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  • Nyhan v. Retirement Board

    39 Mass. App. Ct. 914 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Sep 26, 1995

    On June 12, 1991, Nyhan applied to the Lawrence retirement board (board) for an increase in his retirement benefits under G. … Nyhan appealed from the board’s decision to the Contributory Retirement Appeal Board (CRAB), but that appeal was dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. See Glorioso v.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Sheridan v. Silver-Brown Co.

    4 F. Supp. 759 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Oct 5, 1933

    This is a suit for infringement brought against the defendant, Silver-Brown Company, by Francis B. Sheridan and William A. … Gandy v. Main Belting Company, 143 U. S. 587 , 12 S. Ct. 598 , 36 L. Ed. 273 ; Lehnbeuter v. Holthaus, 105 U. S. 94 , 26 L. Ed. 939 .

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  • Sullivan v. Planning Board

    38 Mass. App. Ct. 918 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Feb 1, 1995

    Co-stanza & Bertolino, Inc. v. Planning Bd. of N. Reading, 360 Mass. 677, 679 (1971). A planning board’s rejection of a proposed subdivision must be based on particular subdivision regulations, MP Corp. v. … It would not, however, prohibit a planning board’s reasonable regulation of adequate access to a subdivision. See McDavitt v. Planning Bd. of Winchester, 2 Mass. App. Ct. 806, 807 (1974). See also Patel v.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Doe, Sex Offender Registry Board No. 1211 v. Sex Offender Registry Board

    447 Mass. 750 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 5, 2006

    Roe v. Attorney Gen., 434 Mass. 418 (2001). … As noted in Roe v.

    Cited 47 timesPublished
  • Brown v. Department of Veterans Affairs

    451 F. Supp. 2d 273 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Sep 11, 2006

    See id. at § 315 (establishing regional offices); Beamon v. Brown, 125 F.3d 965, 967 (6th Cir.1997). … Cleburne Living Ctr., 473 U.S. 432, 442-46 , 105 S.Ct. 3249 , 87 L.Ed.2d 313 (1985)); Brown v.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Doe, Sex Offender Registry Board No. 3839 v. Sex Offender Registry Board

    472 Mass. 492 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Aug 21, 2015

    No. 8725 v. … Doe No. 68549, 470 Mass. at 110, quoting Goldberg v. Board of Health of Granby, 444 Mass. 627, 638 (2005).

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Dennis v. Planning Board

    71 Mass. App. Ct. 179 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Feb 6, 2008

    Stoner v. … “Presumably a planning board may not without good reason rescind approval of a definitive plan.” Young v. Planning Bd. of Chilmark, 402 Mass. 841, 846 (1988).

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Brown v. Select Theatres Corp.

    3 F.R.D. 499 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Mar 15, 1943

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Croteau v. Planning Board

    40 Mass. App. Ct. 922 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Apr 19, 1996

    See Subaru of New England, Inc. v. Board of Appeals of Canton, 8 Mass. App. Ct. 483 , 488 n.7 (1979). … , arbitrary, whimsical, or capricious, see also Harris v.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Matulewicz v. Planning Board

    438 Mass. 37 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 25, 2002

    See Rettig v. … Nothing in Dolan v. Board of Appeals of Chatham, 359 Mass. 699, 701 (1971); Horn v. Crest Hill Homes, Inc., 340 Mass. 362, 366 (1960); Reed v. Mayo, 220 Mass. 565, 567 (1915); Carr v.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Kupperstein v. Planning Board

    66 Mass. App. Ct. 905 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Apr 10, 2006

    See Kay-Vee Realty Co. v. Town Clerk of Ludlow, 355 Mass. 165 (1969); Lutheran Service Assn. of New England, Inc. v. Metropolitan Dist. Commn., 397 Mass. 341, 344 (1986); Foley v. … Commonwealth, 437 Mass. 1016, 1017 (2002); Zaltman v. Town Clerk of Stoneham, 5 Mass. App. Ct. 248, 251 (1977); J & R Inv., Inc. v. City Clerk of New Bedford, 28 Mass. App. Ct. 1, 6-8 (1989). Compare Craig v.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Ball v. Planning Board

    58 Mass. App. Ct. 513 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jul 9, 2003

    The board also contends that there exists a contradiction between Sturdy v. Planning Bd. of Hingham, 32 Mass. App. … See, e.g., Gifford v. Planning Bd. of Nantucket, 376 Mass. 801, 807 (1978); Perry v. Planning Bd. of Nantucket, 15 Mass. App. Ct. 144, 150 (1983); Hutchinson v. Planning Bd. of Hingham, 23 Mass. App.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Terrill v. Planning Board

    71 Mass. App. Ct. 171 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Feb 6, 2008

    Bank v. Dawes, 369 Mass. 550, 553-554 (1976). … See Stoner v. Planning Bd. of Agawam, 358 Mass. 709, 714 (1971). The board belatedly wrote to the bank on February 19, 2004, requesting its consent so the board could proceed with the rescission.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Bucci v. Planning Board

    4 Mass. App. Ct. 775 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Feb 10, 1976

    L. c. 41, § 81BB” praying “[t]hat the approval of the Planning Board in granting the subdivision to Respondent Batter be annulled,” the defendant planning board, with the consent of John F. Batter, Jr., and Rosemary A. … See Marino v. Board of Appeal of Beverly, 2 Mass. App. Ct. 859, 860 (1974). See also Stoner v. Planning Bd. of Agawam, 358 Mass. 709, 710 (1971); Bigham v. Planning Bd. of No. Reading, 362 Mass. 860 (1972).

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Carson v. Board of Appeals

    321 Mass. 649 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 6, 1947

    Lambert v. Board of Appeals of Lowell, 295 Mass. 224, 225, 227 . Building Commissioner of Medford v. C. & H. Co. 319 Mass. 273, 281 . Smith v. Board of Appeals of Fall River, 319 Mass. 341, 343, 344 . … Marinelli v. Board of Appeal of Boston, 275 Mass. 169, 173 . Pitman v. Medford, 312 Mass. 618, 623, 624 .

    Cited 24 timesPublished
  • Doe, Sex Offender Registry Board No. 3974 v. Sex Offender Registry Board

    457 Mass. 53 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 4, 2010

    The “nature of the case” assigned to the board is distinguishable from the elements of a prima facie case before the board. See Sperounes v. … No. 3844 v.

    Cited 34 timesPublished
  • Lynch v. Planning Board

    4 Mass. App. Ct. 781 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Feb 17, 1976

    Ct. 747, 748 [1975]), and the board’s determination thereafter that the plan did require such approval was without legal effect (Cassani v. Planning Bd. of Hull, 1 Mass. App. Ct. 451, 453-458 [1973]). … Nor need we consider the board’s claim, based on Pieper v.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Kelley v. Planning Board

    6 Mass. App. Ct. 24 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jan 30, 1978

    Cas-sani v. Planning Board of Hull, 1 Mass. App. Ct. 451, 456-457 (1973). … Planning Board of Hull, 1 Mass. App. Ct. at 456-457 ; Devine v. Town Clerk of Plymouth, 3 Mass. App. Ct. 747 (1975).

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Brackett v. Board of Appeal

    311 Mass. 52 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 25, 1942

    Prusik v. Board of Appeal of Boston, 262 Mass. 451, 457-458 . … See Norcross v. Board of Appeal of Boston, 255 Mass. 177, 185 ; Prusik v. Board of Appeal of Boston, 262 Mass. 451, 457 ; Coleman v. Board of Appeal of Boston, 281 Mass. 112,116-117 ; Phillips v.

    Cited 49 timesPublished
  • Driscoll v. Board of Trustees

    70 Mass. App. Ct. 285 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Sep 27, 2007

    The school admits boys and girls in kindergarten through grade twelve and offers boarding for students in the upper school (grades nine through twelve). The upper school has approximately 680 students. … The complaint alleges, however, that “[sjtudents in grades 9 through 12 — over and under 16 years old, day students and boarding students — freely and regularly had sex ... on campus.”

    Cited 44 timesPublished

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