Legal Opinion
Chiplin Enterprises, Inc. v. City of Lebanon
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 1, 1983No. 83-1062PublishedCited by 121 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant Chiplin Enterprises, Inc. (“Chiplin”) built, operates, and collects rents from a 24-unit apartment complex in Lebanon, New Hampshire. The building permit for the project was granted only after five years of negotiations with local authorities and a trip through the New Hampshire courts. Once it had the permit in hand, Chiplin brought the present suit in the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire. It sought $2,000,000 in damages for “violation of plaintiff’s civil and constitutional rights” by the city of Lebanon, its…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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