Tri-Nel Management, Inc. v. Board of Health

Decided January 19, 2001. Judith Cathy Arnold Cowin wrote the opinion for the court.

433 Mass. 217 · Cited 88 times

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• Druzik v. Board of Health of Haverhill · 324 Mass. 129
• Packaging Industries Group, Inc. v. Cheney · 405 N.E.2d 106
• Take Five Vending, Ltd. v. Town of Provincetown · 615 N.E.2d 576
• Board of Health of Woburn v. Sousa · 156 N.E.2d 52
• Patton v. City of Marlborough · 615 N.E.2d 582
• Hoffman v. Howmedica, Inc. · 364 N.E.2d 1215
• Chelmsford Trailer Park, Inc. v. Town of Chelmsford · 469 N.E.2d 1259
• Board of Appeals of Hanover v. Housing Appeals Comm. · 294 N.E.2d 393
• Commonwealth v. Mass. Crinc · 466 N.E.2d 792
• Bloom v. City of Worcester · 293 N.E.2d 268
• Lewis v. Lewis · 351 N.E.2d 526
• Hull Municipal Lighting Plant v. Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Co. · 506 N.E.2d 140
• Grace v. Town of Brookline · 399 N.E.2d 1038
• Burnham v. Board of Appeals of Gloucester · 128 N.E.2d 772
• Massachusetts State Pharmaceutical Ass'n v. Rate Setting Commission · 387 Mass. 122
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology v. Department of Public Utilities · 425 Mass. 856
• Bay State Harness Horse Racing & Breeding Ass'n v. State Racing Commission · 175 N.E.2d 244
• United Reis Homes, Inc. v. Planning Board of Natick · 270 N.E.2d 402
• Gosselin v. Gosselin · 294 N.E.2d 555
• Johnson v. Johnson · 425 Mass. 693
• Brielman v. Commissioner of Public Health · 301 Mass. 407

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