Case law

Crocker v. MARTHA'S VINEYARD COMMISSION

407 Mass. 77 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 20, 1990

Board of Health of Barnstable, 403 Mass. 477, 480 (1988), citing Registrar of Motor Vehicles v. Board of Appeal on Motor Vehicle Liab. Policies & Bonds, 382 Mass. 580, 585 (1981); Boston v. … See Boston Teachers Union, Local 66 v. Boston, 382 Mass. 553, 564 (1981); Pereira v. New England LNG Co., 364 Mass. 109, 118 (1973).

Von Ette's Case

223 Mass. 56 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 29, 1916

We are of opinion that the board were warranted in finding that the rule was not in force but had become a dead letter at the time of the accident. McNee v. Coburn Trolley Track Co. 170 Mass. 283 . Sweetland v. … Boyle v. Columbian Fire Proofing Co. 182 Mass. 93, 98 . Brady v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford Railroad, 184 Mass. 225 . Cutts v. Boston Elevated Railway, 202 Mass. 450, 456 . Crawley v. A. O. H.

Atherton v. Selectmen of Bourne

337 Mass. 250 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 4, 1958

Caputo v. Board of Appeals of Somerville, 331 Mass. 547, 549 . New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Brockton, 332 Mass. 662, 665 . Planning Board of Reading v. Board of Appeals of Reading, 333 Mass. 657, 660 . … Whittemore v. Building Inspector of Falmouth, 313 Mass. 248, 249 . Smith v. Board of Appeals of Salem, 313 Mass. 622 . Caputo v. Board of Appeals of Somerville, 331 Mass. 547, 549 . See Leahy v.

Johnson v. East Boston Savings Bank

290 Mass. 441 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 29, 1935

Pickett v. Walsh, 192 Mass. 572 . Plant v. Woods, 176 Mass. 492 . … It was said in Cummings v.

Read & Lundy, Inc. v. Brier (In Re Brier)

274 B.R. 37 · United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · Feb 26, 2002

In McAlister v. … Brown (In re Brown), 237 B.R. 740 (Bankr.C.D.Cal.1999), the bankruptcy court determined that the debtor was collaterally estopped from relitigating a judgment arising out of the debtor’s misappropriation of trade secrets

Stabile v. McCarthy

336 Mass. 399 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 13, 1957

Rockwood, 320 Mass. 360 ; Livoli v. Stoneman, 332 Mass. 473, 475-476 ), instead of making inability to obtain planning board approval a condition precedent to the exercise of a right to cancel. … See Fisher v. Sneierson, 330 Mass. 48, 50-51 ; Sorota v.

Zullo

420 Mass. 872 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 26, 1995

See, e.g., United States v. … Chalifoux v. Commissioner of Correction, 375 Mass. 424, 427 (1978).

United States v. Bain

155 F. Supp. 3d 107 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Feb 17, 2015

Brown, 169 F.3d 89, 92 (1st Cir.1999) (lobby of apartment building); United States v. Cruz Pagan, 537 F.2d 554, 557-58 (1st Cir.1976) (common garage of condominium complex); see also United States v. … (quoting Texas v. Brown, 460 U.S. 730, 742 , 103 S.Ct. 1535 , 75 L.Ed.2d 502 (1983)). “The probable cause standard ‘does not demand showing that such a belief be correct or more likely true than false.’ ” Id.

DePasquale v. Ogden Suffolk Downs, Inc.

29 Mass. App. Ct. 658 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Dec 31, 1990

However, G.L.c. 93A, § 3, as appearing in St. 1983, c. 242, provides: "Nothing in this chapter shall apply to transactions or actions otherwise permitted under laws as administered *663 by any regulatory board or officer … See Leardi v. Brown, 394 Mass. 151 , 157-162 *664 162 (1985). For the reasons stated in this opinion, the plaintiff may not recover the winnings of the Twin-Trifecta.

Commonwealth v. Page

155 Mass. 227 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 6, 1892

v. … In Commonwealth v.

In the Matter of John Hoffman Moran

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 31, 2025

Rule 3:01, § 5.1, as appearing in 478 Mass. 1301 (2018); Rule V.2 of the Rules of the Board of Bar Examiners (2021). … Rule V of the Rules of the Board of Bar Examiners sets forth a number of attributes that the board "considers . . . to be essential for all petitioners seeking admission to the Massachusetts bar."

Kirby v. Tirrell

236 Mass. 170 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 22, 1920

Quinn v. Perham, 151 Mass. 162, 163 . This phrase was defined in Andrews v. … Lynch v. Swan, 167 Mass. 510 . Assuming all other issues in her favor, the plaintiff failed to prove that the defendant was guilty of negligence. Exceptions overruled.

Sullivan v. Lally

166 Mass. 265 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 25, 1896

He knew that Brown was a green hand, and even a boy must know, we think, that green hands are liable to do things which experienced ones would not. … Coullard v. Tecumseh Mills, 151 Mass. 85 . Henry v. King Philip Mills, 155 Mass. 361 . Exceptions overruled.

Assessors of Springfield v. New England Telephone & Telegraph Co.

330 Mass. 198 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 4, 1953

McCarty v. Boyden, 275 Mass. 91, 93 . Opinion of the Justices, 300 Mass. 591, 593 . Elmer v. Commissioner of Insurance, 304 Mass. 194, 196 . Brennan v. Election Commissioners of Boston, 310 Mass. 784, 786 . Jenney v. … In Assessors of Springfield v.

Smith v. Building Commissioner of Brookline

367 Mass. 765 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 16, 1975

On August 28, 1974, this court decided the case of Smith v. Board of Appeals of Brookline, 366 Mass. 197 (1974) (Smith I). … Dion v. Board of Appeals of Waltham, 344 Mass. 547, 553 (1962).

Tyler v. City Bank Farmers Trust Co.

314 Mass. 528 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 14, 1943

Arnold, 185 Mass. 165, 169 ; Smith v. Smith, 186 Mass. 138, 139 ; Gray v. Whittemore, 192 Mass. 367, 381 ; Jewett v. Jewett, 200 Mass. 310, 317 ; Blume v. Kimball, 222 Mass. 412 ; Brown v. … Blanchard, 208 Mass. 523, 527 ; Upham v. Parker, 220 Mass. 454, 459 ; Brown v. Spring, 241 Mass. 565, 568 ; Bamford v.

Building Inspector of Attleboro v. Attleboro Landfill

384 Mass. 109 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 22, 1981

It is, therefore, mandatory that the board act within the statutory period, otherwise the applicant prevails by default. Rinaudo v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Plymouth, 383 Mass. 885 (1981). Casasanta v. … In Selectmen of Pembroke v. R. & P. Realty Corp., 348 Mass. 120, 127 (1964), we construed identical language as it was then contained in G.

Burke v. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.

319 Mass. 372 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 27, 1946

Brown v. Castles, 11 Cush. 348 . Sears v. Trowbridge, 15 Gray, 184 . Vitagraph, Inc. v. Park Theatre Co. of Boston, 249 Mass. 25, 31 . National House Furnishing Co. v. Anderson, 316 Mass. 301, 303 . Brown v. … Backus v. Richardson, 5 Johns. 476 . Compare May v. Western Union Telegraph Co. 112 Mass. 90, 94 .

Goodyear Park Co. v. City of Holyoke

291 Mass. 11 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 6, 1935

St. 1872, c. 62, established for the defendant a board of water commissioners, which ever since, under that statute and later statutes, has been in control of the defendant's water supply system. See Pearsons v. … McLean v. Mayor of Holyoke, 216 Mass. 62 . Leroy v. Worcester Street Railway, 287 Mass. 1, 6-9 . And such approval must be “affixed” to the written instrument or instruments embodying the contract. The case of Clarke v.

Lamoureux v. Superintendent, Massachusetts Correctional Institution

390 Mass. 409 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 10, 1983

They ensure that the board’s decision is based on fact and not on speculation. Gomes v. Travisono, supra. … The judge is also to order a new hearing before a disciplinary board, if so requested, pursuant to the limitations and suggestions set forth in Nelson v. Commissioner of Correction, supra. So ordered. 2 See Nelson v.