Legal Opinion
Baker v. Town of Woolwich
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided January 27, 1987PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McKUSICK, Chief Justice.
On the complaint filed by plaintiff Philip Baker pursuant to M.R.Civ.P. 80B, the Superior Court (Sagadahoc County) affirmed the decision of the Board of Appeals of defendant Town of Woolwich that Baker’s businesses of auto body repair and used car rental and sales do not constitute a “business operated from a home” within the meaning of the exception to the Town’s residential zoning restrictions. On the Town’s counterclaim to enforce the zoning ordinance, the Superior Court, after hearing, permanently enjoined Baker from conducting any of those businesses in the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Poussard v. Commercial Credit Plan, Incorporated of LewistonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1984
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