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· 2/5/1988

Bedford v. Trustees of Boston University

Citations

  • 518 N.E.2d 874
  • 25 Mass. App. Ct. 372

How courts have described this case

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

  • “abutting landowner enjoys a presumption of being a ‘person aggrieved’ ”
  • “abutting landowner enjoys a presumption of being a ‘person aggrieved’ ”
  • abutter's nonspeculative concerns of increased pedestrian and vehicular traffic and pedestrian safety sufficient to confer standing
  • increase in pedestrian and vehicular traffic may impact plaintiffs property interest and confer standing
  • potential for damage from increased vehicular and pedestrian traffic gave plaintiff standing
  • abutter’s concerns of increased pedestrian and vehicular traffic, loss of parking, and potential threats to pedestrian safety were sufficient to uphold abutter’s standing even in the face of evidence that “proposed construction would have no adverse impact on the plaintiff”

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Judges: Greaney, Perretta, Warner

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