Legal Opinion
Greater Boston Real Estate Board v. Board of Registration of Real Estate Brokers & Salesmen
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 11, 1989PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAbrams, J.
We declare that a regulation issued by the Board of Registration of Real Estate Brokers and Salesmen (board) is void because it is in excess of the board’s disciplinary and administrative authority. The Greater Boston Real Estate Board (GBREB), an organization which represents the interests of real estate brokers, filed a complaint in the single justice session requesting a declaration that the board’s regulation, 254 Code Mass. Regs. § 2.05 (13) (1987), 2 be declared to be beyond the board’s authority and therefore void. The regulation describes the procedures which brokers must follow in…
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