TAYLOR v. MARTHA'S VINEYARD LAND BANK COMMISSION

SJC-11963.

475 Mass. 682 (2016)

HUGH C. TAYLOR, trustee, & others v. MARTHA'S VINEYARD LAND BANK COMMISSION.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

October 11, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Diane C. Tillotson for the defendant.

Gordon M. Orloff for the plaintiffs.

Jeffrey T. Angley & Nicholas P. Shapiro , for Roma III, Ltd., amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Greg D. Peterson , Mark S. Furman , & Matthew S. Furman , for Sarah A. Kent, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

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


The defendant, Martha's Vineyard Land Bank Commission, owns and manages a nature preserve on the western edge of Martha's Vineyard. The preserve is comprised of various parcels of land that the defendant purchased in the 1990s. In 2010, the defendant created a hiking trail through the preserve, which it planned to open to the public. The...

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