Marshal House, Inc. v. Rent Control Board of Brookline

How courts have described this case

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

• finding that since formaldehyde meets the definition of hazardous substance, the substance was properly regulated under G.L.c. 94B
• “as long as there are possible findings which the Legislature could reasonably have made in the legitimate exercise of the police powers its acts will be upheld”
• “strong terms are required to show a legislative intent to supersede by a general act a special act”
• \fair net operating income\ as used in rent control statute with identical language is flexible definition, \consistent with the overriding requirement of a reasonable return on investment\
• “as long as there are possible findings which the [legislative body] could reasonably have made in the legitimate exercise of the police power its acts will be upheld”
• deterioration of existing housing stock

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).