| Docket # | SJC-10973 |
| Date | January 6, 2012 |
| Video | View oral argument with Windows Media Player |
| Summary | Fire prevention. State Building Code. Municipal corporations, By-laws and ordinances, Enforcement of building code. Constitutional law, Home Rule Amendment. Declaratory relief. Practice, Civil, Declaratory proceeding. Administrative law, Exhaustion of remedies. |
| Appealed From | Hampden Superior Court, Justice Cornelius J. Moriarty, II |
| Briefs | See selection available in PDF format at Supreme Judicial Court website |
Counsel for Appellant
(Appearing) | Springfield Fire Department: Thomas D. Moore, Edward M. Pikula |
Counsel for Appellee
(Appearing) | St. George Greek Orthodox Cathedral of Western Massachusetts, Inc.: John H. Fitz-Gibbon, John J. Green, Jr. |
| Amici Curiae | Fire Chiefs Association of Massachusetts; State Board of Building Regulations and Standards; New England Legal Foundation; NAIOP Massachusetts |
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| Opinion | Click to link to the slip opinion of the Supreme Judicial Court, in PDF format (requires Adobe Acrobat) |
