Legal Opinion
Evarts v. Planning Board
Massachusetts Superior Court
Decided September 26, 2002No. 010145PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
*307Neel, J.
Plaintiff Louana H. Evarts appeals, pursuant to G.L.c. 40A, §17, defendant Somerville Planning Board’s approval of defendant Assembly Square Limited Partnership’s application to locate a Home Depot store in part of the existing Assembly Square Mall building. After trial, and for the reasons set forth below, the Court (1) determines that plaintiff has standing to bring the appeal, (2) determines that the Somerville Zoning Ordinance requires a different standard of review of the application than that employed by the Planning Board, and (3) remands the case to the Planning Board for…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Circle Lounge & Grille, Inc. v. Board of AppealMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
- Barvenik v. Board of Aldermen of NewtonMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1992
- Harvard Square Defense Fund, Inc. v. Planning BoardMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1989
- Rafferty v. Sancta Maria HospitalMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1977
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- Chin Kwee Quek v. ArmendoMassachusetts Superior Court · 2004