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LOVEQUIST v. CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF DENNIS

379 Mass. 7 (1979)

393 N.E.2d 858

A. LAWRENCE LOVEQUIST & another, trustees, vs. CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF DENNIS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Barnstable.

August 21, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Falla for the plaintiffs.

Gregor I. McGregor (Richard T. Rook with him) for the defendant.

Gregor I. McGregor, for Massachusetts Association of Conservation Commissions, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Norman P. Cohen, Town Counsel, & Russ V.V. Bradley, Jr., for the town of Lexington, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

J. Douglas Murphy, Assistant Town Counsel, for the town of Barnstable, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Michael P. Last, Harlan M. Doliner & Carolyn Roundey, for the Environment Committee of the Boston Bar Association, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Francis X. Bellotti, Attorney General, Stephen M. Leonard & Malcolm Pittman, Assistant Attorneys General, for the Commonwealth, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., BRAUCHER, WILKINS, LIACOS, & ABRAMS, JJ.

HENNESSEY, C.J.

In this case we review the decision of the conservation commission of the town of Dennis under a local wetlands protection by-law denying the plaintiffs' application to construct an access road over an old cranberry bog. This action is brought for relief in the nature of certiorari pursuant to G.L.c. 249, § 4. See Boston Edison Co. v. Boston Redevelopment Auth., 374 Mass...

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