Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court November 28, 2006 (Giovanella v. Conservation Commission)

Spina, J.

This appeal asks us to define the “relevant parcel” in a regulatory takings analysis. The plaintiff, John M. Giovanella, owned two contiguous lots in Ashland. One of the lots contained a house. Giovanella sought an order of conditions from the defendant, the conservation commission of Ashland (commission), that would allow him to build a house on the other lot.