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389 Mass. 540 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 21, 1983
In Commonwealth v. Brown, 386 Mass. 17, 32-33 (1982), and Commonwealth v. … Brown v. Louisiana, supra, quoting from Desist v.
Cited 30 timesPublishedCity Council of Waltham v. Vinciullo
364 Mass. 624 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 20, 1974
Board of Appeals of Rockport, 356 Mass. 37, 41 (1969), or because higher profits may result from a nonconforming use, see Blackman v. Board of Appeals of Barnstable, 334 Mass. 446, 450 (1956). See also Bruzzese v. … Board of Appeals of Hingham, 343 Mass. 421, 424 (1962). Compare Kairis v. Board of Appeal of Cambridge, 337 Mass. 528, 530 (1958).
Cited 89 timesPublishedBose 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 timesPublished363 Mass. 800 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 9, 1973
Ellis, 233 Atl. 2d 37 (Maine 1967), the municipal licensing board denied the plaintiff’s application for a victualler’s license and a court issued a peremptory writ of mandamus ordering the board members to grant the license … C.). the plaintiff sought damages from the members of the parole board for allegedly revoking his parole without affording him a prior hearing before the full board to which he claims he was entitled.
Declined to follow by Breault v. Chairman of the Board of Fire Commissioners, 401 Mass. 26 (1987)Cited 60 timesPublishedHumble Oil & Refining Co. v. BD. OF APPEALS OF AMHERST
360 Mass. 604 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 13, 1971
Zaltman v. Board of Appeals of Stoneham, 357 Mass. 482 . Gulf Oil Corp. v. Board of Appeals of Framingham, 355 Mass. 275 . MacGibbon v. Board of Appeals of Duxbury, 356 Mass. 635 . Brockton Pub. Mkt. Inc. v. … Gulf Oil Corp. v.
Cited 17 timesPublished241 Mass. 336 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 18, 1922
The appropriation by the board of aldermen was valid. Therefore ample means were open to the petitioner to collect his salary by action at law. Smith v. Lowell, 190 Mass. 332 . Hall v. Holden, 116 Mass. 172 . … Crocker v. Justices of Superior Court, 208 Mass. 162, 164 . Sears v. Nahant, 208 Mass. 208 . Butler v. Directors of the Port of Boston, 222 Mass. 5 .
Cited 27 timesPublished306 Mass. 535 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 10, 1940
Adams v. County of Essex, 205 Mass. 189 . Peters v. Medford, 295 Mass. 588, 591, 592 . Continental Construction Co. v. Lawrence, 297 Mass. 513 . … Brown v. Newburyport, 209 Mass. 259, 266 . Commonwealth v. Smith, 141 Mass. 135 . Sodekson v. Lynch, 298 Mass. 72, 74 . Compare West Springfield v. Mayo, 265 Mass. 41, 44 .
Cited 5 timesPublishedSpringfield 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 timesPublishedVON 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 timesUnpublished278 Mass. 294 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 29, 1932
Donahoe v. Turner, 204 Mass. 274, 275 . Dzuris v. Pierce, 216 Mass. 132, 135 . Glass v. Glass, 260 Mass. 562, 563 . Compare Frati v. Jannini, 226 Mass. 430, 431 . See G. L. c. 231, § 124. … Coolidge v. Loring, 235 Mass. 220, 224 . Barrell v. Britton, 252 Mass. 504, 508 . Martin v. Jablonski, 253 Mass. 451, 453 .
Cited 38 timesPublishedGeneral Baking Co. v. Street Commissioners
242 Mass. 194 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 29, 1922
Storer v. Downey, 215 Mass. 273 . Wright v. Lyons, 224 Mass. 167 . Pierce Oil Corp. v. Hope, 248 U. S. 498 . … Lowell v. Archambault, 189 Mass. 70, 72 . Call v. Allen, 1 Allen, 137 . Murtha v. Lovewell, 166 Mass. 391 . Dobbins v. Los Angeles, 195 U. S. 223 . Lantz v. Hightstown, 17 Vroom, 102 . Buffalo v. Chadeayne, 134 N.
Cited 34 timesPublished608 F. Supp. 481 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · May 7, 1985
Id.; see also Thomas v. Secretary of Health and Human Services, 659 F.2d 8, 11 (1st Cir.1981). … Browne v. Richardson, 468 F.2d 1003, 1006 (1st Cir.1972). Mr. Shiner’s complaints of pain and discomfort contribute substantially to his inability to sit for a prolonged period.
Cited 9 timesPublished395 Mass. 59 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 4, 1985
Board of Educ., 330 U.S. 1, 15 (1947); Cantwell v. … Edel-Brown Tool & Die Co., 381 Mass. 1,5-6 [1980]); Banks v.
Cited 103 timesPublishedOmnipoint Communications MB Operations, LLC v. Town of Lincoln
107 F. Supp. 2d 108 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Aug 2, 2000
Paging, Inc. v. Board of Zoning Appeals for the County of Montgomery, 957 F.Supp. 805, 807 (W.D.Va.1997) (citations and internal quotations omitted). … See id.; Penobscot Air Servs., Ltd. v. FAA 164 F.3d 713, 718 (1st Cir.1999); see also AT & T Wireless PCS v. Winston-Salem Zoning Board, 172 F.3d 307 , 314 (4th Cir.1999); Cellular Telephone Co. v.
Cited 35 timesPublishedFaith Assembly of God of South Dennis & Hyannis, Inc. v. State Building Code Commission
11 Mass. App. Ct. 333 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Feb 11, 1981
School Dist. of Abington Township, Pa. v. Schempp, 374 U.S. 203, 223 (1963). Board of Educ. of Cent. Sch. Dist. No. 1 v. Allen, 392 U.S. 236, 248-249 (1968). … See Norcross v. Board of Appeal of Boston, 255 Mass. 177, 182-183 (1926); Enos v. Brockton, 354 Mass. 278, 280-281 (1968).
Cited 58 timesPublishedTeamsters 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 timesPublished412 Mass. 861 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 16, 1992
See Rock v. Massachusetts Comm’n Against Discrimination, 384 Mass. 198, 206 (1981); Massachusetts Nurses Ass’n v. Board of Registration in Nursing, 18 Mass. App. Ct. 380, 389 (1984). … v.
Cited 13 timesPublishedGodfrey v. Building Commissioner
263 Mass. 589 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 26, 1928
In Doyle v. … Cosmopolitan Trust Co. v. Suffolk Knitting Mills, 247 Mass. 530, 533 . Norcross v. Board of Appeal, 255 Mass. 177, 182 . That principle in our opinion is applicable to the present petitions.
Cited 35 timesPublished329 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 timesPublishedRafferty v. Sancta Maria Hospital
5 Mass. App. Ct. 624 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Sep 30, 1977
Pierce v. Board of Appeals of Carver, 369 Mass. 804, 810-811 (1976), discussing Shaughnessy v. … Cass v. Board of Appeal of Fall River, 2 Mass. App. Ct. 555 (1974). Contrast Broderick v. Board of Appeal of Boston, 361 Mass. 472, 477-478 (1972).
Cited 62 timesPublished
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