Greenfield Country Estates Tenants Ass'n v. Deep

This case presents us with two issues for resolution: (1) the constitutionality of G. L. c. 140, § 32R (1994 ed.), and (2) the propriety of an order of specific performance as a remedy for a violation of that statute. On June 12, 1995, a judge in the Superior Court granted a final partial summary judgment pursuant to Mass. R. Civ. P. 54 (b), 365 Mass. 820 (1974), to the plaintiff, Greenfield Country Estates Tenants Association, Inc. (association).3 This judgment upheld the association’s right of first refusal to purchase the property on which the mobile home community (manufactured housing…