Legal Opinion
MacGibbon v. Board of Appeals of Duxbury
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 9, 1976PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBraucher, J.
The plaintiffs appeal for the third time from a denial by the board of appeals (board) of the town of Duxbury (town) of a special permit to excavate and fill certain portions of their coastal marshland. MacGibbon v. Board of Appeals of Duxbury, 347 Mass. 690 (1964) (MacGibbon I). MacGibbon v. Board of Appeals of Duxbury, 356 Mass. 635 (1970) (MacGibbon II). For the third time we hold that the decision of the board must be annulled. This time the board is to be directed to grant the permit applied for, subject to appropriate conditions and safeguards to be specified by the board for the sole…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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