Legal Opinion
Town of Framingham v. Department of Public Utilities
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 6, 1969PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Reardon J.
These are three petitions for appeal under G. L. c. 25, § 5, from a final decision of the Department of Public Utilities (Department) granting a petition by the intervener, Boston Edison Company (Edison), which under G. L. c. 40A, § 10, sought an exemption from zoning restrictions for a proposed line for the transmission of electricity at 230 kilovolts, strung on towers, to be constructed on its existing right of way between Medway and Sudbury. The line proposed will be approximately 17.25 miles in length and will pass through seven towns, three of which are the petitioners. Medway…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- National Bank of Commerce v. City of New BedfordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1900
- Almeida Bus Lines, Inc. v. Department of Public UtilitiesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1965
- New York Central Railroad v. Department of Public UtilitiesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1964
- Town of Hamilton v. Department of Public UtilitiesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1963
- Allen v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Hopkins v. GrimshawSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Save the Bay, Inc. v. Department of Public UtilitiesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Commonwealth v. SneedMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Grant v. Lewis/Boyle, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
- Maddocks v. Contributory Retirement Appeal BoardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
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