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Town of Brookline v. Healey

Geography
🇺🇸 United States / Massachusetts
Year
2022
Document Type
Litigation
Part of
Town of Brookline v. Healey

About this case

Filing year
2022
Status
Plaintiffs' motion for judgment on the pleadings denied and defendants' cross motion for judgment on the pleadings allowed.
Geography
🇺🇸 United States → Massachusetts
Docket number
2282-00400
Court/admin entity
United States → State Courts → Massachusetts Superior Court(Mass. Super. Ct.)
Case category
State Law Claims (US) → Other Types of State Law Cases (US)
Principal law
United States
At issue
Town's challenge to the Massachusetts Attorney General's decision disapproving the Town's zoning bylaws preventing or limiting use of fossil fuel infrastructure in new construction.
Topics
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Documents

Filing Date
Document
Type
Topics 
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03/23/2023
Plaintiffs' motion for judgment on the pleadings denied and defendants' cross motion for judgment on the pleadings allowed.
The Massachusetts Superior Court upheld the Massachusetts Attorney General’s February 2022 disapproval of the Town of Brookline’s zoning amendments preventing or limiting use of fossil fuel infrastructure in new construction. The court concluded that the Attorney General had not erred in determining that the local laws were inconsistent with or preempted by other Massachusetts laws.
Decision
11/22/2022
Reply filed by plaintiffs in support of their motion for judgment on the pleadings.
Reply
10/31/2022
Attorney general filed opposition to motion for judgment on the pleadings with cross-motion for judgment on the pleadings.
Opposition
10/19/2022
Memorandum filed by Boston Gas Company d/b/a National Grid in opposition to the plaintiffs' motion for judgment on the pleadings and in support of cross-motion for judgment on the pleadings.
Opposition
10/19/2022
Memorandum filed in support of Massachusetts Energy Marketers Association's opposition to plaintiffs' motion for judgment on the pleadings and in support of cross-motion for judgment on the pleadings.
Opposition
09/19/2022
Memorandum filed by plaintiffs in support of their motion for judgment on the pleadings.
Motion

Summary

Town's challenge to the Massachusetts Attorney General's decision disapproving the Town's zoning bylaws preventing or limiting use of fossil fuel infrastructure in new construction.

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Group
Topics
Target
Policy instrument
Risk
Impacted group
Renewable energy
Fossil fuel
Greenhouse gas
Economic sector
Finance