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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Sycamore Land Corp. v. Thompson, 1 Mass. L. Rptr. 489 (1994)

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Sycamore Land Corp. v. Thompson, 1 Mass. L. Rptr. 489 (1994)
Parent Document
Sycamore Land Corp. v. Thompson, 1 Mass. L. Rptr. 489 (1994)
Jurisdiction
Massachusetts (state)
Effective Date
1994-01-28

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Judicial review of adjudicatory decisions of the Cambridge Rent Control Board is conducted in accordance with G.L.c. 30A, §14. St. 1976, c. 36 as amended by St. 1985, c. 399, §3. Under G.L.c. 30A, §14, the court is required to determine whether there is substantial evidence to support the Board’s decision, whether the decision is correct as a matter of law and whether the Board properly exercised its discretionary power. G.L.c. 30A, §14; Moulton v. Brookline Rent Control Board, 385 Mass. 228, 233 (1982); Amari v. Rent Control Board of Cambridge, 21 Mass.App.Ct. 598, 602 (1986). The party seeking to overturn the agency’s decision has the burden of demonstrating that that decision is invalid. Faith Assembly of God v. Massachusetts Building Code Commission, 11 Mass.App.Ct. 333, 334 (1981).1