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  • Building Inspector of Mansfield v. Curvin

    22 Mass. App. Ct. 401 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jun 20, 1986

    Board of Health of Canton, 332 Mass. 721 (1955, board of health regulation prohibiting piggeries); Board of Health of Woburn v. … Sousa, 338 Mass. 547 (1959, board of health regulation requiring permit for the keeping of swine); Board of Health of Franklin v. Hass, 342 Mass. 421 (1961, board of health regulation forbidding piggeries); Pendoley v.

    Cited 18 timesPublished
  • Brimmer v. City of Boston

    102 Mass. 19 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 15, 1869

    Harrington v. Harrington, 1 Met. 404 . Child v. Boston, 4 Allen, 41 . Griggs v Foote, Ib. 195. … Lowell v. Hadley, 8 Met. 180 . Fitchburg Railroad Co. v. Boston & Maine Railroad, 3 Cush. 58 . Nichols v. Salem, 14 Gray, 490 . Durant v. Lawrence, 1 Allen, 125 .

    Cited 38 timesPublished
  • RCN BECOCOM LLC v. COMMISSIONER OF REVENUE & others.

    100 Mass. App. Ct. 802 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Apr 1, 2022

    McKenney v. … See generally Goldberg v. Board of Health of Granby, 444 Mass. 627, 633 (2005), quoting Nuclear Metals, Inc. v. Low-Level Radioactive Waste Mgt.

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  • Commissioner of Corporations & Taxation v. Ryan

    323 Mass. 154 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 1, 1948

    Miami Grove Inc. v. Licensing Board for Boston, 312 Mass. 318, 324 . … But whether the evidence warrants a general conclusion of the board is a question of law, and is raised by appeal. Assessors of Boston v. Garland School of Home Making, 296 Mass. 378, 383 . Assessors of Boston v.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Pye v. TEAMSTERS LOCAL UNION NO. 122, IBT, AFL-CIO

    875 F. Supp. 921 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Jan 30, 1995

    That determination is reserved exclusively for the Board. NLRB v. Denver Bldg. & Const. Trades Council, 341 U.S. 675, 681-83 , 71 S.Ct. 943, 948-49 , 95 L.Ed. 1284 (1951); Walsh v. … Contrary to the Union’s insinuation, De Bartolo and NLRB v.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Union Institution for Savings v. City of Boston

    224 Mass. 286 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 19, 1916

    Cushing v. Boston, 128 Mass. 330 . Sawyer v. Davis, 136 Mass. 239 . … Archambault, 189 Mass. 70 ; Worcester Board of Health v. Tupper, 210 Mass. 378 . It follows upon the terms of the report that the bill must be dismissed. Decree accordingly.

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • In the Matter of Chalupowski

    473 Mass. 1008 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 1, 2015

    Although we give deference to the decision of the board, "this court retains ultimate authority to decide a person's fitness to practice law in the Commonwealth." Strigler v. … Strigler v. Board of Bar Examiners, supra.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Discipio v. Anacorp, Inc.

    831 F. Supp. 2d 392 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · May 5, 2011

    See, e.g., IOM Corp. v. Brown Forman Corp., 627 F.3d 440 , 449 n. 10 (1 Cir., 2010); see also Sourcing Unlimited, Inc. v. Asimco Intern., Inc., 526 F.3d 38, 46 (1 Cir., 2008). … Howe, member of the board of directors of Anacomp; Michael Leitner, member of the board of directors of Anacomp; and Phil Tseng, member of the board of directors of Anacomp. (# 1, Exh. C §§ 3-8) .

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • In the Matter of Hiss

    368 Mass. 447 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Aug 5, 1975

    In any disciplinary proceeding the findings and recommendations of the board, though not binding on this court, are entitled to great weight. 21 See March v. … Compare Vlandis v. Kline, 412 U. S. 441, 446 (1973), Leary v. United States, 395 U. S. 6 (1969), and Barnes v. United States, 412 U. S. 837 (1973), with Weinberger v. Salfi, 422 U.

    Cited 79 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Staples

    191 Mass. 384 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 3, 1906

    It is not necessary to decide whether the principle acted on in Commonwealth v. Sisson, 189 Mass. 247 , and in Brodbine v. … However that may be, the act under which the regulation here in question was made does not authorize the board to delegate the granting or withholding of such a permit to another board, in this case the board of water commissioners

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Colonial Acres, Inc. v. Town of North Reading

    3 Mass. App. Ct. 384 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jul 25, 1975

    L. c. 40A, §§ 4 & 15; Carson v. Board of Appeals of Lexington, 321 Mass. 649, 652 [1947]; contrast Bottomley v. Board of Appeals of Yarmouth, 354 Mass. 474 [1968]) running only to the town of North Reading (town). … Compare Todd v. Board of Appeals of Yarmouth, 337 Mass. 162, 169 (1958).

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • Moran's Case

    230 Mass. 500 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 25, 1918

    A decree was made and entered in the Superior Court in accordance with the report of the Industrial Accident Board on May 14,1917. An appeal by the employee was taken on that date. … Griffin v. Griffin, 222 Mass. 218 . See Daly v. Foss, 209 Mass. 470 , where the statutes and the cases are reviewed. Carpenter v. Fleming, 177 Mass. 525 .

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Sullivan v. Fall River Housing Authority

    348 Mass. 738 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 2, 1965

    The State Housing Board, created in accordance with G. … Brewster v. Sherman, 195 Mass. 222, 224-225 . Kaplan v. Bowker, 333 Mass. 455, 460 . Porter v. City Council of Malden, 346 Mass. 368, 372 .

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Francis

    477 Mass. 582 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Aug 11, 2017

    See Commonwealth v. Gordon, 410 Mass. 498, 500 (1991). See also Commonwealth v. … Contrast Santobello v.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Durgin v. Minot

    203 Mass. 26 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 24, 1909

    Yet when the order is not complied with, the board under § 69 can cause the nuisance to be removed at the expense of those who are found to be responsible for its existence or continuance. Salem v. … Grace v. Newton Board of Health, 135 Mass. 490 . See Cavanagh v. Boston, 139 Mass. 426, 434 .

    Cited 16 timesPublished
  • KATHLEEN A. FISHER v. PRESTI FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP & another (and a consolidated case ).

    100 Mass. App. Ct. 234 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Sep 16, 2021

    [Note 13] Relying on Pepin v. … See Connors v.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Ahlstrom v. Judson

    426 Mass. 1105 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 25, 1997

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  • Nelson v. Nason

    343 Mass. 220 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 20, 1961

    Brown v. Thayer, 212 Mass. 392, 397 . Saisa v. Lilja, 76 F. 2d 380 (1st Cir.). Carney v. DeWees, 136 Conn. 256, 262-263 . Landers v. French’s Ice Cream Co. 98 Ga. App. 317, 322 . Reader v. Ottis, 147 Minn. 335 . … Brown v. Thayer, 212 Mass. 392, 396 . Jones v. Northwestern Auto Supply Co. 93 Mont. 224, 227-228, 230 . See Smith v. Neibauer Bus Co. 328 Mass. 624 , and cases cited; Rowe v. Gibson, 309 S. W. 2d 173,174-175 (Ky.).

    Cited 36 timesPublished
  • Burns v. Lane

    138 Mass. 350 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 10, 1885

    Brown v. Leach, *356 107 Mass. 364, 368 , and cases cited. See Savage v. Stevens, 126 Mass. 207 . … Brown v. Castles, 11 Cush. 348 . David v. Park, 103 Mass. 501 .

    Cited 13 timesPublished
  • Rivers v. Director of Division of Employment Security

    323 Mass. 339 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 2, 1948

    The decision of the board sets forth the evidence in some detail and then the general finding. … Jordan Marsh Co. v. Labor Relations Commission, 316 Mass. 748, 756, 757 . Pacific Mills v. Director of the Division of Employment Security, 322 Mass. 345, 346 . Wagstaff v.

    Cited 11 timesPublished

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