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CARROLL v. SELECT BOARD OF NORWELL

SJC-13410.

493 Mass. 178 (2024)

BRIAN CARROLL & another v. SELECT BOARD OF NORWELL & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

January 5, 2024.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian Carroll, pro se.

Robert W. Galvin (Anthony J. Riley also present) for the defendants.

Tim Wall, pro se, was present but did not argue.

Joseph N. Schneiderman, for Massachusetts Association of Realtors, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: Budd, C.J., Gaziano, Lowy, Cypher, Kafker, Wendlandt, & Georges, JJ.

Under G. L. c. 40, § 15A, if town-owned land is "held ... for a specific purpose," that land cannot be diverted to another, inconsistent use until it has been determined by the "board or officer having charge of [the] land" that the land is no longer needed for that purpose. In this case, several residents of the town of Norwell...

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