Legal Opinion
Rivas v. Chelsea Housing Authority
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided August 31, 2011No. 10-P-976PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtGreen, J.
After the Chelsea Housing Authority (authority) terminated Elizabeth Rivas’s participation in the Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program (MRVP) based on her failure (in violation of MRVP regulations) to notify the authority that her mother had begun living with her, Rivas sought review in the Superior Court.1 On cross motions for judgment on the pleadings, the judge directed entry of judgment in favor of the authority. Rivas appeals, and we affirm.
Background. The record of agency proceedings, supplemented by deposition testimony conducted with leave by a judge, discloses the following. Rivas…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Niles v. Boston Rent Control AdministratorMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1978
- DaLomba's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
- Martorano v. Department of Public UtilitiesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
- Costa v. Fall River Housing AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2009
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Rivas v. Chelsea Housing AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2013