Falmouth Files Wind 1 ZBA Appeal -- Land Court 16 Months Plus

An important distinction with Land Court is that there are no jury trials-

Case assigned to Fast Track -- 16 months

Average case 34 months -1020 days

Falmouth Files ZBA Appeal -- Land Court -April 28, 2016 Massachusetts

16 MISC 000234

Town of Falmouth v. Kimberly Bielan Member of the Falmouth Zoning Board of Appeals , et al. FOSTER

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346005

04/28/2016Hemenway & Barnes LLPDocket DateDocket TextAmount 04/28/2016

Complaint filed.04/28/2016

Case assigned to the Fast Track per Land Court Standing Order 1:04.04/28/2016

Land Court surcharge Receipt: 346005 Date: 04/28/2016 $0.000 4/28/2016 Land Court miscellaneous filing fee

Receipt: 346005 Date: 04/28/2016 $0.000 4/28/2016 Land Court summons Receipt: 346005 Date: 04/28/2016

Town of Falmouth - PlaintiffAttorney/Bar Code

Phone NumberDuffy, Jr., Esq., Frank K (137180) Tillotson, Esq., Diane C (498400)

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Note # Opinion in addition to this above information
Civil Procedure Rule 38: Jury Trial of Right
(a) Right Preserved. The right of trial by jury as declared by Part 1, Article 15 of the Constitution of this Commonwealth or as given by a statute shall be preserved to the parties inviolate.

Any party may demand a trial by jury of any issue triable of right by a jury by serving upon the other parties a demand therefor in writing at any time after the commencement of the action and not later than 10 days after the service of the last pleading directed to such issue.

An important distinction with Land Court is that there are no jury trials

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Generally within three months from entry date, all appropriate cases will be examined by the judge assigned to the case and appropriate orders may be entered. notwithstanding any previously assigned presumptive tracking schedule

In its operation the Court shall use an individual calendar system. The basic elements of the system are: a single judge, assigned to a case from beginning to end.

At time of filing, all Cases shall be assigned to one of the following tracks:

fourteen (14) months to trial (Tax or “T” Track);

sixteen (16) months to trial (Fast or “F” Track); or

thirty-one (31) months to trial (Average or “A” Track).

At any time, the judge to whom the action has been assigned may, at his or her discretion, and after the parties have had a chance to be heard, change the track which governs the case

Amendments to the designation or tracking order of a case, or an extension or other modification of any of the tracking order dates, may be ordered by the Court on its own motion, for good reasons and as the interests of justice require.

Thirty-four months (1020 days): Post trial briefs filed with the Court within thirty (30) days of receipt of transcript.