Legal Opinion
Alex v. Grafton Conservation Commission
Massachusetts Superior Court
Decided July 7, 2010No. 082455Published
1Opinion of the Court
Lu, John T., J.
The Defendant Grafton Conservation Commission (Commission) moves to dismiss this case brought by Peter Alex (Mr. Alex), an action in the nature of certiorari pursuant to G.L.c. 249, §4.
Mr. Alex challenges the Commission’s Orders denying him the authority to place fill and a stone wall within 25 feet of a wetland per the Town of Grafton’s Regulations for the Administration of the Wetlands Bylaw (Bylaw), Section V(C){5). The Commission contends that these actions were not timely filed.
An action in certiorari “shall be commenced within sixty days next of the proceeding complained…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Schulte v. Director of the Division of Employment SecurityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Pidge v. Superintendent, Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Cedar JunctionMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1992
- Malone v. Civil Service CommissionMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1995
- Committee for Public Counsel Services v. LooknerMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1999
- Curley v. City of LynnMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
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