Legal Opinion
Woodland Estates v. BLDG. INSPECTOR OF METHUEN
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided December 31, 1976PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKeville, J.
This action was brought by Woodland Estates, Inc. (Woodland), its president, Matthew A. Chiara (Chiara), and ten other residents of the town of Methuen against the town building inspector, clerk, administrator and council president in an attempt to nullify two zoning ordinances adopted by Methuen in May, 1974. The first amended the zoning by-law 1 by creating a new type of district, entitled “Hospital District,” 2 while the second 3 altered the town zoning map to include in the new district approximately sixty-five acres of land owned by the intervener Bon Secours Hospital, Inc. (Bon…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Board of Appeals of Hanover v. Housing Appeals Comm.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- Del Duca v. Town Administrator of MethuenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Crall v. City of LeominsterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
- Commonwealth v. SharpeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1948
- Finlay v. Eastern Racing Ass'nMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Beard v. Town of SalisburyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Chadwick v. ScarthMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1978
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- Cohen v. Boston Redevelopment AuthorityMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1977
- Moskow v. City of NewtonMassachusetts Land Court · 1982