Legal Opinion
Metheny v. Becker
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 12, 2003No. 02-2424PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOWARD, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from the district court’s dismissal of a removed state court action in which several residents of the town of Boxborough, Massachusetts, sought to undo a decision of the Boxbor-ough Zoning Board of Appeals. The decision in question occurred in May 2002, when the Board settled a federal lawsuit brought against it by Omnipoint Communications, Inc., by issuing a variance permitting Omnipoint to construct a wireless telecommunications tower on a parcel of land within the town. The complaint underlying this lawsuit, filed against Omnipoint and the individual…
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