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· 1/6/1992

Bertone v. Department of Public Utilities

Citations

  • 583 N.E.2d 829
  • 411 Mass. 536

How courts have described this case

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

  • “services are ‘sufficiently particularized’ to justify distributing their costs among the [plaintiffs] and not to all customers”
  • fees are not taxes even if they must be paid in order to enjoy right to develop one’s land
  • electrical system in proper repair, new infrastructure built from fee charged for new hookups
  • municipal lighting plant’s “hook-up charge” for new connections to system
  • hook-up charge for electrical service

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Judges: Lucos, Wilkins, Lynch, O'Connor, Greaney

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