Newbury Junior College v. Town of Brookline

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• discussing distinction between judicial review of a licensing decision under the “arbitrary and capricious” test as opposed to the “substantial evidence” test
• discussing diversity in breadth of discretion that local authorities enjoy in licensing matters
• relief issued by court because remand would result in further “obstruction of lawful use” by granting authority
• “A dormitory license may not be denied merely because the licensing authority thinks that the educational use would not be good for the neighborhood”
• municipality may not, through exercise of statutory power to 4 license lodging houses, \undo\ G. L. c. 40A, § 3, which protects dormitories as educational land use
• “[i]n the case of... licenses to dispense liquor, for example, town and city boards may exercise judgment about public convenience and public good that is very broad indeed”

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