Legal Opinion
Burnham v. Town of Hadley
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided July 2, 2003No. 01-P-1605PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreenberg, J.
The plaintiff, Deborah Burnham (Burnham), operates a business from her home. The business, Designed for You, employed Burnham, her husband, and one full-time employee and one part-time employee, both of whom were not residents of the home. The alternate building inspector for the town of Hadley cited her pursuant to the town’s by-laws and *480ordered her to “cease and desist” (order) using employees at her residence. She appealed to the town’s zoning board of appeals (board), which found for the building inspector. After a decision of Superior Court that upheld the board, she appealed to this…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Subaru of New England v. BD. OF APPEALS, CANTONMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1979
- Town of Harvard v. MaxantMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1971
- Capone v. Zoning Board of Appeals of FitchburgMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Main v. County of PlymouthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
- Building Inspector of Attleboro v. Attleboro LandfillMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Garabedian v. WestlandMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2003
- Simmons v. Zoning Board of AppealsMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2003
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- Berger v. MasonMassachusetts Superior Court · 2011
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