Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. John G. Grant & Sons Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 3, 1988PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
The defendant corporation was found guilty by a jury on a complaint charging it with filling or altering a fresh water wetland subject to flooding in violation of G. L. c. 131, § 40, and of a by-law of the town of Braintree. The judge imposed a fine of $87,500 for the violation of § 40 and placed the conviction for the violation of the by-law on file.
The defendant appealed. The Appeals Court concluded that the provisions concerning the penalty to be imposed for a violation of § 40 were unconstitutionally vague, and that the verdict must be set aside and the complaint dismissed as to the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Hoffman Estates v. Flipside, Hoffman Estates, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
- United States v. HarrissSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Oliver v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- United States v. BatchelderSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- United States v. EvansSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
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