A Reminder to Boards and Commissions to Write Your Decisions Carefully
In City of Boston v. Conservation Commission of Quincy, the Supreme Judicial Court held that a superseding order of conditions that DEP issued to the city of Boston preempted the Quincy Conservation Commission’s denial of Boston’s application to reconstruct a bridge to Long Island. As background, the existing bridge to Long Island was closed for safety reasons and the superstructure was removed, but the piers remained. Boston sought to repair and replace the existing piers, c