Portland Pipe Line Corporation v. City of South Portland

MAINE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT Reporter of Decisions Decision:

2020 ME 125

Docket: Fed-20-40 Argued: September 16, 2020 Decided: October 29, 2020 Panel: MEAD, GORMAN, JABAR, HUMPHREY, and HORTON, JJ. PORTLAND PIPE LINE CORPORATION et al. v. CITY OF SOUTH PORTLAND et al. MEAD, J. [¶1] Portland Pipe Line Corporation’s (PPLC’s) plan to pipe crude oil from its facility in Canada to the City of South Portland, where it then would be loaded onto tankers in the City’s harbor, was thwarted when the City enacted a “Clear Skies Ordinance,” amending the City’s zoning ordinance by prohibiting the “[b]ulk…