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  • Hill v. Superintendent, Massachusetts Correctional Institution

    392 Mass. 198 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 19, 1984

    Wolff v. McDonnell, supra at 565 . … Written records of disciplinary board proceedings are constitutionally required in any event. Wolff v. McDonnell, supra at 563-567 .

    Reversed on other grounds by Superintendent, Mass. Correctional Institution at Walpole v. Hill, 472 U.S. 445 (1985)Cited 32 timesPublished
  • Dwyer v. Barco Auto Leasing Corp.

    903 F. Supp. 205 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Oct 5, 1995

    See Leardi v. … In one case, Candelaria v.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Kirane v. City of Lowell

    622 F. Supp. 262 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Nov 25, 1985

    George Kirane ("Kirane") brings this action against the City of Lowell ("Lowell"), the members of its Planning Board, the members of its Zoning Board of Appeals, the Assistant City Manager, and several building inspectors … Brown v. Walker, 161 U.S. 591, 597 , 16 S.Ct. 644, 647 , 40 L.Ed. 819 (1896).

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Sellors v. Town of Concord

    329 Mass. 259 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 10, 1952

    The cases at bar fall within the authority of Lexington v. Govenar, 295 Mass. 31, 34-35 , Lambert v. Board of Appeals of Lowell, 295 Mass. 224, 225, 227 , Building Commissioner of Medford v. C. & H. … Co. 319 Mass. 273, 281-282 , and Carson v. Board of Appeals of Lexington, 321 Mass. 649, 654 , rather than Smith v.

    Cited 32 timesPublished
  • Bedford v. Trustees of Boston University

    25 Mass. App. Ct. 372 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Feb 5, 1988

    See Krantz v. John Hancock Mut. Life Ins. Co., 335 Mass. 703, 711-713 (1957); Marotta v. Board of Appeals of Revere, 336 Mass. 199, 204 (1957); Sherrill House, Inc. v. Board of Appeal of Boston, 19 Mass. App. … See Brady v. Board of Appeals of Westport, 348 Mass. 515, 518-521 (1965); Lane v. Selectmen of Great Barrington, 352 Mass. 523, 526 (1967). Cf. Cappuccio v.

    Cited 31 timesPublished
  • Saunders v. Whitcomb

    177 Mass. 457 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 4, 1901

    There was also evidence tending to show that the drawers of the bill were its real owners, that Brown, Shipley and Company, Brown Brothers and Company and the bank were merely agents for the collection of the bill for the … So in Jones v.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • VON HILLEREN DONOVAN, LLC, & Another v. BOARD OF APPEAL OF BOSTON & Others.

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · May 30, 2025

    Porter v. Board of Appeal of Boston, 99 Mass. App. Ct. 240, 241 (2021). … Cohen v. Zoning Board of Appeals of Plymouth, 35 Mass. App.

    Cited 0 timesUnpublished
  • Rousseau v. Building Inspector of Framingham

    349 Mass. 31 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 21, 1965

    Caires v. Building Commr. of Hingham, 323 Mass. 589, 594 . Raymond v. Commissioner of Pub. Works of Lowell, 333 Mass. 410,414 . Lanner v. Board of Appeal of Tewksbury, 348 Mass. 220, 228 . … Roman Catholic Archbishop of Boston v. Board of Appeal of Boston, 268 Mass. 416, 418 . See Prusik v. Board of Appeal of Boston, 262 Mass. 451 ; Co-Ray Realty Co. Inc. v.

    Cited 23 timesPublished
  • Bose Corp. v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc.

    384 F. Supp. 600 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Oct 22, 1974

    Bose, the Chairman of the Board of Bose Corporation, acting on behalf of the corporation, defamed plaintiff in an interview with a correspondent of a magazine in March 1971. … Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64 , 58 S.Ct. 817 , 82 L.Ed. 1188 (1938) Brown v. Great Am. Indem. Co., 298 Mass. 101, 104 , 9 N.E.2d 547 (1937); Clarke v. Pierce, 215 Mass. 552, 553 , 102 N.E. 1094 (1913).

    Cited 13 timesPublished
  • Hunt v. Milton Savings Bank

    2 Mass. App. Ct. 133 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Apr 5, 1974

    Inc. v. Board of Appeals of Lawrence, 324 Mass. 433, 438 (1949); Bick-nell Realty Co. v. Board of Appeal of Boston, 330 Mass. 676, 679 (1953); Benjamin v. … See Atherton v. Board of Appeals of Bourne, 334 Mass. 451, 454-455 (1956); Benjamin v. Board of Appeals of Swansea, 338 Mass. 257, 259 (1959); DiRico v.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Shaw v. Cordis

    143 Mass. 443 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 13, 1887

    Hemenway v. Hemenway, 134 Mass. 446, 452 . New England Trust Co. v. Eaton, 140 Mass. 532, 542, 543 . … See Lambert v. Lambert, 20 W. R. 943; Brown v. Gellatly, L. R. 2 Ch. 751, 758; Chancellor v. Brown, 26 Ch. D. 42. Decree affirmed.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Conley v. Director of the Division of Employment Security

    340 Mass. 315 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 2, 1960

    Farrar v. Director of Div. of Employment Security, 324 Mass. 45, 48-50 . Corrado v. Director of Div. of Employment Security, 325 Mass. 711, 712-713 . Pizura v. … Upon his own appeal to the board it was incumbent upon the petitioner to sustain his burden of proof (see Farrar v.

    Cited 19 timesPublished
  • Wares

    161 Mass. 70 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 7, 1894

    Mendon v. County Commissioners, 5 Allen, 13 . … In Farnham v.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Massachusetts Feather Co. v. Aldermen of Chelsea

    331 Mass. 527 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 1, 1954

    Compare Sunderland v. Building Inspector of *531 North Andover, 328 Mass. 638, 641 ; Fairman v. Board of Appeal of Melrose, ante, 160. … Turner v. Board of Appeals of Milton, 305 Mass. 189 .

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Springfield Housing Authority v. Burgos

    32 Mass. App. Ct. 673 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jun 19, 1992

    Norman v. Brown, Todd & Heyburn, 693 F. Supp. 1259, 1263 (D. … United States v. Elliott, 571 F.2d at 898 . See also United States v.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Connors v. Annino

    460 Mass. 790 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 26, 2011

    See Fitch v. Board of Appeals of Concord, 55 Mass. App. Ct. 748, 751 (2002), citing Vokes v. Avery W. Lovell, Inc., 18 Mass. App. … See Bjorklund v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals ofNorwell, 450 Mass. 357 (2008); Bransford v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Edgartown, 444 Mass. 852 (2005).

    Cited 33 timesPublished
  • Teamsters Local Union No. 404 v. Secretary of Administration & Finance

    434 Mass. 651 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 19, 2001

    Massachusetts Probation Ass’n v. … L. c. 150E, § 7 (c), to any member of the division, see Morris v. Commonwealth, 412 Mass. 861, 865 (1992); Brown v.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Holmes v. New York Central Railroad

    330 Mass. 155 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 14, 1953

    To the east (his right) his view of the track was. completely obscured by a tight board fence twelve to fifteen feet high. An ordinary electric traffic signal stood on the sidewalk some “eight . . . … Klegerman v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, 290 Mass. 268 . Germaine v. Boston & Albany Railroad, 298 Mass. 501 . Brown v. Boston & Maine Railroad, 302 Mass. 90 . Emery v.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Barbrick v. Huddell

    245 Mass. 428 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 26, 1923

    In Huddell v. … Hanson v. Mayers, 243 Mass. 25 . Mesisco v. Giuliano, 190 Mass. 352 . Boston Club v. Potter, 212 Mass. 23 .

    Cited 21 timesPublished
  • Devlin v. Dalton

    41 L.R.A. 379 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 21, 1898

    People v. Hill, 126 N. Y. 497 . Simon v. Hoboken, 23 Vroom, 367 . A writ of certiorari does not lie to revise a decision of a question of fact upon evidence heard. Farmington River Water Power Co. v. … Since in these proceedings the board of examiners did not act as a court, his petition must fail, because a writ of certiorari is issued only to revise proceedings which are judicial in their nature. Attorney General v.

    Cited 5 timesPublished

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