Judge: Belchertown condo complex can’t order sign removal
By BERA DUNAU
NORTHAMPTON A Belchertown condominium complex cannot order the removal of signs at or near the units of residents, a Hampshire Superior Court judge has ruled.
Judge Richard Carey cited the free speech provision of the Massachusetts Constitution in making his ruling in a case in which Margery Jess, a resident of Summer Hill Estates development, was ordered to remove her Black Lives Matter sign by the trustees of the development or face daily fines.
The case was filed by the Northampton law firm Sasson Turnbull Ryan & Hoose, alongside the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of Jess.