Legal Opinion
Marshal House, Inc. v. Rent Control Board of Brookline
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 10, 1971PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtReardon, J.
These four cases consolidated for appeal bring to us questions arising out of two recently enacted Massachusetts rent control statutes. The constitutionality of these statutes is under attack in three principal suits seeking declaratory and injunctive relief. In all three the existence of an actual controversy is admitted by the principal parties.
Marshal House, Inc. (Marshal House) seeks a binding determination against the town of Brookline, its board of selectmen, and its rent control board that St. 1970, c. 842, is unconstitutional.
The plaintiffs in the suit of Anna L. Aiello and another…
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