Legal Opinion
Shuman v. Board of Aldermen of Newton
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 8, 1972PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCutter, J.
The owners (the neighbors) of land abutting upon or near 361 Commonwealth Avenue, Newton (the locus) appeal (G. L. c. 40A, § 21) from action of the board of aldermen (the board). The board, acting as the special permit authority under the Newton zoning ordinance (§ 25-26), granted a special permit to the trustees of Freeport Foundation, who are also named as defendants, 1 to operate on the locus (on which stands a large single family frame residence) a “dwelling for per sons of high school age . . . who are alienated from living with their parents.” A Superior Court judge made careful and…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- MacGibbon v. Board of Appeals of DuxburyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1970
- Dion v. Board of Appeals of WalthamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1962
- Cullen v. Building Inspector of North AttleboroughMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1968
- McNeely v. Board of Appeal of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1970
- Kurz v. Board of Appeals of North ReadingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1960
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Framingham Clinic, Inc. v. Zoning Board of AppealsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
- MacGibbon v. Board of Appeals of DuxburyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- Casasanta v. Zoning Board of Appeals of MilfordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Cassani v. Planning BoardMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1973
- Dowd v. Board of Appeals of DoverMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1977
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