Legal Opinion
Caires v. Building Commissioner
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 5, 1949PublishedCited by 81 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRonan, J.
This controversy centers about the validity of an amendment to a zoning by-law of the town of Hingham. It comes here by an appeal by the respondent under G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 213, § ID, inserted by St. 1943, c. 374, § 4, from a judgment, entered in the Superior Court upon a petition for a writ of mandamus, ordering him to revoke two building permits granted by him subsequent to the amendment for the erection of commercial structures upon .a parcel of land which, previous to the amendment, was located in a district zoned for residential purposes.
The appeal widens the scope of review previously…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Nebbia v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- United States v. DarbySupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Carmichael v. Southern Coal & Coke Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Nectow v. City of CambridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
- Rast v. Van Deman & Lewis Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1916
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3Cited by81 opinions
- MacGibbon v. Board of Appeals of DuxburyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1970
- Winslow v. Zoning BoardSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1956
- Turnpike Realty Co. v. Town of DedhamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
- Sturges v. Town of ChilmarkMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- John Donnelly & Sons, Inc. v. Outdoor Advertising BoardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
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