Legal Opinion
Opinion of the Justices to the Senate
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 7, 1955PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
To the Honorable the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
The Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court respectfully submit these answers to questions set forth in an order of *774the Senate dated June 14, 1955, and transmitted to us on June 21.
The questions relate to a proposed act known as House No. 775, now pending before the Senate, entitled “An Act establishing an historic districts commission for the town of Nantucket and defining its powers and duties, and establishing historic districts in the town of Nantucket. ”
The purpose of the act is stated to be to promote the general welfare of…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Berman v. ParkerSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Nectow v. City of CambridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
- United States v. Gettysburg Electric Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Welch v. SwaseySupreme Court of the United States · 1909
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3Cited by62 opinions
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- A-S-P Associates v. City of RaleighSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1979
- Milwaukie Co. of Jehovah's Witnesses v. MullenOregon Supreme Court · 1958
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