Legal Opinion
Grace v. Town of Brookline
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 23, 1979PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, J.
A condominium developer, a condominium owner and a potential condominium purchaser challenge, as unauthorized by statute and prohibited by the Massachusetts and the United States Constitutions, two amendments to art. XXXVIII of the by-laws of the town of Brookline. The disputed amendments protect tenants by regulating the procedure for their eviction from apartments converted into condominium units. We uphold their validity.
The plaintiffs filed a complaint in the county court for declaratory and injunctive relief on November 3, 1978. On November 10, 1978, a single justice of this court denied…
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