Demolition and Redevelopment of Blighted Property. Representing the City of Chelsea, our Tax Title Recovery team successfully defeated a multi-level attack on the City’s authority to demolish an unsafe structure, and the City’s right to record a lien against the property to recover its demolition costs. Acknowledging the appellate case law on municipal demolitions has been sparse, the Massachusetts Appeals
Win for Municipal Client in Lawsuit Brought by Former Transportation Vendor. Our Tax Title Recovery team won a summary judgment decision in favor of a municipality in a lawsuit brought by a former school transportation vendor. The former vendor filed a multi-count lawsuit in Suffolk Superior Court alleging that the City of Revere acted wrongfully in failing to award it
Working with Municipalities to Restore Abandoned Properties to the Tax Base. Working with numerous municipalities in the Greater Boston area, including the Cities of Woburn, Revere, Everett, Chelsea and Town of Winthrop, our Tax Title Recovery team leads efforts to restore abandoned and dangerous properties and enforce compliance with the Massachusetts Sanitary Code. This work protects public health and safety,
Federal Civil Rights case against Town dismissed before trial. Our litigators obtained pre-trial dismissal of a federal civil rights lawsuit against the Town of Norfolk and its code inspectors. A real estate developer brought a lawsuit alleging that the Town’s inspectors engaged in retaliatory code enforcement in retaliation for his complaints about their conduct and decisions on development projects. In
Successful Defense of City in Federal Civil Rights Case. When the City of Chelsea was sued by a local church alleging violation of its First Amendment rights, our Tax Title Recovery team persuaded the court that the Federal Tax Injunction Act barred the lawsuit. The City was sued by a church claiming that it was entitled to a religious tax
Demolition and Redevelopment of Blighted Property. Representing the City of Chelsea, our Tax Title Recovery team successfully defeated a multi-level attack on the City’s authority to demolish an unsafe structure, and the City’s right to record a lien against the property to recover its demolition costs. Acknowledging the appellate case law on municipal demolitions has been sparse, the Massachusetts Appeals
Win for Municipal Client in Lawsuit Brought by Former Transportation Vendor. Our Tax Title Recovery team won a summary judgment decision in favor of a municipality in a lawsuit brought by a former school transportation vendor. The former vendor filed a multi-count lawsuit in Suffolk Superior Court alleging that the City of Revere acted wrongfully in failing to award it
Working with Municipalities to Restore Abandoned Properties to the Tax Base. Working with numerous municipalities in the Greater Boston area, including the Cities of Woburn, Revere, Everett, Chelsea and Town of Winthrop, our Tax Title Recovery team leads efforts to restore abandoned and dangerous properties and enforce compliance with the Massachusetts Sanitary Code. This work protects public health and safety,
Federal Civil Rights case against Town dismissed before trial. Our litigators obtained pre-trial dismissal of a federal civil rights lawsuit against the Town of Norfolk and its code inspectors. A real estate developer brought a lawsuit alleging that the Town’s inspectors engaged in retaliatory code enforcement in retaliation for his complaints about their conduct and decisions on development projects. In
Successful Defense of City in Federal Civil Rights Case. When the City of Chelsea was sued by a local church alleging violation of its First Amendment rights, our Tax Title Recovery team persuaded the court that the Federal Tax Injunction Act barred the lawsuit. The City was sued by a church claiming that it was entitled to a religious tax