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  • Schussel v. Commissioner of Revenue

    472 Mass. 83 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 1, 2015

    The commissioner's decisions were upheld by the Appellate Tax Board (board), and the Appeals Court affirmed. See Schussel v. Commissioner of Revenue, 86 Mass. App. Ct. 419, 431 (2014). … Boston Gas Co. v. Assessors of Boston, supra at 721- 722, quoting Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. v.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Dittemore v. Dickey

    249 Mass. 95 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 21, 1924

    In O’Dowd v. … Ham v. Boston Board of Police, 142 Mass. 90 . Decisions of that class are distinguishable from the case at bar. 5.

    Cited 53 timesPublished
  • Director of the Division of Employment Security v. Fingerman

    378 Mass. 461 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 5, 1979

    Application of law to fact has long been a matter entrusted to the *464 informed judgment of the board of review. See Garfield v. Director of the Div. of Employment Security, 377 Mass. 94, 96 (1979), and cases cited. … See Raytheon Co. v. Director of the Div. of Employment Security, 346 Mass. 733, 735-736 (1964); Raytheon Co. v.

    Cited 20 timesPublished
  • Inhabitants of Swansea v. Pivo

    265 Mass. 520 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 4, 1929

    It could be shown by a member of the board that the amended records were accurate. See Pease v. Smith, 24 Pick. 122 . Wallace v. First Parish in Townsend, 109 Mass. 263 . … Taunton v. Taylor, 116 Mass. 254, 261 . Stratton v. Lowell, 181 Mass. 511, 513 . Board of Health of Worcester v. Tupper, 210 Mass. 378 . Wheeler v. Boston, 233 Mass. 275 .

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • B. M. C. Durfee Trust Co. v. Borden

    329 Mass. 461 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 25, 1952

    Brown, child of Marjorie Brown; and Joanne Borden and Bradford P. Borden, children of Philip P. Borden. … Ernst v. Rivers, 233 Mass. 9, 14 .” Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co. v. Park, 307 Mass. 255, 264 . Manning v. Manning, 229 Mass. 527, 529 . Agricultural National Bank v. Miller, 316 Mass. 288, 292 .

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Albano v. Selectmen of South Hadley

    341 Mass. 494 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 5, 1960

    Whitney v. Judge of the Dist. Court of No. Berkshire, 271 Mass. 448, 459 . Morrison v. Selectmen of Weymouth, 279 Mass. 486, 494-495 . Amero v. Board of Appeal of Gloucester, 283 Mass. 45, 52 . Colantuoni v. … Scituate, 201 Mass. 107, 109 , Real Properties, Inc. v. Board of Appeal of Boston, 311 Mass. 430, 434 , Coyne v. Alcoholic Beverages Control Commn. 312 Mass. 224, 228 , Perkins v.

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Talbot v. Talbot

    13 Mass. App. Ct. 456 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Apr 22, 1982

    Kinosian v. Kinosian, 351 Mass. 49, 52 (1966). See also Brown v. Brown, 222 Mass. 415, 416-417 (1916). Just as G. … See Bullock v. Zeiders, 12 Mass. App. Ct. 634, 637 (1981); Spiliotis v. Campbell, ante 189, 190 (1982). See also Brown v. Brown, 222 Mass. at 416 , *461 418. Subject to the limitations expressed in Silvia v.

    Cited 14 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
  • RSA Media, Inc. v. Ciavattieri

    30 Mass. L. Rptr. 656 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Sep 20, 2012

    Browning-Ferris Industries, Inc. v. Casella Waste Management of Massachusetts, Inc., 79 Mass.App.Ct. 300, 313 (2011). … Aronovitz v. Fafard, 78 Mass.App.Ct. 1, 8 (2010). See Middlesex & Boston St. Railway Co. v. Board of Aldermen of Newton, 371 Mass. 849, 859 (1977).

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  • Town of Natick v. Massachusetts Department of Public Welfare

    341 Mass. 618 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 6, 1961

    The petition was properly brought by the town “acting through the board of public welfare.” No question is presented as to the board’s authority so to act. See Taunton v. … Taylor, 116 Mass. 254, 262 ; Worcester Bd. of Health v. Tupper, 210 Mass. 378, 383 ; Board of Health of Wareham v. Marine By-Products Co. 329 Mass. 174, 175 ; Board of Health of Woburn v.

    Cited 13 timesPublished
  • 9 to 5 Organization for Women Office Workers v. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

    3 Mass. Supp. 589 · Massachusetts District Court · Jun 17, 1982

    As the Supreme Court in N.L.R.B. v. … Plaintiff also argues that the Board’s own description of the documents, found in the Board’s “Vaughn” index (see, Vaughn v. Rosen, 523 F. 2d 1136 (D.C.

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  • 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
  • London Guarantee & Accident Co. v. Sterling

    233 Mass. 485 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 11, 1919

    Jordan v. Dennis, 7 Met. 590 . Gilman v. Thompson, 11 Vt. 643, 647 . … See Boston Diatite Co. v. Florence Manuf. Co. 114 Mass. 69 ; Palmer v. Lavers, 218 Mass. 286 ; Currier v. Esty, 110 Mass. 536 ; Amherst College v. Allen, 165 Mass. 178 .

    Cited 34 timesPublished
  • Cheever v. Pearson

    33 Mass. 266 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 15, 1834

    Weston v. Hunt, 2 Mass. R. 500 ; Brunswick v. Dunning, 7 *270 Mass. R. 445 . … Cook v. Stearns, 11 Mass. R. 533 . To apply the doctrines of that case to the present.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Kszepka's Case

    408 Mass. 843 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 17, 1990

    See Bronstein v. Prudential Ins. Co., 390 Mass. 701, 704 (1984); Jinwala v. Bizzaro, 24 Mass. App. Ct. 1,4 (1987). … Board of Educ., 362 Mass. 417 , 441 n.22 (1972); International Bhd. of Elec. Workers v. Western Mass. Elec. Co., 15 Mass. App. Ct. 25, 28 (1982). The language of G.

    Cited 36 timesPublished
  • Cummings Properties, LLC v. Nardone Enterprises, Inc.

    2002 Mass. App. Div. 103 · Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · May 20, 2002

    Board of Appeals of Marshfield, 16 Mass. App. Ct. 29, 33 (1983), and is to be granted only in extraordinary or compelling circumstances, Sahin v. Sahin, 435 Mass. 396, 406 (2001); Winthrop Corp. v. Lowenthal, 29 Mass. … See Brown v. Quinn, 406 Mass. 641, 644 (1990). As Rule 60(b) (6) provides no relief for deliberate or calculated choices, see generally Bromfield v. Commonwealth, 400 Mass. 254, 256 (1987); Freitas v. Freitas, 26 Mass.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Benson v. Monroe

    61 Mass. 125 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 15, 1851

    City of Boston, 12 Pick. 13 , 14; Rawson v. Porter, 9 Greenl. 119. In Brown v. McKinally, 1 Esp. … J., referred to Brown v. McKinally, and also to Milnes v.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Carr v. Howard

    426 Mass. 514 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 22, 1998

    Ass’n v. Board of Registration in Medicine, 401 Mass. 172, 177-178 (1987). … Ass’n v. Board of Registration in Medicine, 401 Mass. 172, 183 (1987), but goes further to clarify that documents in the hands of the board remain protected from discovery.

    Cited 39 timesPublished
  • Gaunt v. Arzoomanian

    313 Mass. 38 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 25, 1943

    The respondent claims title under a conveyance to him by one Brown. The city held a tax title on the property. … On May 16, 1939, the mortgagees assigned or purported to assign their mortgage to Brown. Brown went through the form of a foreclosure of the mortgage by sale, bought in at the sale, and then conveyed to the respondent.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Bengar v. Clark Equipment Co.

    24 Mass. App. Ct. 41 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Apr 7, 1987

    Brown, J. … Textor v. Board of Regents, 711 F.2d 1387 , 1390 (7th *46 Cir. 1983) (motion to reconsider the denial of leave to amend properly viewed as a rule 59 [e] motion).

    Reversed on other grounds by Bengar v. Clark Equipment Co., 401 Mass. 554 (1988)Cited 11 timesPublished

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