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MARSHFIELD FAMILY SKATELAND, INC. v. MARSHFIELD

389 Mass. 436 (1983)

450 N.E.2d 605

MARSHFIELD FAMILY SKATELAND, INC., & others vs. TOWN OF MARSHFIELD (and five consolidated cases).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

June 13, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ira H. Zaleznik (Barry E. Rosenthal with him) for Marshfield Family Skateland, Inc., & others.

Robert L. Marzelli, Town Counsel, for the town of Marshfield.

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

HENNESSEY, C.J.

This case involves the validity of a total prohibition by the town of Marshfield of the commercial operation of coin-activated amusement devices. In November, 1981, responding to a request for an opinion, town counsel for Marshfield advised the board of selectmen for Marshfield that the town zoning by-law, adopted in 1972, prohibited the commercial operation of coin-activated amusement devices in every zoning district of the town, as either a principal...

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