Legal Opinion
Barlow v. Town of Wareham
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 6, 1988PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtO’Connor, J.
The United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts has certified two questions to this court pursuant to S.J.C. Rule 1:03, as appearing in 382 Mass. 700 (1981): “1. Do the statutes of Massachusetts, particularly G. L. c. 130, § 52, authorize a Massachusetts town having jurisdiction over coastal waters to restrict the commercial harvesting of the shellfish to residents or taxpayers of such town, by regulation of the selectmen authorized by vote of the town meeting?
“2. Is such a restriction prohibited by the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts?” We answer the first…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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- Dickerson v. Attorney GeneralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
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3Cited by8 opinions
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