Legal Opinion
Fichter v. Board of Environmental Protection
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided February 26, 1992PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McKUSICK, Chief Justice.
In this Rule 80C proceeding, the Superior Court (York County, Fritzsche, J.) reviewed the denial by the Board of Environmental Protection (BEP) of the application of James and Nancy Fichter for a permit to build a house on their oceanfront lot on Horseshoe Cove in Biddeford. Ruling that the BEP was bound by constitution and statute to give the Fichters an opportunity to cross-examine adverse witnesses and to present rebuttal evidence, the court vacated the BEP’s denial of the Fichters’ application and remanded the matter to the BEP for a full adjudicatory hearing. The…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Bar Harbor Banking & Trust Co. v. AlexanderSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1980
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- Penobscot Area Housing Development Corp. v. City of BrewerSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1981
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3Cited by23 opinions
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