EL&C partner Denise Chicoine represented the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) in Sanjoy Mahajan v. MA DEP and the BRA before the Supreme Judicial Court. She shares her expertise in urban renewal, Article 97 and Chapter 91 issues
One of only a handful of cases evaluating the BRA’s actions in approving a Chapter 121A project. The development at issue is a mixed use complex in Jamaica Plain providing medical treatment facilities and low
EL&C partner Denise Chicoine argued before the Supreme Judicial Court on behalf of the BRA in a case involving urban renewal and Article 97 at Long Wharf. Watch oral argument and get details Related ArticlesSanjoy
The Massachusetts Court of Appeals has approved a $450 million mixed-use transit-oriented development at Fenway Center, in part citing an amicus brief EL&C submitted on behalf of the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA). The court of
Ed Englander was quoted as a beach rights expert in a front page story in the Boston Globe about a land dispute in Falmouth, MA. Read the article “Falmouth wall divides land, sea, neighbors”
In all three of these cases, the courts addressed beach rights in a seashore subdivision known as Hyannis Park. The courts affirmed the existence of an implied easement benefitting all backlot owners to use the
The Massachusetts Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of a group of our clients regarding beach rights in West Yarmouth, Massachusetts. The appellate ruling in Leahy v. Graveline upholds the victory our firm secured for our
The Superior Court analyzed the Boston Redevelopment Authority’s (BRA’s) role in connection with the review and adoption of a special zoning amendment known as an Institutional Master Plan. The BRA performed a multi-year comprehensive review
The Massachusetts Court of Appeals affirmed a summary judgment ruling in favor of our client, the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA). The decision analyzes the BRA’s role in connection with a special zoning amendment known as
One of the few cases which directly addresses the Boston Redevelopment Authority’s (BRA’s) role in connection with the review and adoption of a special zoning amendment known as a Planned Development Area (PDA). The Land
A unique case involving claims by upland owners that aquaculture on the tidal flats constitutes a trespass. The Appeals Court upheld the trial court ruling that, on the facts presented, a Land Court registration decree
In a dispute over the rights to use a passageway, the Land Court addressed the elements of extinguishing an easement of record and whether there is a right to park in a passageway. The Land
