Legal Opinion

Opinion of the Justices to the Senate

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided July 7, 1955PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

To the Honorable the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts:

The Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court respectfully submit these answers to the questions contained in an *784order of the Senate dated June 28, 1955, and submitted to us on June 30.

The questions relate to a proposed act known as Senate No. 650 and entitled “An Act creating the Historic Beacon Hill District in the city of Boston and establishing in the building department of said city the Beacon Hill architectural commission and defining its powers and duties.” A copy of the act is attached hereto.

The essential features of the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Nectow v. City of CambridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
  2. Opinion of Justices to House of RepresentativesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1952

3Cited by25 opinions

  1. A-S-P Associates v. City of RaleighSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1979
  2. City of Santa Fe v. Gamble-Skogmo, Inc.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1964
  3. Globe Newspaper Company v. Beacon Hill Architectural CommissionCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1996
  4. Town of Manchester v. PhillipsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1962
  5. Globe Newspaper Co. v. Beacon Hill Architectural CommissionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1996

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