Fleming v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Oxford, 103 Mass. App. Ct. 1128 (2024)
In Fleming, the Massachusetts Appeals Court grappled with some scaley zoning issues arising out of personal ownership of 460 reptiles. In this...more
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Efforts clauses are common in commercial agreements, including those involving real estate. Where one or both parties cannot guarantee a particular outcome, efforts clauses attempt to qualify obligations....more
4/14/2023
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GRAVE MATTERS: THE PROTECTION OF PROPERTIES CONTAINING BURIAL SITES -
Church of the Holy Spirit of Wayland v. Heinrich, 2022 WL 1419702, 101 Mass. App. Ct. 32 (2022)....more
8/8/2022
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CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY RESULT OF MUTUAL MISTAKE -
Thomas v. Medeiros, 100 Mass. App. Ct. 1106 (2021) -
The Massachusetts Appeals Court recently affirmed a determination by the Land Court that a...more
11/2/2021
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Massachusetts SJC Ruling: Good News for Owners and Developers -
The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts issued a written decision in Murchison v. Zoning Board of Appeals of Sherborn, et al. (SJC-12867) on...more
In Trustees of Cambridge Point Condominium Trust v. Cambridge Point, LLC, No. MICV-2014-03136, 2016 WL 9753783 (Mass. Super. Nov. 18, 2016), appeal argued, SJC No. 2017-P-0113 (Mass. 2017), the trustees (“Trustees”) of the...more
11/9/2017
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In a recent decision, the Land Court clarified that Massachusetts state law does not require local zoning boards to make detailed factual findings when approving an extension or alteration to a pre-existing nonconforming...more