Legal Opinion

Pratt v. City of Boston

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided September 30, 1985Published

1Opinion of the Court

396 Mass. 37 (1985)

483 N.E.2d 812

BETTINA H. PRATT & others[1]

vs.

CITY OF BOSTON & others.[2]

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

May 8, 1985.

September 30, 1985.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., WILKINS, LIACOS, ABRAMS, & LYNCH, JJ.

John D. Hanify (David Lee Evans with him) for the plaintiffs.

Thomas H. Martin for the Fund for Boston Neighborhoods, Inc.

Dennis A. Quilty, Assistant Corporation Counsel, for the city of Boston, was present but did not argue.

ABRAMS, J.

More than ten taxpayers and residents of the city of Boston seek a declaration that permitting the exclusive use of a portion of…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
  2. Massachusetts Ass'n of Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers, Inc. v. Commissioner of InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
  3. Sears v. Treasurer & Receiver GeneralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1951
  4. Konstantopoulos v. Town of WhatelyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
  5. Lowell v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1948

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