Legal Opinion
Easthampton Savings Bank v. City of Springfield
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 19, 2014No. SJC 11612PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpina, J.
We consider in the present case challenges brought against two ordinances adopted by the city of Springfield (city) in response to a wave of foreclosures triggered by the economic downturn of 2008. The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has certified the following questions to this court, pursuant to S.J.C. Rule 1:03, as appearing in 382 Mass. 700 (1981): 2
“1. Are Springfield’s municipal ordinances Chapter 285, Article II, ‘Vacant or Foreclosing Residential Property’ (the [f]oreclosure [ordinance) or Chapter 182, Article I, ‘Mediation of Foreclosures of Owner-Occupied…
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