. 1978). 2. The third-party defendant’s appeal. … Co. v. Blakely, 372 Mass. 86 (1977); S. Kemble Fischer Realty Trust v. Board of Appeals of Concord, 9 Mass. App. Ct. 477 (1980). The defendant’s motions, therefore, were properly denied.

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  • Southard v. Southard

    262 Mass. 278 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 10, 1928

    Stratton v. Stratton, 77 Maine, 373, 380, and cases cited. See in this connection Brown v. Brown, 222 Mass. 415, 416, 417 , and 19 C. J. 278, 279. The court had jurisdiction of the subject matter. G. L. c. 208, § 34. … Stratton v. Stratton, supra. O’Hagan v. O’Hagan, 4 Iowa, 509 . Burr v. Burr, 10 Paige, 20 ; affirmed 7 Hill, 207 . Storey v. Storey, 125 Ill. 608 . Stone v. Bayley, 75 Wash. 184 ; 48 L. R. A. (N. S.) 429.

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  • City of Taunton v. Taylor

    116 Mass. 254 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 9, 1874

    Belcher v. … Winthrop v. Farrar, 11 Allen, 398 . Salem v. Eastern Railroad, 98 Mass. 431 . Watertown v. Mayo, 109 Mass. 315 .

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  • Campbell v. Supreme Lodge Knights of Pythias

    168 Mass. 397 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 21, 1897

    Buell v. Chapin, 99 Mass. 594 . Gurney v. Howe, 9 Gray, 404 . Crane v. Pratt, 12 Gray, 348 . Morgan v. Richardson, 13 Allen, 410 . But the present *400 case does not fall within that rule. … Rice v. New England Mutual Aid Society, 146 Mass. 248 . Rindge v. New England Mutual Aid Society, 146 Mass. 286 .

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  • Moore v. Cataldo

    356 Mass. 325 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 1, 1969

    Carson v. Board of Appeals of Lexington, supra, at 653. The plaintiffs’ reliance on Kane v. … Todd v. Board of Appeals of Yarmouth, 337 Mass. 162, 168 .

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  • Gay v. Homer

    30 Mass. 535 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 15, 1833

    This point was settled in the case of Briggs v. Nantucket Bank, 5 Mass. R. 94 . … It alleges that the plaintiff was agent for the Boston and Providence Citizens Coach Company, and one Brown was the sub-agent; that suggestions had been made that Brown had not accounted for moneys received by him in that

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  • Carbone, Inc. v. Kelly

    289 Mass. 602 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 26, 1935

    Williams v. School District in Lunenburg, 21 Pick. 75 , 82. Damon v. Selectmen of Framingham, 195 Mass. 72, 78 . Barnard v. Shelburne, 222 Mass. 76, 79 . See Cooke v. Scituate, 201 Mass. 107 . G. L. (Ter. … Morrison v. Lawrence, 98 Mass. 219, 221 . Lowell v. Wheelock, 11 Cush. 391 . State v. Crookston Lumber Co. 85 Minn. 405 . Sweetsir v. Chandler, 98 Maine, 145, 152. Compare Commonwealth v.

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  • Spring v. Inhabitants of Hyde Park

    137 Mass. 554 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 29, 1884

    Belfast v. Leominster, 1 Pick. 128 . Oakham v. Sutton, 13 Met. 192 . Ireland v. Newburyport, 8 Allen, 73 . Smith v. Peabody, 106 Mass. 262 . Aldrich v. Blackstone, 128 Mass. 148 . … Springfield v. Worcester, 2 Cush. 52 . Salem v. Eastern Railroad, 98 Mass. 431 . Winthrop v. Parrar, 11 Allen, 398 . Watertown v. Mayo, 109 Mass. 315 . Taunton v. Taylor, 116 Mass. 254 . Labrie v. Manchester, 59 N.

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  • Wolfson v. Sun Oil Co.

    357 Mass. 87 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 27, 1970

    Cary v. Board of Appeals of Worcester, 340 Mass. 748, 750 . Aronson v. Board of Appeals of Stoneham, 349 Mass. 593, 594-595 . … Spaulding v. Board of Appeals of Leicester, 334 Mass. 688, 692 . Cary v. Board of Appeals of Worcester, 340 Mass. 748, 752 . Barnhart v. Board of Appeals of Scituate, 343 Mass. 455, 457 .

    Cited 23 timesPublished

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