Legal Opinion
Morton Street LLC v. Sheriff of Suffolk County
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 31, 2009PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGants, J.
In this case we must decide whether the sheriff of *486Suffolk County may terminate a ten-year lease entered into with Morton Street LLC3 after the sheriff lost outside funding for the lease three years into the lease. We conclude that the sheriff lawfully terminated the lease.
Background. The material, undisputed facts are as follows. 4 Prior to March, 2000, the sheriff issued a request for proposal (RFP) inviting offers to lease a minimum of 5,000 square feet of office space near the West Roxbury District Court Flouse for use as a community corrections facility to be operated by the sheriff.5-6…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Heckler v. Community Health Services of Crawford County, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Phipps Products Corp. v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- O'BLENES v. Zoning Board of Appeals of LynnMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
- Graham v. Quincy Food Service Employees Ass'n & Hospital, Library & Public Employees UnionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
- Ford v. RogovinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
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3Cited by7 opinions
- A.L. Prime Energy Consultant, Inc. v. Mass. Bay Transportation AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2018
- Nagle v. Acton-Boxborough Regional School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2009
- Cameron Painting, Inc. v. University of MassachusettsMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2013
- Drake v. Massachusetts Department of Revenue (In Re Drake)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · 2010
- A.L. Prime Energy Consultant, Inc. v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation AuthorityMassachusetts Superior Court, Suffolk County · 2017
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