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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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