Legal Opinion
Bellows Farms, Inc. v. Building Inspector of Action
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 7, 1973PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQuirico, J.
This is a bill in equity under G. L. c. 231A, seeking a declaration whether certain amendments to the zoning by-law of the town of Acton (town) apply to a parcel of land (locus) owned by the plaintiffs Bellows Farms, Inc. and John E. Murphy and on which the plaintiff Donald P. O’Grady has contracted to build 402 apartment units. The defendants are the town, its building inspector and the members of its board of selectmen.
The case was submitted to a single justice of this court for entry of a final decree on the basis of a statement of agreed facts constituting a case stated and it is now…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Board of Appeals of Hanover v. Housing Appeals Comm.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- Commonwealth v. Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard & Nantucket Steamship AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
- Radcliffe College v. City of CambridgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1966
- YD Dugout, Inc. v. Board of Appeals of CantonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1970
- Nyquist v. Board of Appeals of ActonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1971
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Massachusetts Broken Stone Co. v. Town of WestonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2000
- Cape Ann Land Development Corp. v. City of GloucesterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- Nextel Communications of the Mid-Atlantic, Inc. v. Town of Wayland MassachusettsDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 2002
- Rayco Inv. Corp. v. Board of Selectmen of RaynhamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Boyle v. WeissMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2012
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