Legal Opinion
Canteen Corp. v. City of Pittsfield
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided May 5, 1976PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHale, C.J.
This is a petition brought in the Land Court under the provisions of G. L. c. 240, § 14A, and G. L. c. 185, § 1 (jl/2), to determine the validity of a 1973 amendment of the zoning ordinance of the city of Pittsfield (city) which reclassified the petitioner’s land as residential. The land affected is located on the easterly side of Yorkshire Avenue and is shown as lots 284 and 285 on the accompanying sketch plan. We summarize the facts found by the Land Court judge.
The city’s first zoning ordinance was adopted in 1927. A 1931 revision of that ordinance classified the area on the easterly side…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Crall v. City of LeominsterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
- Lanner v. Board of Appeal of TewksburyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1964
- Whittemore v. Building InspectorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Schertzer v. City of SomervilleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1963
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3Cited by8 opinions
- National Amusements, Inc. v. City of BostonMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1990
- Beard v. Town of SalisburyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Rando v. Town of North AttleboroughMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1998
- Marshall v. Town of TopsfieldMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1982
- Sullivan v. Town of ActonMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1995
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