Legal Opinion
Central Maine Power Co. v. Town of Lebanon
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided March 6, 1990PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLLINS, Justice.
Central Maine Power Company (“CMP”) appeals from a summary judgment granted by the Superior Court (Kennebec County, Alexander, J.) in favor of three selectmen and the Town of Lebanon (hereinafter collectively “Lebanon”). CMP had brought a declaratory judgment action against Lebanon seeking, inter alia, a declaration that a Lebanon ordinance prohibiting non-agricultural use of pesticides without prior town approval was (1) invalid as an improper delegation of power and (2) preempted by the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act of 1975 (“FIFRA”) 1 and by both the…
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