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  • Commonwealth v. Breese

    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 timesPublished
  • City 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 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
  • Gildea v. Ellershaw

    363 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 timesPublished
  • Humble 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 timesPublished
  • Daly v. Mayor of Medford

    241 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 timesPublished
  • Sheils v. Commonwealth

    306 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 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
  • 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
  • Perkins's Case

    278 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 timesPublished
  • General 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 timesPublished
  • Shiner v. Heckler

    608 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 timesPublished
  • Alberts v. Devine

    395 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 timesPublished
  • Omnipoint 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 timesPublished
  • Faith 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 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
  • Morris v. Commonwealth

    412 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 timesPublished
  • Godfrey 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 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
  • Rafferty 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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