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ANDRADE v. CITY COUNCIL OF GLOUCESTER

406 Mass. 337 (1989)

547 N.E.2d 927

PHYLLIS ANDRADE & others vs. CITY COUNCIL OF GLOUCESTER & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

December 18, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher M. Welch for the plaintiffs.

Linda Thomas Lowe, City Solicitor, for the defendants.

Gary S. Brackett & Arthur J. Goldberg, for City Solicitors & Town Counsel Association, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

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

GREANEY, J.

The dispute in this case centers on a vote taken by the city council of Gloucester (city council) on September 27, 1988, which determined the percentages of the local tax levy to be borne by the various classes of real and personal property in the city. This determination of the tax factor was made pursuant to the statutory procedure governing the administration of local property taxes. G.L.c. 40, § 56 (1988 ed.) ("the city council ... in each city...

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