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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
  • McDavitt v. Planning Board

    5 Mass. App. Ct. 827 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · May 25, 1977

    See Woods v. Newton, 349 Mass. 373, 376 (1965); Belfer v. Building Commr. of Boston, 363 Mass. 439, 441-442 (1973); contrast Picard v. Worcester, 338 Mass. 644, 648 (1959). … to approval by the board of the subdivision of parcel A.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • 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).

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • 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.

    Cited 23 timesPublished
  • Indeck v. Clients' Security Board

    450 Mass. 379 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 10, 2008

    School Comm. of Hudson v. Board of Educ., 448 Mass. 565, 575-576 (2007). … School Comm. of Hudson v. Board of Educ., supra at 576 , quoting Warren v. Hazardous Waste Facility Site Safety Council, 392 Mass. 107, 117 (1984); Boston Edison Co. v.

    Cited 22 timesPublished
  • Brown v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.

    336 Mass. 609 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 8, 1958

    Compare Commonwealth v. Moore, 323 Mass. 70, 74-75 ; Davis v. Seller, 329 Mass. 385, 389 . … Lynch, 247 Mass. 459, 463 ; Vieira v.

    Cited 25 timesPublished
  • Planning Board v. Koenig

    12 Mass. App. Ct. 1009 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Dec 22, 1981

    Following the decision by the zoning board of appeals, the planning board commenced this suit. … The Subdivision Control Law, as found in c. 41, §§ 81K-81GG, of the Massachusetts General Laws, is a “comprehensive statutory scheme,” Costanza & Bertolino, Inc. v. Planning Bd. of No.

    Cited 2 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
  • First African Methodist Episcopal Society v. Brown

    147 Mass. 296 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 21, 1888

    In Nickerson v. … Kostenbader v. Spotts, 80 Penn. St. 430. Vreeland v. Blauvelt, 8 C. E. Green, 483.

    Cited 26 timesPublished
  • Hitchcock v. Board of Aldermen

    121 Mass. 382 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 12, 1876

    Jones v. Aldermen of Boston, 104 Mass. 461, 465 . … In the case of SitchcocJc, Sharon Street was laid out October 21, 1872, by order of the board of aldermen and common council of the city of Springfield, but no change was made in its grade until May 25, 1874, when a sidewalk

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Levi L. Brown Paper Co. v. Dean

    123 Mass. 267 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 18, 1877

    Staple v. Spring, 10 Mass. 72 . McDonough v. Gilman, 3 Allen, 264 , 267. Nichols v. Boston, 98 Mass. 39, 43 . In the case at bar, the dam complained of was erected by Horatio N. … Carleton v. Redington, 1 Foster, 291 . Noyes v. Stillman, 24 Conn. 15 . Pillsbury v. Moore, 44 Maine, 154. In Bell v.

    Cited 14 timesPublished
  • Coggin v. Massachusetts Parole Board

    42 Mass. App. Ct. 584 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · May 7, 1997

    Merisme v. Board of Appeals on Motor Vehicle Liab. Policies & Bonds, 27 Mass. App. Ct. 470, 474 (1989). Under G. … See Thornes v. Meyer Store, Inc., 268 Mass. 587, 588 (1929).

    Cited 34 timesPublished
  • DiCarlo v. Planning Board

    19 Mass. App. Ct. 911 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Nov 30, 1984

    Gifford v. Planning Bd. of Nantucket, 376 Mass. 801, 807 (1978). See McCarthy v. Planning Bd. of Edgartown, 381 Mass. 86, 87-88 (1980). … Hrenchuk v. Planning Bd. of Walpole, 8 Mass. App. Ct. 949 (1979). While in Gallitano v. Board of Survey & Planning of Waltham, 10 Mass. App.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Preston v. Board of Appeals

    51 Mass. App. Ct. 236 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Mar 30, 2001

    In Carciofi, v. Board of Appeal of Billerica, 22 Mass. App. … See Clarke v. Board of Appeals of Nahant, 338 Mass. 473 (1959) (which the Supreme Judicial Court in Vassalotti v.

    Cited 26 timesPublished
  • Epstein v. Board of Appeal

    77 Mass. App. Ct. 752 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Sep 21, 2010

    See especially Circle Lounge & Grille, Inc. v. Board of Appeal of Boston, 324 Mass. 427, 432-433 (1949); Sherrill House, Inc. v. Board of Appeal of Boston, 19 Mass. App. Ct. 274, 275 (1985); McGee v. … They, in turn, confer aggrievement and standing upon Epstein. 12 See Bedford v. Trustees of Boston Univ., 25 Mass. App. Ct. 372 , 377 & n.4 (1988); Bertrand v. Board of Appeals of Bourne, 58 Mass. App.

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • Liakas v. Planning Board of Dracut

    482 Mass. 1104 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 6, 2019

    Cited 0 timesPublishedNo opinion text
  • Ladd v. Board of Appeal

    352 Mass. 777 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 2, 1967

    McLaughlin v. Rockland Zoning Bd. of Appeals, 351 Mass. 678, 680-683 . … It does not appear that there was any failure in prompt notice to the board as such, or any delay in the representation of the city’s interests by the city solicitor.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Pierce v. Board of Appeals

    3 Mass. App. Ct. 352 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jun 18, 1975

    Following our decision in Pierce v. Board of Appeals of Carver, 2 Mass. App. … See also Cuzzi v. Board of Appeals of Medford, 2 Mass. App. Ct. 887 (1974); Curdo v. Russo, post, 730 (1975).

    Reversed on other grounds by Pierce v. Board of Appeals of Carver, 369 Mass. 804 (1976)Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Glendale Union Christian Society v. Brown

    109 Mass. 163 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 15, 1872

    Fisher v. Whitman, 13 Pick. 350 . Oakes v. Hill, 10 Pick. 333 . Christian Society in Plymouth v. Macomber, 5 Met. 155 . Lawrence v. Fletcher, 8 Met. 153 .

    Cited 1 timesPublished

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