Legal Opinion

United States Gypsum Co. v. Executive Office of Environmental Affairs

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided June 4, 2007No. 06-P-169PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtLaurence, J.

Background. To promote the appropriate uses of scarce coastal resources consistently with the Federal Coastal Zone Management Act (16 U.S.C. §§ 1451 et seq.),4 the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (OCZM)5 has since 1978 promulgated designated port area regulations governing the primary working waterfronts within Massachusetts’s developed coastal harbors. The declared purpose of such designations is “the promotion of . . . water-dependent industrial uses,” pursuant to the following objectives set forth in 301 Code Mass. Regs. § 25.01(2) (1994):

“[Wjhat remains of the…

2Cases cited50 opinions

  1. Universal Camera Corp. v. National Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
  2. Penn Central Transportation Co. v. New York CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  3. Williamson County Regional Planning Commission v. Hamilton Bank of Johnson CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  4. Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal CouncilSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  5. Concrete Pipe & Products of Cal., Inc. v. Construction Laborers Pension Trust for Southern Cal.Supreme Court of the United States · 1993

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. HouricanMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2014
  2. Beverly Port Marina, Inc. v. Commissioner of the Department of Environmental ProtectionMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2013
  3. 266 Border LLC v. Office of Coastal Zone Management Within the Executive Office of Energy and EnvironmentalaffairsMassachusetts Superior Court · 2024
  4. Barth v. City of PeabodyDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 2018

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