Comprehensive permit application lacking full filing fee was incomplete until full payment received, allowing regulatory safe harbor to apply and limit Housing Appeals Committee review authority.
Guaranty cause of action accrues upon borrower's default when guaranty contains unconditional promise to pay without requiring lender to exhaust remedies against borrower or security.
Appeals Court lacks jurisdiction over direct zoning appeal from District Court; Appellate Division has primary jurisdiction after statutory changes extended equity jurisdiction to district courts.
Appeals Court reverses dismissal of zoning appeal after judicial remand. Court retains jurisdiction over timely-filed appeal even when board issues new decision; amendment to complaint need not comply with twenty-day filing deadline.
Defendant's convictions for cocaine possession and furnishing a false name affirmed; search valid incident to arrest for fleeing officer; trial counsel's tactical concession on lesser charge reasonable.
Animal cruelty conviction affirmed where defendant threw girlfriend's dog off deck after it bit his daughter. Statute held constitutionally sound.
Accredited child care facility for young children qualifies as "preschool" under school zone statute, protecting area 1,000 feet from facility.
Defendant's conviction for operating under the influence while causing manslaughter affirmed; felony motor vehicle homicide conviction vacated as duplicative.
Affirmed OUI manslaughter conviction; vacated duplicative felony motor vehicle homicide conviction. Continued driving after striking motorcyclist constituted wanton recklessness.
Registered voters challenged town administrator appointment procedures under the Open Meeting Law. Court affirmed dismissal, holding the notice was adequate, no public discussion of complaints was required, and private interviews did not violate the statute.
