MURCHISON v. ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS OF SHERBORN

SJC-12867.

485 Mass. 209 (2020)

ROBERT MURCHISON & another v. ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS OF SHERBORN & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

July 16, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Murphy for the plaintiffs.

Daniel P. Dain ( Merriann M. Panarella also present) for David H. Erichsen & another.

Amy E. Kwesell , for zoning board of appeals of Sherborn, was present but did not argue.

The following submitted briefs for amici curiae:

Benjamin Fierro, III , for Home Builders and Remodelers Association of Massachusetts, Inc.

Alana V. Rusin & Gary M. Ronan for NAIOP Massachusetts, Inc.

Nicholas P. Shapiro & Robert K. Hopkins for Real Estate Bar Association for Massachusetts, Inc., & another.

Present: GANTS, C.J., LENK, GAZIANO, LOWY, BUDD, CYPHER, & KAFKER, JJ.


We consider in this case whether abutting property owners have standing to challenge a dimensional zoning requirement without establishing particularized injury. Concluding that they do not, on March 6, 2020, we issued an order affirming the judgment of the Land Court dismissing the complaint.3

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