Legal Opinion
Sullivan v. Town of Acton
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided February 1, 1995No. 93-P-1528PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtFine, J.
The plaintiffs, the DiDuca Family Trust (the trustees), own a sixteen-acre tract of land at the intersection *114of Esterbrook Road and Great Road (Route 2A) in Acton, which they have used since 1940 for agricultural and residential purposes. From 1953, when the town of Acton first adopted its zoning by-law, until 1990, when the town adopted the changes in issue, a nine-acre portion of the property (the locus) abutting Route 2A was zoned for general business use. The remainder of the parcel was zoned R-8, for single family residential use. Commencing in 1988, the town undertook a comprehensive…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Turnpike Realty Co. v. Town of DedhamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
- Sturges v. Town of ChilmarkMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Crall v. City of LeominsterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
- Schertzer v. City of SomervilleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1963
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- Rando v. Town of North AttleboroughMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1998