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MAYNARD v. MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY

391 Mass. 654 (1984)

462 N.E.2d 1365

TOWN OF MAYNARD vs. MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

April 12, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joan C. Stoddard, Assistant Attorney General, for Treasurer and Receiver General.

Robert J. Coughlin (Roy A. Bourgeois with him) for the plaintiff.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., WILKINS, NOLAN, LYNCH, & O'CONNOR, JJ.

O'CONNOR, J.

This appeal requires us to interpret the provision of the so called "tax cap" legislation, St. 1979, c. 151, which allows a city or town to revoke its acceptance of an optional provision of a general law or special act. A judge of the Superior Court granted the town of Maynard's motion for summary judgment, holding that the town had validly rescinded its membership in the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) in accordance with St. 1979, c...

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