Legal Opinion
Town of Walpole v. Secretary of the Executive Office of Environmental Affairs
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 15, 1989PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtO’Connor, J.
The plaintiff, the town of Walpole (town), filed a complaint in the Superior Court on January 29, 1988, seeking review of a determination by the defendant Secretary of the Executive Office of Environmental Affairs (secretary) that reports filed by the defendant Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (authority) “adequately and properly complied” with the Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act (MEPA), G. L. c. 30, §§ 61-62H (1986 ed.), and its implementing regulations. The defendants filed a motion to dismiss under Mass. R. Civ. P. 12 (b) (1) and (b) (6), 365 Mass. 754 (1974). A judge in the…
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