Legal Opinion
Maine Medical Center v. Lucci
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided March 20, 1974PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ARCHIBALD, Justice.
The defendant, Tax Assessor of the City of Portland, has appealed from a decision of a Justice of the Superior Court ordering an abatement of certain real estate taxes assessed in 1972 against the plaintiff, Maine Medical Center. The taxes for which an abatement was denied by the defendant were assessed against property owned by the plaintiff and used for off-street parking. We deny the appeal.
Plaintiff is a charitable institution incorporated under 36 M.R.S.A. § 652. In order to alleviate the parking problems incident to operating a large hospital 1 and to comply with a…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Green Acre Baha'i Institute v. Town of EliotSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1954
- Bowers v. Akron City HospitalOhio Supreme Court · 1968
- Curtis v. Androscoggin Lodge, No. 24Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1904
- Ferry Beach Park Ass'n of Universalists v. City of SacoSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1928
- Osteopathic Hospital v. City of PortlandSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1942
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3Cited by14 opinions
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- Alpha Rho Zeta of Lambda Chi Alpha, Inc. v. Inhabitants of WatervilleSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1984
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