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· 3/23/1978

Niles v. Boston Rent Control Administrator

Citations

  • 374 N.E.2d 296
  • 6 Mass. App. Ct. 135
  • 1978 Mass. App. LEXIS 566

How courts have described this case

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

  • noting that Boston’s rent control administrator, pursuant to regulation, utilized a “cost pass-through method” for determining rents
  • “Rules which have been promulgated pursuant to a legislative grant of power have the force of law and are binding on the agency which issued them.”
  • rates are confiscatory if they make it impossible for an “efficient operator” to remain in business or derive any profit
  • reasonable time implied for filing statutory appeal

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Judges: Hale, Armstrong, Brown

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