Legal Opinion
Ranney v. Board of Appeals of Nantucket
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided January 6, 1981PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKass, J.
This zoning controversy on Nantucket has triggered three actions and three appeals. It is useful to set the procedural scene.
As trustee of the Beachside Real Estate Trust, Gilbert F. Waine applied on March 28, 1978, to the board of appeals of Nantucket for a special permit to build an addition to the Beachside Motel. The board issued a decision refusing a special permit on May 12, 1978, and Waine brought an action under G. L. c. 40A, § 17, as amended by St. 1978, c. 478, § 32, to annul the action of the board and to order it to issue a special permit. That is Case No. 1.
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2Cases cited22 opinions
- Pendergast v. Board of AppealsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1954
- Josephs v. Board of Appeals of BrooklineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
- Gulf Oil Corp. v. Board of Appeals of FraminghamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1969
- Dion v. Board of Appeals of WalthamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1962
- Subaru of New England v. BD. OF APPEALS, CANTONMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1979
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Tebo v. Board of Appeals of ShrewsburyMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1986
- Gamache v. Town of AcushnetMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1982
- Petrillo v. Zoning Board of AppealsMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2006
- Huntington v. Zoning Board of AppealsMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1981
- Chambers v. Building Inspector of PeabodyMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1996
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