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Two Massachusetts appellate courts released decisions on July 29, 2025 that underscore a familiar but critical threshold in zoning litigation...

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has issued a landmark ruling affirming that municipalities can use eminent domain to preserve open space and natural resources, even when doing so prevents proposed development. In Town of Nahant v. Northeastern University, the Court distinguished between valid conservation purposes and bad-faith efforts to block development, establishing critical guidance for communities seeking to protect ecologically valuable land.