McLean Hospital Corp. v. Town of Belmont

The interveners challenge2 a judgment of the Land Court declaring that a zoning amendment enacted by the town *541of Belmont (town) and affecting property owned by the McLean Hospital Corporation (McLean) is a valid exercise of the town’s zoning authority and does not constitute illegal contract zoning.3 The interveners assert that the rezoning represents an unlawful bargaining away of the town’s police power pursuant to a bilateral contract that bound the town to rezone in McLean’s interest; that the contract contains elements that are contrary to public policy; and that the contract sets forth…