Legal Opinion
Town of Wiscasset v. Board of Environmental Protection
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided February 27, 1984PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McKUSICK, Chief Justice.
In order to create a waterfront park and parking lot, the Town of Wiscasset applied to the Board of Environmental Protection (the “Board”) for a permit 1 to fill wetlands adjacent to the Sheepscot River near the end of the new Wiscasset-Edgecomb bridge on U.S. Route 1. This appeal involves the question of the status of that application in light of the Board’s initial 4-3 vote to grant it and of its 5-5 tie vote that followed a unanimous vote to reconsider the 4-3 vote and a full public hearing on the application. In a declaratory judgment action brought by the Town, 2…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- Biddeford Board of Education v. Biddeford Teachers Ass'nSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1997
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