Legal Opinion
Noel v. Town of Ogunquit
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided March 14, 1989PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLIFFORD, Justice.
The defendant, Town of Ogunquit (the “Town”), appeals from a judgment entered against it in Superior Court (York County; Fritzsche, J.) following a jury trial. We reject the Town’s assertion that the recreational land use statute, 14 M.R.S.A. § 159-A (1980 & Supp.1988) applies to recreational activities conducted on a public beach owned by the Town and serves to bar this action. We affirm the judgment.
The Town of Ogunquit owns and operates Ogunquit Beach. Town regulations posted at the beach prohibited “games of any type” within a clearly-defined restricted area of the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Clockedile v. State Department of TransportationSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1981
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