Ricker v. 3353 Wash. LLC

The plaintiffs appeal from a Superior Court judgment dismissing, for lack of standing and thus subject matter jurisdiction, their challenge to a decision of the Boston board of appeal (the board) granting certain zoning variances to the defendant 3353 Washington LLC (the developer). The complaint sought judicial review under the Boston zoning enabling act (the act), St. 1956, c. 665, § 11, and also asserted that the board's decision constituted "spot zoning" in violation of the plaintiffs' equal protection rights. In a careful memorandum of decision, a judge concluded that the plaintiffs were…