Friends of the Motherhouse v. City of Portland

[¶ 1] Friends of the Motherhouse, a nonprofit corporation, and Raymond Foote and Barbara Weed (collectively “Friends”) appeal from a summary judgment entered by the Superior Court (Cumberland County, Warren, J.) in favor of the defendant City of Portland and intervenors Sea Coast at Baxter Woods Associates, LLC, and Motherhouse Associates LP (intervenors collectively “Sea Coast”). The court entered judgment on Friends’ complaint seeking a declaration that the Portland City Council’s rezoning of a parcel owned by Sea Coast was invalid. We conclude that the Council acted within its broad…