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· 6/12/1980

Fitchburg Housing Authority v. Board of Zoning Appeals

Citations

  • 406 N.E.2d 1006
  • 380 Mass. 869

How courts have described this case

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

  • baseline skills to \cope with everyday problems and to maintain oneself in society\ deemed educational
  • no dispute that facility would house “adults, with histories of mental difficulties, . . . while . . . training them] in [specified] skills for independent living”
  • \The fact that many of the residents of the facility . . . will be taking prescription drugs does not negate its educational purpose or make its dominant purpose medical\
  • residential facility in which “adults, with histories of mental difficulties, will live while being trained in skills for independent living, such as self-care, cooking, job seeking, budgeting, and making use of community resources”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Hennessey, Quirico, Braucher, Wilkins, Abrams

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