Legal Opinion
Spence v. Reeder
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 2, 1981PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
By this action, the Boston Housing Authority (BHA), acting through its court-appointed receiver, sought to recover possession of residential premises in the Charles-town-Bunker Hill development leased under a written lease to the defendants (Reeders). This eviction proceeding was commenced as an adjunct to the long-continuing Perez litigation concerning housing conditions in BHA developments. 2 The basic object of the Perez litigation, a class action, is to afford all similarly situated BHA tenants their statutory right to decent, safe, and sanitary housing. We have noted previously the…
2Cases cited45 opinions
- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Schneckloth v. BustamonteSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Hansberry v. LeeSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
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3Cited by66 opinions
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- Judge Rotenberg Educational Center, Inc. v. Commissioner of Department of Mental RetardationMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
- Chase Commercial Corp. v. OwenMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1992
- Feeney v. Dell Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2009
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