Legal Opinion
Mintz v. Roman Catholic Bishop of Springfield
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided March 30, 2006No. CIV.A.04-10809-KPNPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER WITH REGARD TO CROSS MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT (Document Nos. 28 and 26)
NEIMAN, United States Magistrate Judge.
This is an appeal by a number of home owners (“Plaintiffs”) in Lenox, Massachusetts, of a March 5, 2004 decision by the Lenox Zoning Board of Appeals pertaining to property owned by the Roman Catholic Bishop of Springfield (“the diocese”). Plaintiffs, who are abutters to the property, have sued the diocese, members of the Zoning Board of Appeals (“the ZBA”) and Lenox’s Assistant Building Inspector Edwin May (“May”) (together “Defendants”). The appeal was…
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