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BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE v. PLANNING BD. OF LAWRENCE

403 Mass. 531 (1988)

531 N.E.2d 1233

BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS, LODGE NO. 65, & others vs. PLANNING BOARD OF LAWRENCE & others (and two companion cases).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

December 13, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip M. Cronin (Roger D. Matthews with him) for the plaintiffs.

Andrew P. Hier (Stephen Raube-Wilson with him) for the city of Lawrence & others.

Richard M. Brunell, Assistant Attorney General, for the Secretary of the Executive Office of Communities and Development.

Joyce Frank for Allen E. Koenig & another.

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

HENNESSEY, C.J.

The plaintiffs commenced actions4 seeking to enjoin the taking by eminent domain, pursuant to the Riverfront Urban Renewal Project (project), of their land in Lawrence (city), and seeking damages for violation of their civil rights. The plaintiffs assert constitutional deficiencies and violations of statutory requirements in proceedings before local authorities

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