Legal Opinion
County Commissioners v. Conservation Commission
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 21, 1980PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, C.J.
In 1973 the Legislature authorized the county commissioners of Bristol County to construct a new jail and to acquire the necessary land by purchase or eminent domain. See St. 1973, c. 412.* 1 As a result of this leg*707islative mandate and after appropriate study and investigation, the county commissioners devised a plan to build the jail within the confines of the town of Dartmouth in an area of the town zoned for limited industrial use.2 The county commissioners applied, in compliance with the requirements of G. L. c. 131, § 40, to the conservation commission of the town of Dartmouth for a…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Bloom v. City of WorcesterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- Commonwealth v. Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard & Nantucket Steamship AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
- Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination v. Liberty Mutual InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- Town of Arlington v. Board of Conciliation & ArbitrationMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- City of Boston v. City of ChelseaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Commonwealth v. PaascheMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- Blackstone Park Improvement Ass'n v. State Board of Standards & AppealsSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1982
- Town of Wendell v. Attorney GeneralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
- County of Middlesex v. City of NewtonMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1982
- Town of Norfolk v. United States Environmental Protection AgencyDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1991
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