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  • DiGregorio v. Registrar of Motor Vehicles

    78 Mass. App. Ct. 775 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Feb 17, 2011

    See Breslin v. Board of Appeal on Motor Vehicle Liability Policies & Bonds, 70 Mass. App. Ct. 131, 134 (2007). … Co. v. Energy Facilities Siting Bd., 453 Mass. 135, 142 (2009), quoting from White v. Boston, 428 Mass. 250, 253 (1998).

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  • American Institute for Economic Research v. Assessors of Great Barrington

    324 Mass. 509 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 5, 1949

    Bottini v. Addonizio, 261 Mass. 456 . … Mercier v. Union Street Railway, 230 Mass. 397, 404 . Ambrose v. Boston Elevated Railway, 309 Mass. 219, 222 .

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  • CROSSING OVER, INC. & Others v. CITY OF FITCHBURG & Others

    Massachusetts Superior Court · Feb 25, 2019

    Iannacchino v. Ford Motor Co., 451 Mass. 623, 636 (2008), quoting Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 555 (2007). … V. Application of the FHA As to the plaintiffs' FHA claims, the court does not find that the Board made a legal error in declining to address them.

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  • Silva v. Director of the Division of Employment Security

    398 Mass. 609 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 24, 1986

    “It is . . . the function of the board and not a judge to make findings of fact” in employment security cases. White v. Director of the Div. of Employment Sec., 382 Mass. 596 , 599 (1981). See Manias v. … If the findings of the board are supported by substantial evidence, and if there is no error of law, the court must affirm the board. See Keough v. Director of the Div. of Employment Sec., 370 Mass. 1, 3 (1976).

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  • COLYNE GERMAIN v. KELLY A. GOODNEY GERMAIN & Others.

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · May 8, 2026

    Colyne filed a second amended equity complaint against Kelly, the Worcester Retirement Board (board), and the city alleging unjust enrichment and seeking declaratory relief. … See Browning-Ferris Indus., Inc. v. Casella Waste Mgt. of Mass., Inc., 79 Mass. App.

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  • O'Reilly v. Town of Scituate

    328 Mass. 154 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 29, 1951

    On March 2,1949, he was employed by the planning board of Scituate to advise as to its duties, and the board has approved his bill for $200 for his services. … Fletcher v. Lowell, 15 Gray, 103 . Higginson v. Fall River, 226 Mass. 423, 425 . Benefit to the municipality *155 is immaterial. Fluet v.

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Town of Wrentham v. West Wrentham Village, LLC

    451 Mass. 511 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 27, 2008

    See Federman v. Board of Appeals of Marblehead, 35 Mass. App. … Because the HAC’s remand is not final as to the board, the Cliff House exception does not apply. See Federman v.

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  • Beckles's Case

    230 Mass. 272 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 24, 1918

    Aside from the exclusion by the Industrial Accident Board of certain evidence offered by the claimant, the question presented is, whether the finding of the board that the injury was not due to the serious and wilful misconduct … Freeman v. United Fruit Co. 223 Mass. 300, 302 . Burns’s Case, supra, and cases cited. Nickerson’s Case, 218 Mass. 158, 160 . Johnson v. Marshall Sons & Co. Ltd. [1906] A. C. 409, 411.

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  • Mayor of Haverhill v. Water Commissioners of Haverhill

    320 Mass. 63 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 29, 1946

    Cohen v. Price, 273 Mass. 303, 309 . Commonwealth v. Bloomberg, 302 Mass. 349, 352 .” Hinckley v. Retirement Board of Gloucester, 316 Mass. 496, 500 . … Georgetown, 190 Mass. 225, 229 ; Boston v. Dolan, 298 Mass. 346 . Nothing to the contrary is contained in such cases as Muldoon v. Lowell, 178 Mass. 134 , Bowers v. Selectmen of Needham, 216 Mass. 422 , Whiting v.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Pendergast v. Massachusetts Department of Revenue (In re Pendergast)

    494 B.R. 8 · United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · Jun 11, 2013

    Brown v. Massachusetts Department of Revenue (In re Brown)/Gonzalez v. Massachusetts Department of Revenue (In re Gonzalez), 489 B.R. 1 (Bankr.D.Mass.2013). . In re Brown/Gonzalez, 489 B.R. at 6 . . … Martin v. United States of America (In re Martin), 482 B.R. 635, 639 (Bankr.D.Colo.2012). . In re Brown/Gonzalez, 489 B.R. at 5 . . Id. . Id. . Perkins v. Massachusetts Dep’t of Rev.

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  • Krupp v. Building Commissioner of Newton

    325 Mass. 686 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 27, 1950

    Brodbine v. Revere, 182 Mass. 598, 600 . Boston v. Chelsea, 212 Mass. 127, 128 . But when the Legislature has adopted a policy it may delegate to a board or an officer the working out of the details of that policy. … Norcross v. Board of Appeal of Boston, 255 Mass. 177, 186 . Opinion of the Justices, 321 Mass. 759, 765 .

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Wight v. Hale

    56 Mass. 486 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 15, 1848

    In Putnam v. … But in Haven v.

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  • ROBERT D. FRATUS, JR. v. TOWN OF HARWICH & others.

    100 Mass. App. Ct. 27 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jul 13, 2021

    See RCA Dev., Inc. v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Brockton, 482 Mass. 156 , 160–161 (2019), quoting Commonwealth v. … Sturdy, supra, quoting Green v. Wilmington, 339 Mass. 142, 144 (1959), and MacDonald v. Boston, 318 Mass. 618, 619 (1945).

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  • King v. Shank

    92 Mass. App. Ct. 837 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Mar 2, 2018

    Commonwealth v. Mass. CRINC, 392 Mass. 79, 89 (1984). See Tri–Nel Mgt., Inc. v. Board of Health of Barnstable, supra. … See Mieczkowski v. Board of Registrars of Hadley, 53 Mass. App.

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  • Boisvert v. Ward

    199 Mass. 594 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 20, 1908

    Sampson v. Holbrook, 192 Mass. 421 . Lavelle v. Dunn-Green Leather Co. 194 Mass. 294 . Beique v. Hosmer, 169 Mass. 541 . Gillette v. General Electric Co. 187 Mass. 1 . 2. … Whalen v. Rosnosky, 195 Mass. 545 . Exceptions overruled.

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  • Wall v. Registrar of Motor Vehicles

    329 Mass. 70 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 29, 1952

    Marshall v. Registrar of Motor Vehicles, 324 Mass. 468, 469 . The return, instead of being in the form of an answer, should have stated the proceedings of which review is sought. Byfield v. Newton, 247 Mass. 46, 52 . … Byfield v. Newton, supra, at page 53. By G. L. (Ter.

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Raytheon Co. v. Director of Division of Employment Security

    364 Mass. 593 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 13, 1974

    Co. v. Unemployment Comp. Commn. 296 Mass. 275, 283 (1936). “[T]he general purpose of . . . [this law] is to afford benefits to persons who are out of work and unable to secure work through no fault of their own.” … Co. v. Director of the Div. of Employment Security, 333 Mass. 244, 248 (1955).

    Cited 75 timesPublished
  • Federal National Mortgage Ass'n v. Hoyle

    2014 Mass. App. Div. 204 · Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · Oct 14, 2014

    Corp. v. Seaman-Andwall Corp., 364 Mass. 683, 688 (1974); Browne v. Moran, 300 Mass. 107, 110-111 (1938), incorporates both claim preclusion and issue preclusion. 3 Hoch v. Porrazzo, 2005 Mass. App. Div. 61 . … See id. at 533-534 , citing Tausevich v. Board of Appeals of Stoughton, 402 Mass. 146, 149 (1988), and Sena v.

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  • O'Day v. School Committee

    343 Mass. 122 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 3, 1961

    Ullian v. Registrar of Motor Vehicles, 325 Mass. 197 . Rines v. Justices of the Superior Court, 330 Mass. 368 .” … Mayor of Revere v. Special Judge of the Dist. Court of Chelsea, 262 Mass. 393, 395-397 . The District Court acquired no jurisdiction of the petition and it was rightly dismissed. International Paper Co. v.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Lexington Nursing Home, Inc. v. Rate Setting Commission

    358 Mass. 601 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 29, 1971

    See Westland Housing Corp. v. Commissioner of Ins. 352 Mass. 374, 386-387 . … Harvey Payne, Inc. v. State Co. 342 Mass. 368, 370 . Board of Selectmen of Truro v. Outdoor Advertising Fd. 346 Mass. 754, 759 . T 7 Final decree affirmed with costs of appeal.

    Cited 4 timesPublished

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