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· 1/5/1962

Turnpike Amusement Park, Inc. v. Licensing Commission

Citations

  • 179 N.E.2d 322
  • 343 Mass. 435
  • 1962 Mass. LEXIS 818

How courts have described this case

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

  • licensing authority’s policy of denying all applications for new and renewed licenses to operate pinball machines not supported by enabling statute and was arbitrary and capricious
  • \The word `may' in a statute commonly imports discretion\
  • “The word ‘may’ in a statute commonly imports discretion”

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Judges: Wilkins, Williams, Whittbmokb, Cutter, Spiegel

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