ROBERTS v. DEPT. OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ENGINEERING


404 Mass. 795 (1989)

537 N.E.2d 154

WILLIAM ROBERTS & others vs. DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ENGINEERING.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Barnstable.

May 3, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond G. Dougan, Assistant Attorney General (James R. Milkey, Assistant Attorney General, with him) for the defendant.

Gary A. Nickerson for the plaintiffs.

Present: WILKINS, LIACOS, ABRAMS, LYNCH, & O'CONNOR, JJ.


LIACOS, J.

The Department of Environmental Quality Engineering (DEQE) appeals from a declaratory judgment that the plaintiffs may level the top of a sand dune in front of their houses. DEQE contends that the plaintiffs' proposed leveling violates a restrictive order (order) adopted by the Commissioner of Environmental Management (commissioner) on March 18, 1980, pursuant to G.L.c. 130, § 105. The trial judge determined that the plaintiffs' proposed actions would...

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