Legal Opinion
Roberts v. Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems, Inc.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 30, 1999PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, J.
This is an appeal by two property owners of a judgment entered in the Superior Court dismissing their action challenging a special permit granted to Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems, Inc. (Southwestern Bell). The permit allows Southwestern Bell to construct a one hundred foot wireless telecommunications tower in a residential area of Littleton (town) on land abutting the owners’ respective properties. On February 1, 1996, Congress enacted the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (TCA), Pub. L. No. 104-104, 110 Stat. 56 (codified at 47 U.S.C. §§ 151 et seq., as amended). The Act made substantial…
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