Court Opinion

ID: 9743996
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 21:51:49.924243+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:25:27.920373
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*99Dreben, J.
(concurring). I concur in the result. As pointed out in Medford v. Marinucci Bros. & Co., 344 Mass. 50, 57 (1962), the Legislature must indicate in “unmistakable terms” its intention to “authorize a municipality to thwart the Commonwealth in carrying out the functions of government.” Agreeing with the majority that the language in G. L. c. 40A, § 3, is “less than clear” and “does not amount to the express and unmistakable suspension of the usual State supremacy,” I find it unnecessary to give a construction of the difficult language of the statute.