Legal Opinion
Nectow v. City of Cambridge
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 1, 1927PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C.J.
This is a suit in equity whereby the plaintiff seeks relief from the terms of a zoning ordinance as to certain of his land. It is not now questioned that the ordinance is valid so far as concerns the formalities of its adoption. See St. 1925, c. 87. The plaintiff at times here material was the owner of a tract of land in Cambridge containing about one hundred forty thousand square feet. It was situated on the southeasterly corner of Brookline Street and Henry Street. Its frontage on Brookline Street, a main avenue of travel, was about three hundred and five feet, and on Henry Street about…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. MahonSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Buchanan v. WarleySupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Dobbins v. Los AngelesSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Brett v. Building CommissionerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1924
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Nectow v. City of CambridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
- St. Patrick's Church Corporation v. DanielsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1931
- Wilbur v. City of NewtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
- Lamarre v. Commissioner of Public Works of Fall RiverMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
- Knowlton v. Town of SwampscottMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
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