JOHN DONNELLY & SONS, INC. v. OUTDOOR ADVERTISING BD.


369 Mass. 206 (1975)

339 N.E.2d 709

JOHN DONNELLY & SONS, INC. vs. OUTDOOR ADVERTISING BOARD & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

December 15, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph J. Hurley (Edward P. Leibensperger with him) for the petitioner.

Ellyn R. Weiss, Assistant Attorney General, for Outdoor Advertising Board.

Donald L. Connors for the town of Brookline, intervener.

Phillip Tocker, for Outdoor Advertising Association of America, Inc., amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: TAURO, C.J., REARDON, QUIRICO, BRAUCHER, & WILKINS, JJ.


TAURO, C.J.

The petitioner, John Donnelly & Sons, Inc. (Donnelly), appeals from a decree of the Superior Court affirming a decision of the Outdoor Advertising Board (the board) which denied renewal of twenty-two permits issued by the board for off-premise outdoor advertising signs maintained by Donnelly in business and industrial districts of the town of Brookline (the town). The board, in a decision dated April 5, 1973, found that the Donnelly signs were being...

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