Town of Wellfleet v. Glaze

The underlying question here is the relative rights of private owners and the public in tidal flats. In August, 1986, the town of Weilfleet filed a complaint in the Superior Court citing the defendant for violating G. L. c. 130, § 67 (1986 ed.), and seeking a restraining order prohibiting the defendant from mooring his boats on a certain “shellfish grant” on a portion of the defendant’s flats. The town’s request for a temporary restraining order was granted. The town later applied for a preliminary injunction, but its application was denied. Several months later, the town moved for summary…