Legal Opinion
Perez v. Boston Housing Authority
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 4, 1980PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKaplan, J.
Nine persons, tenants in various developments of the Boston Housing Authority (BHA), brought this action for themselves and on behalf of the whole class of tenants of BHA similarly situated, seeking to vindicate their statutory rights to decent, safe, and sanitary housing. (See G. L. c. 121B, § 32; also c. 111, § 127H). The judge below found at successive stages of the action that many of the units and common facilities of BHA housing were in substandard conditions in violation of the State Sanitary Code (see G. L. c. 111, § 127A). In order to right the wrong and provide a remedy, the judge…
2Cases cited49 opinions
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- George W. Lewis v. George F. Kugler, Jr., Individually and in His Official Capacity as Attorney General of the State of New JerseyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971
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3Cited by68 opinions
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