Board of Appeals of Rockport v. DeCarolis

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• recognizing special circumstances when “[t]wo distinct public bodies claiming a direct interest in the subject matter have issued conflicting orders”
• finding “special circumstances of public import” where the State Building Code Appeals Board and the local zoning board of appeals issued conflicting orders as to the lawfulness of a new structure
• in the absence of special circumstances, challenge to the subject matter of agency should be brought in the first instance before the agency
• failure to comply with thirty-day limitation for seeking judicial review of agency decision necessitates dismissal of appeal

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