Legal Opinion
Dyer v. Department of Transportation
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided June 26, 2008No. Docket: Wal-07-493PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAlexander, J.
[¶ 1] Robert and Paul Dyer appeal from a summary judgment entered by the Superior Court (Waldo County, Mills, J.) in favor of the Maine Department of Transportation (DOT) on the Dyers’ complaint alleging that DOT exceeded its eminent domain powers in taking their land. The Dyers argue that there are genuine issues of material fact in dispute regarding whether DOT abused its power in taking all five acres of the Dyers’ property. 1 We affirm the judgment.
I. CASE HISTORY
[¶2] The facts are undisputed. 2 The Dyers owned the Sail Inn Restaurant and surrounding land. The restaurant had operated for…
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