Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Town of Edgartown
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 4, 1997PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, C.J.
This case concerns a challenge to a three-acre minimum area requirement for residential lots in the RA-120 Residential/Agricultural zoning district (RA-120 district) in Edgartown on the island of Martha’s Vineyard. The plaintiff landowners, trustees of the Herring Creek Farm Trust, whom we shall refer to as the trust, sought a declaratory judgment, pursuant to G. L. c. 240, § 14A, that the three-acre requirement is arbitrary and unreasonable because it does not advance any valid zoning objective.
A judge of the Land Court entered a judgment that the challenged by-law serves a permissible…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Simon v. Town of NeedhamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
- Caires v. Building CommissionerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
- Vigeant v. Postal Telegraph Cable Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1927
- Sturges v. Town of ChilmarkMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Crall v. City of LeominsterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Martha's Vineyard Land Bank Commission v. Board of AssessorsMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2004
- Friends & Fishers of Edgartown Great Pond, Inc. v. Department of Environmental ProtectionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2006
- Durand v. IDC Bellingham, LLCMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2003
- Rando v. Town of North AttleboroughMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1998
- McLean Hospital Corp. v. Town of BelmontMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2002
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