Legal Opinion
Caplan v. Town of Acton
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 9, 2018No. SJC 12274PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGants, C.J.
**70Article 18 of the Amendments to the Massachusetts Constitution, as amended by arts. 46 and 103 of the Amendments, **71known as the "anti-aid amendment," prohibits in § 2, cl. 2, the "grant, appropriation or use of public money ... for the purpose of founding, maintaining or aiding any church, religious denomination or society." This case presents the question *694whether two grants of public funds to renovate an active church that has been identified as a "historic resource" under the Community Preservation Act (act), G. L. c. 44B, are categorically barred by the anti-aid amendment, or…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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