Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Blair
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided April 2, 2004No. 01-P-1016PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMills, J.
This case concerns the enforcement of the Watershed Protection Act (act), St. 1992, c. 36, codified in part at G. L. c. 92, §§ 104 and 107A (as in effect prior to July 1, 2003, the effective date of St. 2003, c. 26, §§ 289 and 290, which repealed the act and inserted the Watershed Management Act, G. L. c. 92AV2. See St. 2003, c. 26, § 715).2,3
Upon the Commonwealth’s complaint that Clealand B. Blair and Nancy J. Blair (the Blairs) had violated the act by altering the beach and lawn of their waterfront property, the Blairs defended, in part, by claiming that the act was invalid under the…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Penn Central Transportation Co. v. New York CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Williamson County Regional Planning Commission v. Hamilton Bank of Johnson CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal CouncilSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Hodel v. Virginia Surface Mining & Reclamation Assn., Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Agins v. City of TiburonSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Blair v. Department of Conservation & RecreationMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2010
- Vranos v. SkinnerMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2010
- Commonwealth v. GuzmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2006
- Barth v. City of PeabodyDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 2018
- Blair v. Massachusetts Department of Conservation & RecreationMassachusetts Superior Court · 2006
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