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5 Massachusetts opinions name it 2 courts 1979–1990 0 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Massachusetts courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
Board of Selectmen v. Monument Inn, Inc.green2 sentences1990Huntington v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Hadley, 12 Mass. App. Ct. 710 , 714 n.4 (1981), quoting Selectmen of Stockbridge v. Monument Inn, Inc., 8 Mass. App. Ct. 158, 164 (1979). 1981First, it is clear that a board has “inherent power ... to correct an inadvertent or clerical error in its decision so that the record reflects its true intention.” Selectmen of Stockbridge v. Monument Inn, Inc., 8 Mass. App. Ct. 158, 164 (1979). | 3 | 3 |
Burwick v. Zoning Board of Appeals of Worcestergreen1 sentence1979The law is clear that the board has the inherent power, without holding a further public hearing, to correct an inadvertent or clerical error in its decision so that the record reflects its true intention (Dion v. Board of Appeals of Waltham, 344 Mass. 547, 552-553 [1962]; Burwick v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Worcester, 1 Mass. App. Ct. 739, 742 [1974]), so long as the correction does not constitute a "reversal of a conscious decision” (Cassani v. Planning Bd. of Hull, 1 Mass. App. Ct. 451, 456 [1973]), does not grant relief different from that originally sought, and does not change the result | 1 | 1 |
Cassani v. Planning Boardgreen1 sentence1979The law is clear that the board has the inherent power, without holding a further public hearing, to correct an inadvertent or clerical error in its decision so that the record reflects its true intention (Dion v. Board of Appeals of Waltham, 344 Mass. 547, 552-553 [1962]; Burwick v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Worcester, 1 Mass. App. Ct. 739, 742 [1974]), so long as the correction does not constitute a "reversal of a conscious decision” (Cassani v. Planning Bd. of Hull, 1 Mass. App. Ct. 451, 456 [1973]), does not grant relief different from that originally sought, and does not change the result | 1 | 1 |
Potter v. Board of Appeals of Mansfieldgreen1 sentence1979The law is clear that the board has the inherent power, without holding a further public hearing, to correct an inadvertent or clerical error in its decision so that the record reflects its true intention (Dion v. Board of Appeals of Waltham, 344 Mass. 547, 552-553 [1962]; Burwick v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Worcester, 1 Mass. App. Ct. 739, 742 [1974]), so long as the correction does not constitute a "reversal of a conscious decision” (Cassani v. Planning Bd. of Hull, 1 Mass. App. Ct. 451, 456 [1973]), does not grant relief different from that originally sought, and does not change the result | 1 | 1 |
Shuman v. Board of Aldermen of Newtongreen1 sentence1979The law is clear that the board has the inherent power, without holding a further public hearing, to correct an inadvertent or clerical error in its decision so that the record reflects its true intention (Dion v. Board of Appeals of Waltham, 344 Mass. 547, 552-553 [1962]; Burwick v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Worcester, 1 Mass. App. Ct. 739, 742 [1974]), so long as the correction does not constitute a "reversal of a conscious decision” (Cassani v. Planning Bd. of Hull, 1 Mass. App. Ct. 451, 456 [1973]), does not grant relief different from that originally sought, and does not change the result | 1 | 1 |
Dion v. Board of Appeals of Walthamgreen1 sentence1979The law is clear that the board has the inherent power, without holding a further public hearing, to correct an inadvertent or clerical error in its decision so that the record reflects its true intention (Dion v. Board of Appeals of Waltham, 344 Mass. 547, 552-553 [1962]; Burwick v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Worcester, 1 Mass. App. Ct. 739, 742 [1974]), so long as the correction does not constitute a "reversal of a conscious decision” (Cassani v. Planning Bd. of Hull, 1 Mass. App. Ct. 451, 456 [1973]), does not grant relief different from that originally sought, and does not change the result | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Massachusetts. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
Huntington v. Zoning Board of Appeals
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2 sentences1990Huntington v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Hadley, 12 Mass. App. Ct. 710 , 714 n.4 (1981), quoting Selectmen of Stockbridge v. Monument Inn, Inc., 8 Mass. App. Ct. 158, 164 (1979). 1984An agency has the “inherent power ... to correct an inadvertent or clerical error in its decision so that the record reflects its true intention.” Hunting ton v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Hadley, 12 Mass. App. Ct. 710 , 714-715 n.4 (1981). 1 The board is vested with the responsibility of administering controlled rental property. | 2 | 1984–1990 |
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.