Barclay v. DeVeau

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “Unless expressly prohibited by clear legislative mandate, unit owners and developers may validly contract as to the details of management”
• c. 183A is enabling statute, and matters that are not “expressly prohibited by clear legislative mandate” may be worked out by unit owners and developers
• declaration of condominium trust that permitted developer to appoint majority of members to board of trustees comported with public policy if limited to a reasonable time
• “This statute provides planning flexibility to developers and unit owners [citation omitted]. Unless expressly prohibited by clear legislative mandate, unit owners and developers may validly contract as to the details of management”
• “The developer and its mortgagee risk a great deal undertaking a condominium and, to protect their large investment, may need to maintain control of the project for a specific period of time”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).