Case law

Knowles v. Griswold

252 Mass. 172 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 17, 1925

Cheney Bigelow Wire Works v. Sorrell, 142 Mass. 442 . Marble v. … Harvey v. Byrnes, 107 Mass. 518 . Sherer v. Trowbridge, 135 Mass. 500 .

Massachusetts Broken Stone Co. v. Town of Weston

45 Mass. App. Ct. 748 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Nov 16, 1998

See, e.g., Long v. Board of Appeals of Falmouth, 32 Mass. App. Ct. 232, 233 (1992); Patelle v. Zoning Bd. of Woburn, [ 20 Mass. App. Ct. 279, 284 (1985)].” Heritage Park, supra at 76 . … Long v. Board of Appeals of Falmouth, supra, is not to the contrary.

Kendall v. Director of the Division of Employment Security

393 Mass. 731 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 23, 1985

See Hollis Hills Jewish Center v. … The law requires that the board’s findings be upheld if they are supported by substantial evidence. G. L. c. 30A, § 14 (7). *736 See Garfield v. Director of the Div. of Employment Sec., ill Mass. 94, 96 (1979).

Commonwealth v. Miranda

28 Mass. L. Rptr. 149 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Mar 14, 2011

In Commonwealth v. … See Commonwealth v.

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.

Eaton v. Locke

202 Mass. 324 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 22, 1909

Brayton v. Fall River, 113 Mass. 218, 227 . The subject has been so recently treated in Robinson v. … Brayton v. Fall River, ubi supra. French v. Connecticut River Lumber Co. 145 Mass. 261, 264 . Robinson v. Brown, 182 Mass. 266 , and cases cited.

Connolly v. Director of the Division of Unemployment Assistance

460 Mass. 24 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 16, 2011

The claimant appealed to the District Court where a judge affirmed the decision of the board. She timely appealed and argues that the board made a legal error because, under this court’s holding in Morillo v. … Based on these undisputed facts, the board did not err in concluding that the claimant did not prove by “substantial and credible evidence” that her leaving was attributable to Verizon. 6 Cf. Uvello v.

Assessors of Pittsfield v. W. T. Grant Co.

329 Mass. 359 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 31, 1952

In Hill v. … Commonwealth v. Putnam, 2 Allen, 301 . Commonwealth v. Shea, 323 Mass. 406, 416 . The assessors requested a ruling that “the board is warranted in finding or ruling that the . . .

Commissioner of Revenue v. Northeast Petroleum Corp.

401 Mass. 44 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 26, 1987

In a prior opinion, we reversed the decision of the board and remanded for further proceedings in light of our opinion in Commissioner of Revenue v. Shafner, 392 Mass. 256 (1984). Northeast Petroleum Corp. v. … Northeast appealed to the board, and the board issued a decision in favor of the Commissioner. We reversed the decision and remanded the case to the board to be reconsidered in light of Commissioner of Revenue v.

Jeff Stacy's Case

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 15, 2025

Hough v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Bd., 309 Mass. 534, 539 (1941). … L. c. 30A, § 14 (7) (g). 9 For the same reasons, the board's decision in Raimo v. DeIulis Bros. Constr. Co., 5 Mass. Workers' Comp. Rep. 201 (1991), is not to the contrary.

Wodinsky v. Kettenbach

86 Mass. App. Ct. 825 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jan 6, 2015

Indeed, they pursued the board litigation as part of their strategy to coerce the Wodinskys into selling their home. See Cohen v. Hurley, 20 Mass. App. … Center, Inc. v.

Toubiana v. Priestly

402 Mass. 84 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 6, 1988

In order to prevent the upper end of the board from contacting the shaft wall, Toubiana held the board away from the wall. However, as the elevator ascended, the descending elevator counterweight and the board collided. … Rock v. Gagnon, 342 Mass. 722, 723 (1961); Polak v. Whitney, 21 Mass. App. Ct. 349, 351 (1985).

Minns's Case

286 Mass. 459 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 26, 1934

Cadis Phipps, the impartial physician,” with the board on May 24, 1930, “if such report was or is before the board.” … Commonwealth v. Mead, 153 Mass. 284 . Nevertheless, we think the principle should be followed that a ruling, right on other grounds, should be upheld even though the reason given may be wrong. Reilly v.

Commonwealth v. McCarthy

225 Mass. 192 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 28, 1916

Burke v. Holyoke Board of Health, 219 Mass. 219 . But under the statute he had no right to employ other journeymen plumbers to assist in the doing of such work. That would make him a master plumber. … His remedy is to bring a petition for a writ of mandamus to compel the proper board to give him a reasonable examination as to his qualifications to be a master plumber. Welch v. Swasey, 193 Mass. 364, 377 . Crocker v.

Sylvania Electric Products Inc. v. City of Newton

344 Mass. 428 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 31, 1962

Caires v. Building Commr. of Hingham, 323 Mass. 589 . Cohen v. Lynn, 333 Mass. 699, 704-705 , and cases cited. Elmer v. Board of Zoning Adjustment of Boston, 343 Mass. 24, 34-35 , and cases cited. … Blackman v. Board of Appeals of Barnstable, 334 Mass. 446, 450 . Atherton v. Board of Appeals of Bourne, 334 Mass. 451, 454 . Barnhart v.

Berwick & Smith Co. v. Salem Press, Inc.

331 Mass. 196 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 4, 1954

It is agreed that Brown was authorized to act for the defendant. The books were subsequently printed and delivered to the defendant and a bill was sent to it on July 30, 1949. … Daniels v. Hudson River Fire Ins. Co. 12 Cush. 416 , 429. Barrie v. Quinby, 206 Mass. 259, 265 . Cronan v. Hornblower, 211 Mass. 538, 541 .

William Rodman & Sons, Inc. v. State Tax Commission

373 Mass. 606 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 4, 1977

If, on the record, as matter of law, the board was warranted in not granting an abatement as to the missing cigarettes, we may sustain its decision without remanding the proceedings to it. Cf. Assessors of Boston v. … See Afienko v. Harvard Club of Boston, 365 Mass. 320, 331 (1974); Knowles v. Gilchrist Co., 362 Mass. 642, 651 (1972); 9 J.

Lenco Pro, Inc. v. Guerin

1998 Mass. App. Div. 10 · Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · Jan 13, 1998

Mailman’s Steam Carpet Cleaning Corp. v. Lizotte, 415 Mass. 865, 869 (1993). See also, Wilcox v. Oberg, 1990 Mass. App. Div. 111 , 113: Kolokythas v. Vautour, 1990 Mass. App. Div. 14 . … Ct. 986, 988 (1983); My Bread Baking Co. v. Jesi, 350 Mass. 282, 285-286 (1966); Lufkin’s Real Estate, Inc. v. Aseph, 349 Mass. 343, 346 (1965); Snelling & Snelling of Mass., Inc. v.

New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. City of Brockton

332 Mass. 662 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 8, 1955

Board of Survey of Arlington v. Bay State Street Railway, 224 Mass. 463 . Fall River v. Public Service Commissioners, 228 Mass. 575 . … Lexington & Boston Street Railway, 185 Mass. 183 ; Selectmen of Clinton v. Worcester Consolidated Street Railway, 199 Mass. 279, 286 ; Board of Survey of Arlington v.

O'Connell v. Vainisi

82 Mass. App. Ct. 688 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Oct 22, 2012

Ibid., citing Sheppard v. Tuning Bd. of Appeal of Boston, 74 Mass. App. Ct. 8, 11-12 (2009), S.C., 81 Mass. App. Ct. 394 (2012). See Dwyer v. Gallo, 73 Mass. App. … In the first instance, it is up to the board to give meaning to the zoning by-law it administers, with reviewing courts giving deference to the board’s interpretation so long as it is reasonable. See, e.g., Glidden v.