Tebo v. Board of Appeals of Shrewsbury

All three cases 4 arise from the collision of the same protagonists, Worcester Sand & Gravel Company, Incorporated (WS&G), which quarries rock and gravel, and Sprague Electric Company (Sprague), which makes microelectronic components. Blasting attendant to quarrying is inimical to the dust-free and vibration-free conditions required in the manufacture of products such as microintegrated circuits.

WS&G applied for a special permit to conduct earth removal operations on a sixty-seven acre area in Shrewsbury northeasterly of the Shrewsbury-Worcester line. Sprague manufactures microelectronic…