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  • In Re Molten Metal Technology, Inc.

    244 B.R. 515 · United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · Jan 28, 2000

    Stoll v. … And in McAlpine v.

    Cited 1 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
  • McCracken's Case

    251 Mass. 347 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 24, 1925

    Hutchins v. Nickerson, 212 Mass. 118, 120 . Churchill v. Churchill, 239 Mass. 443, 445 . Weil v. Boston Elevated Railway, 216 Mass. 545 . … Goulis v. Judge of District Court, 246 Mass. 1, 8 , and cases there collected.

    Cited 16 timesPublished
  • Stowe v. Bologna

    32 Mass. App. Ct. 612 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · May 29, 1992

    Aronson v. Brookline Rent Control Bd., 19 Mass. App. Ct. 700, 703-706 (1985). Turnbladh v. District Ct. of Ramsey County, 259 Minn. 228, 236 (1960). Duvin v. … opinion in Zuker v.

    Cited 18 timesPublished
  • Norton v. City of New Bedford

    166 Mass. 48 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 19, 1896

    Child v. Boston, 4 Allen, 41 . Emery v. Lowell, 104 Mass. 13 . Merrifield v. Worcester, 110 Mass. 216 . Hill v. Boston, 122 Mass. 344 . Murphy v. Lowell, 124 Mass. 564 . Tindley v. Salem, 137 Mass. 171 . Stock v. … See Bennett v. New Bedford, 110 Mass. 433 ; Leominster v. Conant, 139 Mass. 384 , 386 ; Allen v. Boston, 159 Mass. 324, 336, 337 ; Commonwealth v. Abbott, 160 Mass. 282 ; Slocum v. Brookline, 163 Mass. 23 .

    Cited 14 timesPublished
  • Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. State Tax Commission

    370 Mass. 127 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 9, 1976

    Walsh v. Curcio, 358 Mass. 819 (1971). Neither the board nor this court, however, can create an exception to the time limit specified by the statutes. William Rodman & Sons v. … See Grosjean v. American Press Co., 297 U.S. 233, 251 (1936); Times-Picayune Publishing Co. v. United States, 345 U.S. 594, 604 (1953); Mayor & City Council of Baltimore v. A.S. Abell Co., 218 Md. 273, 288-289 (1958).

    Cited 32 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Harvey

    6 Mass. App. Ct. 887 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jun 6, 1978

    See Brown v. Illinois, 422 U.S. at 597-600 ; Commonwealth v. LeBlanc, supra at 487-488 . But see United States v. Watson, 423 U.S. at 433 (Stewart, J., concurring in the result). … See Brown v. Illinois, 422 U.S. at 603 . Cf. United States v. Jarvis, 560 F.2d 494, 498-499 (2d Cir. 1977), cert. denied, 435 U.S. 934 (1978). Compare Commonwealth v. Fielding, supra at 113-114 .

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Comeau v. Town of Webster

    881 F. Supp. 2d 177 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Jul 24, 2012

    Comeau”), collectively “Plaintiffs,” have brought suit against the Town of Webster, Massachusetts (‘Webster”), its Board of Selectmen (“Selectmen”), Board of Health (“Board of Health”), Police Chief Timothy Bent (“Chief Bent … assert virtually identical negligence claims against the Board of Selectmen (Count IV (first)), Police Department (Count IV (second)), the Board of Selectmen and Chief Bent (Count V), and against the Board of Health (Counts

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Perkins v. Massachusetts Department of Revenue

    507 B.R. 45 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Mar 7, 2014

    The decision in In re Brown In In re Brown, 489 B.R. 1 (Bankr.D.Mass.2013) (Hoffman, Bankr. … See Ardestani v. Immigration & Naturalization Serv., 502 U.S. 129, 135-36 , 112 S.Ct. 515 , 116 L.Ed.2d 496 (1991); see also Lamie v.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Chamberland v. Selectmen of Middleborough

    328 Mass. 628 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 9, 1952

    It was held in Deutschmann v. … The decision of the board of selectmen acting as a board of health ought not to stand. Sesnovich v. Board of Appeal of Boston, 313 Mass. 393 . The judgment entered in the Superior Court is reversed.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • 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
  • SILVERMAN'S LIQUOR MART v. Licensing Bd. for Boston

    348 Mass. 524 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 17, 1965

    O’Connell v. New York, N. H. & H. R.R. 187 Mass. 272, 279 . Old Colony Trust Co. v. Chauncey, 214 Mass. 271, 274 . Warren v. Stoneman, 276 Mass. 259, 262 . Be statement: Contracts, §§ 374, 395. See Muchnick v. … Cole v. Chief of Police of Fall River, 312 Mass. 523, 526 . Monteiro v. Selectmen of Fal-mouth, 328 Mass. 391, 392-393 .

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Colpitts v. L. C. Fisher Co.

    289 Mass. 232 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 10, 1935

    Curtis v. Brown, 5 Cush. 488 , 492. Furbish v. Goodnow, 98 Mass. 296 . Ames v. Foster, 106 Mass. 400 . Richardson v. Robbins, 124 Mass. 105 . A promise by an owner (Gill v. Herrick, 111 Mass. 501 ; Collins v. … Fish v. Thomas, 5 Gray, 45 . Fears v. Story, 131 Mass. 47 . Burr v. Wilcox, 13 Allen, 269 . Wills v. Brown, 118 Mass. 137 . See v. Downey, 256 Mass. 47 . See also Mackin v. Dwyer, 205 Mass. 472, 476 .

    Cited 29 timesPublished
  • Stowers v. Barnard

    32 Mass. 221 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 15, 1834

    Truesdell v. … The case of Baskerville v.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Crowninshield

    68 L.R.A. 245 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 5, 1905

    In Commonwealth v. … See Commonwealth v. Stodder, 2 Cush. 562 , 570.

    Cited 14 timesPublished
  • Commissioner of Revenue v. Wells Yachts South, Inc.

    406 Mass. 661 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 14, 1990

    Casey v. Massachusetts Elec. Co., 392 Mass. 876, 879 (1984), quoting Cleary v. Cardullo’s Inc., 347 Mass. 337, 344 (1964). Accord United States v. … Polaroid Corp. v. Commissioner of Revenue, 393 Mass. 490, 497 (1984).

    Cited 18 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Burnett

    417 Mass. 740 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 10, 1994

    None of the additional elements of spontaneity and reliability present in Brown was present here. … See Commonwealth v. Fuller, supra at 682 .

    Cited 19 timesPublished
  • Powers v. H.B. Smith Co.

    42 Mass. App. Ct. 657 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · May 20, 1997

    Brown, J. This case, that seemingly neither party wanted to win, causes us to navigate around numerous procedural tangles and wade through several critical missteps. … Thereafter, a Mestek official, John Kaddaras, at the behest of .Smith’s board of directors, conducted an analysis of Smith’s organizational structure.

    Cited 60 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
  • COSTANZA & BERTOLINO v. Planning Bd. of North Reading

    360 Mass. 677 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 30, 1971

    The new by-law became effective between the time that the Lucci plan was submitted to the board and the time that it was approved by the board. See Doliner v. … See Selectmen of Pembroke v. R. & P. Realty Corp. 348 Mass. 120, 128-129 ; Kay-Vee Realty Co. Inc. v.

    Cited 22 timesPublished

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