| Docket # | SJC-10430 |
| Date | November 3, 2009 |
| Video | View oral argument with Windows Media Player |
| Justices | Marshall, C.J., Ireland, Spina, Cordy, Botsford, Gants, JJ.
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| Summary | Water. Department of Environmental Protection. Municipal corporations, Water commissioners, Water supply. Administrative law, Adjudicatory proceeding, Agency's authority. Statute, Construction. |
| Appealed From | Middlesex Superior Court, Justice Patrick F. Brady |
| Briefs | See selection available in PDF format at Supreme Judicial Court website |
Counsel for Appellant
(Appearing) | Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection: William L. Pardee |
Counsel for Appellee
(Appearing) | Water Department of Fairhaven: Thomas P. Crotty
City of Brockton: Gregg J. Corbo, Jeffrey T. Blake
Sandwich Water District: William C. Henchy |
| Amici Curiae | Conservation Law Foundation; Massachusetts Audubon Society; Nature Conservancy in Massachusetts; Massachusetts Rivers Alliance; Environmental League of Massachusetts; Clean Water Action Massachusetts; Massachusetts Association of Conservation Commissions; Charles River Watershed Association; Taunton River Watershed Alliance; Jones River Watershed Association, Inc.; Connecticut River Watershed; Merrimack River Watershed Council; Nashua River Watershed Association; Eel River Watershed Association, Inc.; Neponset River Watershed Association |
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| Opinion | Click to link to the slip opinion of the Supreme Judicial Court, in PDF format (requires Adobe Acrobat) |
