Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 1999

Jones v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

Jones v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Decided July 29, 1999
430 Mass. 1001; 714 N.E.2d 342; 1999 Mass. LEXIS 607

Jones v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

Opinion of the Court

“The extraordinary remedy provided by c. 211, § 3, should be invoked only when appellate review is otherwise unavailable.” Hahn v. Planning Bd. of Stoughton, 403 Mass. 332, 335 (1988). The petitioner could have sought and obtained appellate review of the judges’ actions. Moreover, the Superior Court docket entries reflect his filing of notices of appeal. As a result, we allow the motion of the MBTA to join in the motion of the city to dismiss the petitioner’s appeal from the judgment of the single justice, and we allow that motion to dismiss.

So ordered.

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