Vilbon v. Board of Registration in Nursing (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-065-18)
Nurse's license appeal becomes moot when board reinstates license; statute limits court review to reversing or affirming suspension decision only.
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Boelter, et al. v. Board of Selectmen of Wayland (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-050-18)
Board of Selectmen violated open meeting law by circulating evaluations containing board members' opinions to a quorum before a public meeting.
Bruno, et al. v. Zoning Board of Appeals of Tisbury, et al. (Lawyers Weekly No. 11-032-18)
Statute of limitations for zoning enforcement action to compel removal of structure commences when conveyance separates nonconforming lots, not when ANR subdivision plan is endorsed.
Public Employee Retirement Administration Commission v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board, et al. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-027-18)
Supplemental sick and vacation pay received by a public employee while on workers' compensation does not qualify as regular compensation for retirement purposes.
Roma, III, Ltd. v. Board of Appeals of Rockport (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-002-18)
Town zoning bylaw prohibiting private heliports without approval or special permit is not preempted by state aeronautics statutes. Reversed and remanded.
Board of Selectmen of the Town of Hull, et al. v. Healey (Lawyers Weekly No. 09-054-17)
Court reverses attorney general's finding of open meeting law violation where board withheld union and litigant identities from executive session disclosure.
Dell’Isola v. State Board of Retirement, et al. (Lawyers Weekly No. 11-154-17)
Correction officer forfeits retirement pension for cocaine possession because crime was inextricably linked to his position through communications with an inmate he supervised.
State Board of Retirement v. O’Hare, et al. (Lawyers Weekly No. 11-155-17)
State Police sergeant forfeits pension after conviction for online enticement of minor; legal link to position sufficient for forfeiture under G.L. c. 32, § 15(4).
Worcester Regional Retirement Board v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board, et al. (Lawyers Weekly No. 11-147-17)
Retirement board's enrollment error must be corrected; employee not required to take affirmative steps to purchase creditable service he was eligible to receive.
Anne Gamble Ten Taxpayer Group, et al. v. Health Facilities Appeals Board, et al. (Lawyers Weekly No. 09-031-17)
Court upholds Determination of Need for hospital expansion project, applying deferential arbitrary-and-capricious standard and rejecting challenges to Department's consideration of service duplication and patient projection concerns.