Legal Opinion
Town of Wendell v. Attorney General
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 11, 1985PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
The town of Wendell (town) commenced this action to challenge the Attorney General’s disapproval under G. L. c. 40, § 32, of a by-law, adopted by the town at its 1981 annual town meeting, which purports to regulate the use of pesticides in the town for other than agricultural and domestic uses. The town sought an order directing the Attorney General to approve the by-law and determining that the by-law is valid. Subsequent to the Attorney General’s disapproval of the by-law on November 20, 1981, the Wendell board of health adopted a regulation on July 13, 1981, also purporting to regulate the…
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