Legal Opinion
Nantucket Boat v. Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyd.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 4, 1963PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCuttee, J.
This bill in equity seeks declaratory and injunctive relief against the authority, Nantucket Express Lines, Inc., and Island Steamship Lines, Inc. The authority exists under St. 1960, c. 701, 1 to provide transportation between Falmouth (Woods Hole) and the islands, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket. Since 1946, the plaintiff (Boat Inc.) has furnished water transportation between Hyannis and Nantucket by vessels of less than 100 gross tons. The bill alleges that, “provided a payment of at least” $10,000 is made (presumably to the authority), the authority intends to license the “Martha’s…
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