Dwyer v. Gallo’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
13 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Marashlian v. Zoning Board of Appeals · Standerwick v. Zoning Board of Appeals · Tsagronis v. Board of Appeals of Wareham · 22 Mass. App. Ct. 473 - Murray v. Board of Appeals of Barnstable · 25 Mass. App. Ct. 372 - Bedford v. Trustees of Boston University
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“To succeed, the [plaintiffs] must show that the zoning relief granted adversely affected them directly and that their injury is related to a cognizable interest protected by the applicable zoning law”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“legal interest in 'preventing further construction in a district in which the existing development is already more dense than the applicable zoning regulations allow.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“A trial judge's findings of aggrieved person status will not be reversed unless clearly erroneous.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.