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Supreme Judicial Court Upholds MBTA Communities Act; Invalidates Noncompliant Guidelines

On January 8, 2025, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) issued a significant decision in Attorney General v. Town of Milton, SJC-13580, affirming the constitutionality of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation...more

EOHLC Files Emergency Regulations to Implement the MBTA Communities Law

On January 8, 2025, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) issued a significant decision in Attorney General v. Town of Milton, SJC-13580, affirming the constitutionality of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation...more

The Legal Battle Over Milton’s Noncompliance with the MBTA Communities Act – What Towns Need to Know

On October 7, 2024, the Supreme Judicial Court (“SJC”) heard oral arguments from the Attorney General’s Office and the Town of Milton regarding the Town of Milton’s noncompliance with the so-called MBTA Communities Act. For...more

SJC Issues Decision Encouraging Broad Application of Dover Amendment Protections

In Hume Lake Christian Camps, Inc. v. Planning Board of Monterey, 492 Mass. 188 (2023), the SJC was tasked with deciding whether the Dover Amendment precluded the Town of Monterey from denying approval of a recreational...more

Regulation of Massachusetts Municipal Harbor Plans to be Reviewed

In Armstrong v. Sec’y Energy & Envtl. Affairs, SJC-13210 (Mass. July 12, 2022), the Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) invalidated the April 2018 Boston Planning and Development Agency’s Municipal Harbor Plan for the Harbor Garage...more

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