Massachusetts courts seldom label local zoning boards’ denials of permits as arbitrary and capricious, but that’s exactly what happened recently in a recent state Land Court decision, Symmes Development & Permitting LLC v. Smith.
Sarah Turano-Flores, a partner at Boston law firm Nutter, is in line to be the newest judge in the Massachusetts Land Court.
Short-term vacation rentals are a lucrative business in Nantucket and an important share of taxes for the town budget. But a court ruling has thrown the future of these vacation properties in doubt.
Alexander Styller rented his 5,000-square-foot mansion in Lynnfield, with its spacious patio and heated in-ground pool, to short-term renters planning a party over the 2016 Memorial Day weekend. The results were disastrous.
The Massachusetts security deposit statute imposes numerous restrictions on landlords who require security deposits from residential tenants. Noncompliance can be costly to landlords.
Everyone entering a Massachusetts courthouse will be screened for COVID-19 when the buildings expand public access beginning July 13, the state’s high court said in an order issued Tuesday.
Courthouses in Massachusetts will reopen to the public on July 13 for limited purposes, with the courts continuing to conduct most business virtually.
Standing is an essential issue in zoning appeals because only persons “aggrieved” may pursue their complaints about a neighbor’s project through the courts.
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court handed the development industry and housing advocates a victory Friday when it reversed a lower court ruling that gave broad rights for abutters to sue over nearby development projects.
Behavioral health programs enjoyed a victory in a case before the Supreme Judicial Court that ruled a McLean Hospital program was protected under the Dover Amendment.
By neglecting to raise a key, compelling point in Land Court, a Dorchester landlord may have lost a case it could have otherwise won.
Cape Cod beaches are delightful attractions, but every summer brings heated arguments between shoreline owners and their inland neighbors over private beach access.
