Harvard Square Defense Fund, Inc. v. Planning Board

A Superior Court judge allowed the defendants’ well-supported motion for summary judgment under Mass.R.Civ.P. 56, 365 Mass. 824 (1974), concluding that the plaintiffs lacked standing under G. L. c. 40A, § 17, as amended through St. 1987, c. 498, § 4, to challenge the Cambridge planning board’s grant of special permits for the construction of two office-retail buildings in the Harvard Square area of Cambridge. 3 We agree with the judge that none of the plaintiffs has the required standing as a person aggrieved or otherwise as a municipal officer. Consequently, we affirm the judgment.

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