SLADE v. McLAUGHLIN


402 Mass. 432 (1988)

523 N.E.2d 263

JANICE SLADE vs. MICHAEL E. McLAUGHLIN, trustee, & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

May 19, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George P. Butler, III (Joan E. O'Connor with him) for Michael E. McLaughlin, trustee.

John J. Barter for the plaintiff.

Patricia A. Cantor, for Rent Control Board of Cambridge, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., LIACOS, NOLAN, & O'CONNOR, JJ.


HENNESSEY, C.J.

This case involves a structural merger of two apartments in a rent-controlled building in Cambridge (city). At issue are the propriety of this merger and the continued status of the building as rent controlled. We conclude that the apartments' merger was lawful. We also conclude that the building in question may, under certain circumstances, be free from rent control. We reach this conclusion by construction of the authorizing statute as well as the...

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