Burnham v. Board of Appeals of Gloucester

How courts have described this case

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

• zoning “has always been treated as a local matter and much weight must be accorded to the judgment of the local legislative body”
• \The degree of certainty with which standards for the exercise of discretion are set up must necessarily depend on the subject matter and the circumstances\
• standards adequate where only express requirement was to consider “the effects upon the neighborhood and City at large”
• “The degree of certainty with which standards for the exercise of discretion are set up must necessarily depend on the subject matter and the circumstances”
• court may not substitute its judgment for that of the board

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).