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· 6/25/1982

Para/Medical Supplies, Inc. v. City of Cambridge

Citations

  • 14 Mass. App. Ct. 86
  • 436 N.E.2d 986
  • 1982 Mass. App. LEXIS 1365

How courts have described this case

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

  • stating that a public purpose must not be “’set up as a mere pretext to conceal a private purpose”
  • Court will defer to municipal corporation “until it is seen that [its] discretion is abused by a willful perversion of [its lawful] power to illegal ends or abuse of its exercise that demands restriction”

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Judges: Perretta

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