Legal Opinion
Johnson Products, Inc. v. City Council of Medford
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 17, 1968PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKirk, J.
The two cases which have been argued together arise from a single dispute. Johnson Products, Inc. (Johnson), an operator of retail gasoline outlets at several locations in Massachusetts and elsewhere in New England, applied on January 28, 1966, to the city council of Medford (the council) for a license to build and operate a “gasoline island,” as it calls its outlets, at the Fellsway Shopping Center in Medford. G. L. c. 148, § 13. Following a hearing by the council on February 16, 1966, the application was denied by unanimous vote.
On June 8, 1966, Johnson filed a petition for a writ of…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Butler v. Town of East BridgewaterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1953
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