Legal Opinion

Roberts-Haverhill v. City Coun. of Haverhill

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided December 18, 1974PublishedCited by 43 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtGrant, J.

This is a bill brought under G. L. c. 40A, § 21, to challenge a decision of the city council of the city of Haverhill (council), sitting as a board of appeals (see G. L. c. 40A, § 4), which denied (for enumerated reasons stated therein 2 ) the plaintiffs’ application for a special permit for the construction and use of garden apartments on a tract of land lying in a so called “RH-Residential High Density” zoning district located in the Bradford section of Haverhill. The case was referred to a master, 3 some of whose findings tend strongly to indicate that many (perhaps a majority) of the…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. MacGibbon v. Board of Appeals of DuxburyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1970
  2. Pendergast v. Board of AppealsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1954
  3. Josephs v. Board of Appeals of BrooklineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
  4. Orasz v. Colonial Tavern, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
  5. VAZZA PROPERTIES, INC v. City Council of WoburnMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1973

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3Cited by43 opinions

  1. Warren v. Zoning Board of Appeals of AmherstMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
  2. J. Edward Day v. William H. AveryCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1977
  3. MacGibbon v. Board of Appeals of DuxburyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
  4. Arthur J. Halleran, Jr., Etc. v. Harry M. Hoffman, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1992
  5. Foster from Gloucester, Inc. v. City Council of GloucesterMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1980

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