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  • DiFronzo's Case

    459 Mass. 338 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 12, 2011

    Police Comm’r of Boston v. … While we affirm the broad outline of the board’s approach, we do not think the board’s adherence to Gonsalves v. IGS Store Fixtures, Inc., 13 Mass. Workers’ Comp. Rep. 21, 24 (1999), is wholly sound.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Town of Granby v. Landry

    341 Mass. 443 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 17, 1960

    See, as to *447 “lots,” Vetter v. Zoning Bd. of Appeal of Attleboro, 330 Mass. 628, 630 ; Clarke v. Board of Appeals of Nahant, 338 Mass. 473, 478-480 . … Bowe v. Secretary of the Commonwealth, 320 Mass. 230, 246 . See Clarke v. Board of Appeals of Nahant, 338 Mass. 473, 480 . The defendant must show the by-law unconstitutional in its application to him. Kaplan v.

    Cited 15 timesPublished
  • Birbiglia v. Saint Vincent Hospital, Inc.

    427 Mass. 80 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 16, 1998

    See Dobos v. Driscoll, 404 Mass. 634, 656 , cert. denied sub nom. Kehoe v. Dobos, 493 U.S. 850 (1989); D’Annolfo v. Stoneham Hous. Auth., 375 Mass. 650, 657 (1978). … See Paloeian v. Day, 299 Mass. 586, 591 (1938); Sarna v. American Bosch Magneto Corp., 290 Mass. 340, 343 (1935).

    Cited 24 timesPublished
  • Curtis v. Commissioner of the Division of Unemployment Assistance

    68 Mass. App. Ct. 516 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Mar 27, 2007

    In each case, the board of review (board) declined to hear the employee’s appeal, thereby making the hearing examiner’s decision the final decision of the board. G. L. c. 151 A, § 41(c). See Bleich v. … We defer to the board on issues of credibility and the weight of evidence, see Leone v.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Springfield Hospital v. Commissioner of Public Welfare

    350 Mass. 704 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 4, 1966

    L. c. 7, § 30K, and that, within the meaning of § 30K, the local boards and State department, in making such reimbursement, are purchasing hospital care. 1. In Massachusetts Gen. Hosp. v. … Co. v. Commissioner of Ins. 329 Mass. 265, 270 .

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Worcester Vocational Teachers Ass'n v. City of Worcester

    13 Mass. App. Ct. 1 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jan 5, 1982

    Board of Educ. v. Assessor of Worcester, 368 Mass. 511, 513-514 (1975), and cases cited. The Legislature’s purpose in enacting G. L. c. 71, § 3, is unambiguously stated on the face of the statute itself (see Hoffman v. … See School Comm. of Springfield v. Board of Educ., 362 Mass. 417 , 441 n.22 (1972); Amherst-Pelham Regional Sch. Comm. v. Department of Educ., 376 Mass. 480, 491 (1978). See also G. L. c. 15, § 1G; G.

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Foster v. Mayor of Beverly

    315 Mass. 567 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 29, 1944

    The board of health approved the petition, and the matter was then referred to the board of aldermen. … See Laurel Hill Cemetery v. San Francisco, 216 U. S. 358, 365 ; State v. District Court of Ramsey County, 114 Minn. 287, 291 ; Mayor & Common Council of Newark v. Watson, 27 Vroom, 667 ; Moritz v.

    Cited 28 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Boiselle

    16 Mass. App. Ct. 393 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jul 26, 1983

    O’Neil testified that she could see the robber’s eyes, mouth and eyebrows, and that he had big brown eyes which she would never forget. … He found that the defendant fit the descriptions given by O’Neil, and that the defendant “had unique brown appearing eyes.”

    Cited 13 timesPublished
  • American Venture 594 Corp. v. A. Russo & Sons, Inc.

    79 Mass. App. Ct. 770 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jul 13, 2011

    See Marashlian v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Newburyport, 421 Mass. 719, 721 (1996); Chongris v. Board of Appeals of Andover, 17 Mass. App. Ct. 999, 1000 (1984). … Ansara v. Regan, 276 Mass. 586, 589 (1931). See Macheras v. Syrmopoulos, 319 Mass. 485, 486 (1946).

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Champlin v. Jackson

    317 Mass. 461 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 2, 1945

    Champlin v. Jackson, 313 Mass. 487 . The question now presented is whether the quantity of lumber sold is to be determined by surface measure, as the plaintiff contends, or by board measure, as the defendant contends. … The- judge found that the order of the defendant called for board measure of the boards; but that the memorandum of the plaintiff meant that the boards were to be cut from eastern white pine stock from lumber six fourths

    Cited 16 timesPublished
  • Boston & Maine Railroad v. County Commissioners

    239 Mass. 127 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 2, 1921

    The case of Collins v. … See, in this connection, Marsch v.

    Cited 13 timesPublished
  • Micro Networks Corp. v. Hig Hightec, Inc.

    188 F. Supp. 2d 18 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Jan 11, 2002

    Shortly thereafter, Micro Networks’ Board of Directors approved the merger agreement. … Lancor v. Lebanon Housing Authority, 760 F.2d 361, 362 (1st Cir.1985); Cohen v. Brown Univ., 991 F.2d 888 (1st Cir.1993).

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Babbitt

    430 Mass. 700 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 3, 2000

    Commonwealth v. Brown, supra at 515 . See Commonwealth v. … See Commonwealth v. Brown, supra at 515 ..

    Cited 21 timesPublished
  • DeFino v. Director of Division of Employment Security

    350 Mass. 581 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 11, 1966

    On May 13, 1964, the board of review (the board) of the division of employment security (the division) sustained a decision of a review examiner denying benefits to DeFino, pursuant to Gr. … See Kravitz v. Director of Div. of Employment Sec. 326 Mass. 419 , 421-423; Estey v. Director of Div. of Employment Sec. 338 Mass. 797, 798 .

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Brek's Case

    335 Mass. 144 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 7, 1956

    Commonwealth v. Johnson, 199 Mass. 55, 59 . An exception was also taken to the testimony of Dr. Feinsilver that all asbestosis patients that he had ever treated came from the plant of the self insurer. … Shea v. Glendale Elastic Fabrics Co. 162 Mass. 463, 465 . There was no error in the award by the judge of $500 costs, including counsel fees, to the claimant.

    Cited 20 timesPublished
  • Durkee v. Durkee-Mower, Inc.

    384 Mass. 628 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 18, 1981

    Although corporate restrictions on stock transfer are enforceable in this Commonwealth unless “palpably unreasonable,” Brown v. … Brown v. Little, Brown & Co., 269 Mass, at 112. As noted by the trial judge, the restriction would not apply to an inter vivos gift of the stock nor, in our opinion, to an assignment in bankruptcy.

    Cited 13 timesPublished
  • Randall v. Haddad

    468 Mass. 347 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 12, 2014

    (board). … Sommer v.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Sniffin v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America

    395 Mass. 415 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 15, 1985

    The tenants 5 sought judicial review of the rent board’s decision in the Housing Court. See Sniffin v. Prudential Ins. Co., 11 Mass. App. … In Sniffin v. Prudential Ins. Co., 11 Mass. App. Ct. 714, 720-721 (1981), the Appeals Court held that Niles applies retroactively to the rent board’s 1976 decision.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Kenney v. Commissioner of Correction

    393 Mass. 28 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 13, 1984

    See Nelson v. Commissioner of Correction, supra at 387 n.11. … Hill v. Superintendent, Mass. Correctional Inst., Walpole, 392 Mass. 198 , 199 n.2 (1984); Cepulonis v. Commissioner of Correction, 15 Mass. App.

    Cited 42 timesPublished
  • Maher v. Town of Brookline

    339 Mass. 209 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 14, 1959

    Bogni v. Perotti, 224 Mass. 152, 157 . Commissioner of Corps. & Taxn. v. Coöperative League of America, 246 Mass. 235, 239 . Commonwealth v. Boston & Maine Transp. Co. 282 Mass. 345, 351 . Howes Bros. Co. v. … McQuade v. New York Cent. R.R. 320 Mass. 35, 38 . Watson v. Maryland, 218 U. S. 173, 178 .

    Cited 17 timesPublished

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