Bellalta v. Zoning Board of Appeals of Brookline

Docket NumberSJC-12516
Decision Date08 February 2019

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24 cases
  • Edwards v. Commonwealth
    • United States
    • Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
    • October 12, 2021
    ...On this view, the Commonwealth would lack basic control over its own employee, an absurd result. See Bellalta v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Brookline, 481 Mass. 372, 378, 116 N.E.3d 17 (2019) ("Ultimately, we must ‘avoid any construction of statutory language which leads to an absurd result,’......
  • Commonwealth v. Escobar
    • United States
    • Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
    • August 12, 2022
    ...clause that mirrors the language of a clause we already have determined is unconstitutional. See Bellalta v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Brookline, 481 Mass. 372, 378, 116 N.E.3d 17 (2019) (court avoids statutory interpretations that lead to absurd results). c. Categorical or modified categori......
  • Daprato v. Mass. Water Res. Auth.
    • United States
    • Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
    • June 5, 2019
    ...payment of liquidated damages if in fact such a showing would defeat liability entirely. See Bellalta v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Brookline, 481 Mass. 372, 378, 116 N.E.3d 17 (2019) (statutory interpretation must be reasonable and avoid absurd results). We thus conclude that the MWRA's requ......
  • Walsh v. Commonwealth
    • United States
    • Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
    • September 2, 2020
    ...consistent with the legislative intent, and we see no reason to depart from that interpretation. See Bellalta v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Brookline, 481 Mass. 372, 383, 116 N.E.3d 17 (2019) ("Where, as here, the Legislature ... repeatedly has amended the statute without changing the languag......
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