Town of Burlington v. Dunn

Decided May 7, 1945. Stanley Elroy Qua wrote the opinion for the court.

318 Mass. 216 · Cited 100 times

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• Wilbur v. City of Newton · 302 Mass. 38
• Simon v. Town of Needham · 311 Mass. 560
• City of Pittsfield v. Oleksak · 313 Mass. 553
• Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co. · 272 U.S. 365
• Nectow v. City of Cambridge · 277 U.S. 183
• Zahn v. Board of Public Works · 274 U.S. 325
• Defelice v. Zoning Board of Appeals · 32 A.2d 635
• West Bros. Brick Co. v. City of Alexandria · 169 Va. 271
• Pacific Palisades Ass'n v. City of Huntington Beach · 237 P. 538
• Town of Marblehead v. Rosenthal · 316 Mass. 124
• People v. Calvar Corporation · 36 N.E.2d 644
• Town of Lexington v. Bean · 272 Mass. 547
• People v. Hawley · 279 P. 136
• Town of Saugus v. B. Perini & Sons, Inc. · 305 Mass. 403
• Town of Lexington v. Menotomy Trust Co. · 304 Mass. 283
• Town of North Reading v. Drinkwater · 309 Mass. 200

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