Noe v. Board of Appeals

The question for decision in this case is whether a “person aggrieved” within the meaning of G. L. c. 40A, § 17, as amended by St. 1978, c. 478, § 32,2 is en*104titled to judicial review of a decision of a board of appeals by which it expressly grants a petition for a variance if that person files a complaint for such review within twenty days of the date when the board files a copy of its decision with the city or town clerk but more than twenty days after the date when the board has constructively granted the petition by reason of its failure to act thereon within the seventy-five-day period…