PARSONS v. MOBILE HOME PARK RENT CONTROL BOARD OF CHICOPEE


423 Mass. 631 (1996)

JANICE PARSONS & others v. MOBILE HOME PARK RENT CONTROL BOARD OF CHICOPEE & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

September 26, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Waldfogel for the plaintiffs.

Barbara J. Sweeney (Thomas John Rooke with her) for the defendants.

Joseph L. Kociubes & Bruce K. Miller for Cambridge and Somerville Legal Services, Inc., & others, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

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


O'CONNOR, J.

When this dispute arose, the plaintiffs were tenants of the defendant Westover Trailer Park, Inc. (Westover), having rented mobile home lots at that defendant's trailer park in Chicopee. In August, 1992, the tenants were notified that the other defendant, mobile home park rent control board of Chicopee (board), was considering a request by Westover for a rent increase. The board conducted several meetings and at the meeting on September 30, the board...

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