Legal Opinion
Water Department of Fairhaven v. Department of Environmental Protection
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 14, 2010No. SJC-10430PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGants, J.
These consolidated appeals concern the authority of the Department of Environmental Protection (department) under the Massachusetts Water Management Act (Act), G. L. c. 21G, to impose conservation measures on registered water suppliers (registrants) and to provide an administrative remedy to registrants aggrieved by those conservation measures. 2
The plaintiffs represent fourteen Massachusetts cities and towns and their public water departments. Under the Act, each person (including the fourteen plaintiff cities and towns) that withdraws water from a water source in excess of the “threshold…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Industrial Finance Corp. v. State Tax CommissionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Grocery Manufacturers of America, Inc. v. Department of Public HealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- DiFiore v. American Airlines, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2009
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3Cited by44 opinions
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