| Docket # | SJC-10430 |
| Date | November 3, 2009 |
| Video | View oral argument with Windows Media Player |
Summary
(prepared by Suffolk University Law School) | Administrative Law-- This appeal concerns the authority of the Department of Environmental Protection to impose water conservation conditions in connection with municipal water registration statements. |
| Appealed From | Middlesex Superior Court, Justice Patrick F. Brady |
| Briefs | See selection available in PDF format at Supreme Judicial Court website |
Counsel for Appellant
(Appearing) | Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection: William L. Pardee |
Counsel for Appellee
(Appearing) | Fairhaven Water Department: Ellyn H. Hurd, Thomas P. Crotty
City of Brockton: Gregg J. Corbo
Sandwich Water District: William C. Henchy |
| Amici Curiae | Conservation Law Foundation; Massachusetts Audubon Society; Nature Conservancy in Massachusetts; Massachusetts Rivers Alliance; Environmental League of Massachusetts; Clean Water Action Massachusetts; Massachusetts Association of Conservation Commissions; Charles River Watershed Association; Taunton River Watershed Alliance; Jones River Watershed Association, Inc.; Connecticut River Watershed; Merrimack River Watershed Council; Nashua River Watershed Association; Eel River Watershed Association, Inc.; Neponset River Watershed Association |
