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SPRINGFIELD PRESV. TRUST v. SPRINGFIELD HIST. COMM.

380 Mass. 159 (1980)

402 N.E.2d 488

SPRINGFIELD PRESERVATION TRUST, INC., & others vs. SPRINGFIELD HISTORICAL COMMISSION & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

March 18, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ellen B. Kaplan (Donna M. Schuckman with her) for the plaintiffs.

Harry P. Carroll for Springfield Historical Commission & others.

Francis D. Dibble, Jr. (Charles S. Cohen with him) for MacDuffie School for Girls, Inc.

Thomas J. Reed, for Society for the Conservation of the Architecture & Natural Environment, Inc., amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

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

BRAUCHER, J.

The Springfield Historical Commission (commission), on July 5, 1979, granted the application of the MacDuffie School for Girls, Inc. (MacDuffie), for a certificate of hardship under the Historic Districts Act, G.L. c. 40C, §§ 6 and 10 (c), with a view to demolition of a historic building known as Bowles House. The plaintiffs sought review of that decision in the Superior Court. Their complaint...

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