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  • Durbin v. Board of Selectmen

    62 Mass. App. Ct. 1 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Sep 15, 2004

    The board ordered that both dogs be “humanely euthanized.” *4 The Durbins petitioned the Plymouth District Court for review of the board’s order. On June 28, 1999, a clerk-magistrate affirmed the board’s decision. … See Commonwealth v.

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  • Cullen v. Planning Board

    4 Mass. App. Ct. 842 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Oct 8, 1976

    Selectmen of Pembroke v. R. & P. Realty Corp. 348 Mass. 120, 125 (1964). … Selectmen of Pembroke v. R. & P. Realty Corp., supra, at 126-127. 2.

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  • Newcomb v. Board of Aldermen

    271 Mass. 565 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 6, 1930

    Mayor of Medford v. Judge of the District Court, 249 Mass. 465, 468 . Prusik v. Board of Appeal of Boston, 262 Mass. 451, 453 . Selectmen of Wakefield v. Judge . of the District Court, 262 Mass. 477, 480 . Whitney v. … As was said in Parks v.

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  • Sesnovich v. Board of Appeal

    313 Mass. 393 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 29, 1943

    Coleman v. Board of Appeal of Boston, 281 Mass. 112, 115 . … Mullen v. Sewer Commissioners of Milton, 280 Mass. 531, 537 . Phillips v. Board of Appeals of Springfield, 286 Mass. 469, 472 . Brackett v. Board of Appeal of Boston, 311 Mass. 52, 61 .

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  • Board of Health of Sturbridge v. Board of Health of Southbridge

    461 Mass. 548 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 22, 2012

    See, e.g., Enos v. … Goldberg v. Board of Health of Granby, 444 Mass. 627 (2005), was a case, like this one, involving a challenge to a board of health’s landfill siting *560 decision.

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  • Evarts v. Planning Board

    15 Mass. L. Rptr. 306 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Sep 26, 2002

    Nickerson v. … See Barvenik v.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Harper v. Board of Appeal

    271 Mass. 482 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 28, 1930

    O’Keefe v. Sheehan, 235 Mass. 390 . Kelley v. Board of Health of Peabody, supra. O’Brien v. Turner, 255 Mass. 84 . … Compare Prusik v. Board of Appeal of Boston, 262 Mass. 451 . The decree was right and must be Affirmed with costs.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Marinelli v. Board of Appeals

    440 Mass. 255 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 24, 2003

    The board’s reliance on the Appeals Court’s decision in Preston v. Board of Appeals of Hull, 51 Mass. App. Ct. 236 (2001), is misplaced. … Preston v. Board of Appeals of Hull, supra at 243.

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  • Bennett v. Board of Appeal

    268 Mass. 419 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 10, 1929

    A public hearing was held and subsequently the respondent board filed a decision. … Inspector of Buildings of Lowell v. Stoklosa, 250 Mass. 52, 62 .

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  • Ciszewski v. Industrial Accident Board

    367 Mass. 135 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 11, 1975

    O’Brien v. Dwight, 363 Mass. 256, 298 (1973). Accord, Simeone Stone Corp. v. Board of Appeals of Bourne, 345 Mass. 188, 192 (1962); City Manager of Medford v. Retirement Bd. of Medford, 346 Mass. 638, 640 (1964). … We prefer the reasoning in National Labor Relations Board v. Interboro Contractors, Inc. 432 F. 2d 854 (2d Cir. 1970), cert. den. 402 U.

    Cited 41 timesPublished
  • Corcoran v. Board of Aldermen

    199 Mass. 5 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 20, 1908

    Sears v. … In Sears v. Aldermen of Boston, 173 Mass. 71 , in Stark v. Boston, 180 Mass. 293 , in White v. Grove, 183 Mass. 333 , and in Cheney v.

    Cited 16 timesPublished
  • Carbone v. Planning Board

    33 Mass. App. Ct. 909 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jul 24, 1992

    The planning board of the city of Beverly (board) appeals from a judgment of the Land Court ordering the board to approve the plaintiffs’ subdivision plan. … The issue raised in this case is identical to that considered and decided in Federline v. Planning Bd. of Beverly, ante 65 (1992). There is no need for us to repeat our analysis.

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  • Essex Regional Retirement Board v. Swallow State Board of Retirement v. O'Hare

    481 Mass. 241 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 18, 2019

    Garney v. … Comm'n v.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Northeastern University v. Brown

    17 Mass. L. Rptr. 443 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Mar 11, 2004

    Brown, Jr. (“Brown”), at the alleged instigation of and “tampering” by the University of Massachusetts at Amherst (“U. Mass.”) and its athletic department. In 1960, Judge J. Skelly Wright in Detroit Football Co. v. … Id. at 1199 ; see also Boston Prof'l Hockey v. Cheevers, 348 F.Sup. 261, 265 (1972).

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  • Doe, Sex Offender Registry Board No. 3844 v. Sex Offender Registry Board

    447 Mass. 768 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 5, 2006

    Co. v. Commissioner of Ins., supra at 480. … No. 1211 v.

    Cited 36 timesPublished
  • Allen v. Massachusetts Parole Board

    352 Mass. 471 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 28, 1967

    Section 3 added the following new sentence to *473 the last paragraph of c. 127, § 129: “A prisoner released on parole by the parole board, who has failed to observe all the rules of his parole and has been returned to a … Commonwealth v. Hayden, 211 Mass. 296, 297 .

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  • Reagan v. Planning Board

    37 Mass. App. Ct. 956 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Dec 2, 1994

    See Corrigan v. Board of Appeals of Brewster, 35 Mass. App. Ct. 514, 517 (1993); Shea v. Board of Appeals of Lexington, 35 Mass. App. Ct. 519, 522-523 (1993), and cases cited. … It is hard to conceive of a one-lot perimeter plan as depicting a subdivision, and, unless it does, the planning board has no discretion. Smalley v. Planning Bd. of Harwich, 10 Mass. App. Ct. 599, 603 (1980).

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  • Johnson v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.

    122 F. Supp. 2d 194 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Nov 8, 2000

    Johnson, has brought this tobacco products liability action against defendant, Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. … See Permisión v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., No. 99-10628, slip op. at 9 (D.Mass.

    Cited 22 timesPublished
  • Bisson v. Planning Board

    43 Mass. App. Ct. 504 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Sep 12, 1997

    Brown, J. The planning board (board) of the town of Dover appeals from a grant of summary judgment to Stephen W. Bis-son by a judge of the Land Court. The judge determined that the board had acted contrary to G. … See Sturdy v. Planning Bd. of Hingham, 32 Mass. App. Ct. 72, 76 (1992) (planning board may not deny endorsement where there is sufficient frontage on a public way). Contrast Jaxtimer v.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Miles v. Planning Board

    26 Mass. App. Ct. 317 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Aug 15, 1988

    In new construction, utilities typically follow the routes of ways, Sansoucy v. … Co. v. Planning Bd. of Randolph, 340 Mass. 149, 153-154 (1959). Rounds v. Water & Sewer Commrs. of Wilmington, 347 Mass. 40, 46 (1964). Sansoucy v. Planning Bd. of Worcester, 355 Mass. at 649 . Gifford v.

    Cited 1 timesPublished

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