Legal Opinion
Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs v. Medford Housing Authority
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 10, 1973PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBraucher, J.
The plaintiff, the Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs (DCA), filed a bill in equity in the county court seeking declaratory and injunc-tive relief against the Medford Housing Authority (MHA). DCA seeks a declaration that it had authority to promulgate five sets of regulations covering local housing authorities (LHAs) like MHA: (a) Income and Occupancy Regulations, (b) Regulations for the Determination of Rents in State-Aided Low Rent Housing, (c) Regulations Prescribing Lease Provisions for Public Housing, (d) Regulations Relating to Tenant Grievance Procedures, and (e)…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Florida Lime & Avocado Growers, Inc. v. PaulSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Thorpe v. Housing Authority of DurhamSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Housing Authority of the City of Omaha, Nebraska v. United States Housing Authority, Etc., and National Tenants OrganizationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1972
- Louise Brown, Individually and on Behalf of All Other Persons Similarly Situated v. The Housing Authority of the City of MilwaukeeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1972
- Evelyn Glover v. The Housing Authority of the City of Bessemer, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Department of Community Affairs v. Massachusetts State College Building AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Harborview Residents' Committee, Inc. v. Quincy Housing AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Town of Holden v. Division of Water Pollution ControlMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1978
- JJ Associates, Inc. v. Fall River Housing AuthorityMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1984
- Marks v. Needham Housing AuthorityMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1986
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