EASTHAMPTON SAVINGS BANK v. CITY OF SPRINGFIELD

SJC-11612

470 Mass. 284 (2014)

EASTHAMPTON SAVINGS BANK & others v. CITY OF SPRINGFIELD.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

December 19, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tani E. Sapirstein for the plaintiffs.

Thomas D. Moore , Associate City Solicitor ( Lisa C. deSousa , Associate City Solicitor, with him) for the defendant.

The following submitted briefs for amici curiae:

Lee D. Goldstein for Harvard Legal Aid Bureau & others.

Robert G. Rowe, III , of the District of Columbia, for American Bankers Association, Inc.

Francis J. Nolan & Nathalie K. Salomon for Real Estate Bar Association for Massachusetts, Inc., & another.

Michael McDonagh for Massachusetts Association of Realtors.

Present: GANTS, C.J., SPINA, CORDY, BOTSFORD, DUFFLY, LENK, & HINES, JJ.


We consider in the present case challenges brought against two ordinances adopted by the city of Springfield (city) in response to a wave of foreclosures triggered by the economic downturn of 2008. The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has certified the following questions to this court, pursuant to S.J.C. Rule 1:03...

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