Legal Opinion
Beale v. Planning Board
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 7, 1996PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreaney, J.
We granted the plaintiffs’ application for direct appellate review on this appeal from a judgment of the Land Court. The judgment (entered after a de nova evidentiary hearing, see G. L. c. 41, § 81BB [1994 ed.]), upheld a decision of the planning board of Rockland (planning board) denying an application for approval of a definitive subdivision plan that would extend an existing road in the town of Rock-land into the town of Hingham to provide access for a proposed retail shopping center there. The land that is the subject of the plan straddles the town line dividing Hingham and Rockland.…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Anthony's Pier Four, Inc. v. HBC ASSOCIATESMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1991
- Castle Estates v. Park & Planning Board of MedfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1962
- Arrigo v. Planning Board of FranklinMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1981
- Fairbairn v. Planning Board of BarnstableMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1977
- Doliner v. Planning Board of MillisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1961
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3Cited by24 opinions
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- Fieldstone Meadows Development Corp. v. Conservation CommissionMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2004
- Dunn v. Attorney GeneralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2016
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