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SPRINGFIELD PRESERVATION TRUST, INC. v. SPRINGFIELD LIBRARY AND MUSEUMS ASSOCIATION, INC.

447 Mass. 408 (2006)

SPRINGFIELD PRESERVATION TRUST, INC. v. SPRINGFIELD LIBRARY AND MUSEUMS ASSOCIATION, INC., & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

August 14, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark D. Mason for Springfield Library & Museums Association, Inc.

John J. Egan for Roman Catholic Bishop of Springfield.

John Egnal, of Pennsylvania (Terry Scott Nagel with him) for the plaintiff.

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

SOSMAN, J.

In 2003, a Superior Court judge (motion judge) declared invalid the second sentence of § 2.46.030(A) of the Revised Ordinances of the city of Springfield (city), which exempted from the authority of the Springfield Historical Commission (commission) "any buildings, structures or properties however owned or controlled by the Springfield Library and Museum Association [association] and Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Springfield [diocese]." The...

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