Johnson & Borenstein successfully challenged a zoning appeal, winning both on standing and on the merits, in a somewhat-unusual situation involving the personal representative of the estate of the original plaintiff.

Those who rent out their properties through Airbnb, VRBO, and other home sharing sites be aware: the Land Court has determined that the Hull zoning bylaw does not permit weekly rentals of a single-family home in the residential district.

The continuing saga of Truro's Kline House isn't over just yet...

The 9-year battle over the infamous Kline House in Truro ends with a settlement - $3,000,000 for an occupancy permit and revocation of the teardown order.  

"There is a school of thought that it is better to ask for forgiveness than for permission, but in order render such a practice even remotely viable, one must at least try to make it appear as if one is actually asking for forgiveness.”  So says the Land Court in Gattineri v. McGeary, (Mass. Land Ct. Oct. 31, 2016), en route to affirming the denial of an application for modification of a special permit filed several years after construction was completed.