Seven Islands Land Co. v. Maine Land Use Regulation Commission

Plaintiff Seven Islands Land Company (“Seven Islands”) brought this suit in the Superior Court (Kennebec County) to review the action of defendant Maine Land Use Regulation Commission (“LURC”) in granting to it only a restricted permit for timber harvesting on certain woodlands located in an unorganized township in central Aroostook County. The Superior Court affirmed the LURC decision, rejecting Seven Islands’ arguments (i) that the administrative decision was not supported by substantial evidence of record, (ii) that the continuous and long-term use of the lands at issue as a commercial…