Durand v. IDC Bellingham, LLC

How courts have described this case

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

• deferring to the legislative findings and choices of the local legislative body without regard to motive
• upholding town's approval of rezoning despite contract zoning claim, where developer pledged $8 million to town if it rezoned land at issue, reasoning voters were not \bound to approve the zoning change\
• no statutory violation where a town followed the procedure for amending a municipal zoning ordinance set forth in G. L. c. 40A

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

11 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Super Wash, Inc. v. City of White Settlement
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2004-02-26· cited 17×
• Bransford v. Zoning Board of Appeals
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2005-08-12· cited 15×
• Hanna v. Town of Framingham
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2004-02-11· cited 10×
• DON PERRY v. ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS OF HULL & others.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2021-07-13· cited 8×
• Concrete Systems Inc v. Pavestone Company
  First Circuit· 2004-09-29· cited 2×
• Andrews v. Town of Amherst
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2007-03-05· cited 2×
• Bruni v. Planning Board
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2009-02-10
• Shoestring Ltd. Partnership v. Barnstable Conservation Commission
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 2005-06-06
• Barberry Homes, Inc. v. Rodenhiser
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 2008-12-20
• FEDERAL STREET NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION & Others v. F.W. WEBB COMPANY & Others
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 2020-03-13
• Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Grubhub Holdings Inc. and Grubhub Inc.
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 2023-04-21

Cites

38 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Nollan v. California Coastal Commission
  Supreme Court· 1987-06-26· cited 1,301×
• Dolan v. City of Tigard
  Supreme Court· 1994-06-24· cited 1,023×
• Eastern Enterprises v. Apfel
  Supreme Court· 1998-06-25· cited 720×
• United States v. Dow
  Supreme Court· 1958-06-09· cited 400×
• Soon Hing v. Crowley
  Supreme Court· 1885-03-16· cited 342×
• Board of Appeals of Hanover v. Housing Appeals Comm.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1973-03-22· cited 134×
• Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Co. v. Town of Danvers
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-08-22· cited 130×
• Ehrlich v. City of Culver City
  California Supreme Court· 1996-03-05· cited 121×
• Pheasant Ridge Associates Ltd. Partnership v. Town of Burlington
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1987-04-30· cited 94×
• Simon v. Town of Needham
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1942-05-27· cited 91×
• Commonwealth v. Henry's Drywall Co., Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-12-24· cited 86×
• Commonwealth v. Leis
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1969-01-09· cited 86×
• Marshal House, Inc. v. Rent Control Board of Brookline
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1971-02-10· cited 78×
• Sperry & Hutchinson Co. v. Director of the Division on the Necessaries of Life
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1940-11-26· cited 76×
• Leahy v. Inspector of Buildings
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1941-01-22· cited 75×
• Opinion of the Justices to the Senate & the House of Representatives
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1960-08-09· cited 61×
• Crall v. City of Leominster
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1972-06-05· cited 47×
• Boston Elevated Railway Co. v. Commonwealth
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1942-01-08· cited 46×
• Lacey v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1979-03-21· cited 46×
• Church v. Town of Islip
  New York Court of Appeals· 1960-07-08· cited 41×