Legal Opinion
Cumberland Farms of Connecticut, Inc. v. Zoning Board of Appeal
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 18, 1971PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCutter, J.
This is a new phase of litigation which was before this court in 1968. See Cullen v. Building Inspector of No. Attleborough, 353 Mass. 671. (The present record contains the report of the auditor-master in the Cullen case.) The trial judge has found that the facts determined in the Cullen case have not changed materially.
After the Cullen decision, the plaintiff (Cumberland) applied to the zoning board of appeal (the board) for a permit to use certain farm premises “in a manner permitted on approval by [the board under] the provisions of the [z]oning [b]y-[l]aw.” Approval specifically was…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- MacGibbon v. Board of Appeals of DuxburyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1970
- Gulf Oil Corp. v. Board of Appeals of FraminghamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1969
- Cullen v. Building Inspector of North AttleboroughMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1968
- Burnham v. Board of Appeals of GloucesterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1955
- YD Dugout, Inc. v. Board of Appeals of CantonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1970
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Roberts-Haverhill v. City Coun. of HaverhillMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1974
- Hallenborg v. Town Clerk of BillericaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1971
- Department of Public Health v. Cumberland Cattle Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
- Prime v. Zoning Board of AppealsMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1997
- Town of Tisbury v. Martha's Vineyard CommissionMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1989
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