Legal Opinion
Omnipoint Holdings, Inc. v. Town of Westford
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided June 17, 2002No. CIV.A.01-11244-JLTPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
TAURO, District Judge.
This case involves a subject weU traversed in federal courts: the tension between those attempting to erect wireless communications towers and those fighting to keep such towers out of their own back yards.
On June 19, 2001, Defendants Town of Westford and the Westford Zoning Board of Appeals (“Board”) issued a written opinion denying Plaintiff Omnipoint’s zoning variance application, which sought permission to construct a 150-foot wireless communications tower at 25 Keyes Road in Westford, Massachusetts. Plaintiff filed suit in this court appealing the Boards’s…
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- Dana Blackie v. State of MaineCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1996
- Town of Amherst v. Omnipoint Communications Enterprises, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1999
- BellSouth Mobility Inc. v. Gwinnett County, GADistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1996
- Sprint Spectrum L.P. v. Town of EastonDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1997
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