Legal Opinion
Martorano v. Department of Public Utilities
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 14, 1987PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLynch, J.
The Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company (Tennessee), a supplier of natural gas, petitioned the Department of Public Utilities (department) for an exemption under G. L. c. 40A, § 3 (1986 ed.), from local zoning regulations in order to permit Tennessee to construct a natural gas meter station in Acton. The department thereupon conducted a public hearing to determine whether the zoning exemption should be allowed. At the hearing, the Boston Gas Company (Boston Gas), and the Acton-Concord Citizen Coalition (coalition), a citizen’s group opposed to the exemption, participated as interveners. On…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- American Farm Lines v. Black Ball Freight ServiceSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- National Labor Relations Board v. Monsanto Chemical CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1953
- Save the Bay, Inc. v. Department of Public UtilitiesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- School Committee of Wellesley v. LABOR RELATIONS COMM.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Boston Edison Co. v. Department of Public UtilitiesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
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3Cited by25 opinions
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