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· 8/3/1992

Barvenik v. Board of Aldermen of Newton

Citations

  • 597 N.E.2d 48
  • 33 Mass. App. Ct. 129
  • 1992 Mass. App. LEXIS 684

How courts have described this case

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

  • standing decisions “have not explicitly addressed the issue of the amount or nature of the defendant’s evidence required” to rebut presumption
  • suggesting allegations of traffic increases, if supported by credible evidence, are sufficient to show standing in non-commercial context
  • referring specifically to the presumption in behalf of “abutters to abutters”
  • injury must be “special and different from the concerns of the rest of the community”
  • even when positing legitimate concerns, plaintiff must offer more than conjecture and hypothesis to be aggrieved person
  • injury claimed by plaintiff must be “special and different from the concerns of the rest of the community”

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Judges: Armstrong, Perretta, Laurence

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