Legal Opinion
Flynn v. City of Cambridge
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 12, 1981PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, C.J.
The plaintiffs contest the legal power and authority of the Cambridge city council to enact c. 23 of the Code of the City of Cambridge, Ordinance 926 (ordinance), an ordinance regulating eviction from and condominium conversion of housing subject to rent control (controlled rental units). They contend that, even if the ordinance was properly enacted, it so restricts the uses for which their units may be utilized as to amount to an unconstitutional taking of their property. We uphold the validity of the ordinance.
The plaintiffs filed a complaint in the Superior Court on November 9, 1979,…
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