Durand v. IDC Bellingham, LLC

(concurring in part and dissenting in part, with whom Ireland and Cowin, JJ., join). I concur with the result the court reaches, but I disagree with the reasoning of the decision.

A town is a “corporate entit[y].” Art. 89, § 8(4), of the Amendments to the Massachusetts Constitution. See Opinion of the Justices, 416 Mass. 1201, 1202-1203 (1993). Corporations act through their authorized agents, and when a corporation’s actions come into question, we attribute to the corporation the actions, words, and knowledge of its agents acting within their authority. This principle applies equally to…