Legal Opinion
LCM Enterprises, Inc. v. Town of Dartmouth
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 28, 1994No. 93-1536PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
This case presents the question of whether a town’s disparate harbor usage fees between residents and nonresidents violates the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution. Plaintiffs-appellants, LCM Enterprises, Inc. (“LCM”) and Robert Capobianco, 1 brought this action against the town of Dartmouth, Massachusetts, its Board of Selectmen, and its Waterways Advisory Committee in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Appellants challenge the constitutionality of Dartmouth’s usage fees which are assessed on boats that the appellants keep moored…
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