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CENTRAL STEEL SUPPLY CO., INC. v. PLANNING BOARD OF SOMERVILLE

447 Mass. 333 (2006)

CENTRAL STEEL SUPPLY CO., INC., & another v. PLANNING BOARD OF SOMERVILLE & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

July 24, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. Masterman for the plaintiffs.

Annapurna Balakrishna, Assistant Attorney General, for Department of Housing and Community Development.

Anne M. Thomas for Somerville Redevelopment Authority.

David P. Shapiro, Assistant City Solicitor, for Planning Board of Somerville, submitted a brief.

The following submitted briefs for amici curiae:

William H. Mellor, Clark M. Neily, III, & Dana Berliner, of the District of Columbia, & Jorge Schmidt, of Florida, for Institute for Justice & another.

Michael E. Malamut & Martin J. Newhouse for New England Legal Foundation.

Present: Marshall, C.J., Greaney, Ireland, Spina, Cowin, Sosman, & Cordy, JJ.

IRELAND, J.

This case centers on a change to an existing urban renewal plan (1980 Assembly Square Revitalization Plan, or 1980 plan), created pursuant to G. L. c. 121B, which covers the entire 130-acre district in Somerville (city) known as Assembly Square. The plaintiffs,3 Central Steel Supply Co., Inc. (Central Steel), and 99 Foley Street LLC, own property within the Assembly Square area currently utilized for light industry. In 2002...

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