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SARA CLINE & Others v. PLANNING BOARD OF FRAMINGHAM & Others
Mass. App. Ct. · 2025 · confidence medium
On appeal, we do not pass on the wisdom or potential efficacy of conditions imposed by the board, which is in the best position for an "evaluation of the seriousness of the problem." Copley v. Board of Appeals of Canton, 1 Mass. App. Ct. 821, 821 (1973).
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Shirley Wayside Ltd. Partnership v. Board of Appeals of Shirley
Mass. · 2012 · confidence medium
The board argues that, because there will be a measurable increase in traffic, “[i]t is the board’s evaluation of the seriousness of the problem, not the judge’s, which is controlling,” quoting Copley v. Board of Appeals of Canton, 1 Mass. App. Ct. 821, 821 (1973).
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Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers of New York, Inc. v. Board of Appeal
Mass. · 2009 · confidence medium
Although the judge determines the facts, it is “the board’s evaluation of the seriousness of the problem, not the judge’s, which is controlling.” Subaru of New England, Inc. v. Board of Appeals of Canton, 8 Mass. App. Ct. 483, 488 (1979), quoting Copley v. Board of Appeals of Canton, 1 Mass. App. Ct. 821, 821 (1973).
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Sommer v. Monga
Mass. App. Ct. · 1994 · confidence medium
See Commonwealth v. Andrews, 97 Mass. 543, 544 (1867); Commonwealth v. Rezendes, 353 Mass. 228 (1967); Commonwealth v. Richards, 1 Mass. App. Ct. 821, 821-822 (1973).
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Colangelo v. Board of Appeals of Lexington
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Mass. · 1990 · confidence medium
"To hold that a decision ... denying a permit is arbitrary ... whenever the board, on the facts found by the trial judge, could have granted a permit, would eliminate the board's intended discretion." Subaru of New England, Inc. v. Board of Appeals of Canton, 8 Mass. App. Ct. 483, 486 (1979), quoting Gulf Oil Corp. v. Board of Appeals of Framingham, 355 Mass. 275, 277-278 (1969). "[I]t is `the board's evaluation of the seriousness of the problem, not the judge's, which is controlling.'" Subaru of New England, Inc., supra at 488, quoting Copley v. Board of Appeals of Canton, 1 Mass. App. Ct. 82…
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Shirley Wayside Ltd. Partnership v. Board of Appeals
Mass. App. Ct. · 2010 · signal: see · confidence high
See Copley v. Board of Appeals of Canton, 1 Mass. App. Ct. 821 (1973); Dowd v. Board of Appeals of Dover, 5 Mass. App. Ct. 148, 154 (1977); Subaru of New England, Inc. v. Board of Appeals of Canton, 8 Mass. App. Ct. 483, 488 (1979).
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Commonwealth v. Richards
Mass. App. Ct. · 1980 · signal: see · confidence high
See Commonwealth v. Richards, 1 Mass. App. Ct. 821 (1973).
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Rae v. Vultaggio
Mass. Super. Ct. · 2008 · signal: see also · confidence low
See also Schiffone v. ZBA of Walpole, 28 Mass.App.Ct. 981, 984 (1990) (“[I]t is ‘the board’s evaluation of the seriousness of the problem, not the judge’s, which is controlling,’ ” quoting Subaru of New England, Inc. v. Board of Appeals of Canton, 8 Mass.App.Ct. 483, 488 (1979), in turn quoting from Copley v. Board of Appeals of Canton, 1 Mass.App.Ct. 821 (1973)). 24.