Legal Opinion
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority v. City of Somerville
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 4, 2008PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpina, J.
In these consolidated cases, we consider whether the cities of Melrose and Somerville (cities) may regulate through their zoning ordinances billboards and signs for commercial advertising in and on the facilities of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA). The MBTA filed an action in the Superior Court in Suffolk County seeking a judgment declaring that the MBTA’s commercial advertising in and on its facilities is immune from local zoning regulation. The cities subsequently filed an action in the Superior Court in Middle-sex County regarding the applicability of local zoning…
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