· 11/30/1983
Mullin v. Planning Board of Brewster
Citations
- 456 N.E.2d 780
- 17 Mass. App. Ct. 139
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that “(w)hen a municipal administrative board is acting in a judicial or quasi judicial capacity, ‘all [members of the board] who are to join in the decision must have attended the hearing’ ”
- because of the invalid vote and quorum error “a new hearing and vote are required”
- only those members who had attended all three meetings on an application could vote on the decision
- in case of adjudicatory proceedings before planning board, members required to attend hearing to be entitled to vote
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Judges: Hale, Rose, Brown
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