Legal Opinion
Bowker v. City of Worcester
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 17, 1956PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCotjnihan, J.
This petition in equity was brought under the provisions of G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 40, § 53, by more than ten taxable inhabitants of the city of Worcester to enjoin the city from taking action with respect to a land assembly and redevelopment project known as the New Salem Street Project, hereinafter called the project, undertaken by the Worcester Housing Authority, hereinafter called the authority. The authority was permitted to intervene as a party respondent and filed a demurrer reserving its answer. After the demurrer was overruled, the respondents, with the court’s permission, filed a plea…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Berman v. ParkerSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Allydonn Realty Corp. v. Holyoke Housing AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Bell v. Treasurer of CambridgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
- Stockus v. Boston Housing AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Caputo v. Board of Appeals of SomervilleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1953
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Boston Edison Co. v. Boston Redevelopment AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Cambridge Electric Light Co. v. Department of Public UtilitiesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination v. ColangeloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1962
- Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency v. New England Merchants National Bank of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1969
- Moskow v. Boston Redevelopment AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1965
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