Legal Opinion

Bushey v. Town of China

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided August 3, 1994PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DANA, Justice.

Randal C. and Lillian Bushey appeal from a judgment entered in the Superior Court (Kennebec County, Crowley, J.) affirming a decision of the Town of China Board of Zoning Appeal revoking their conditional use permit to raise and sell puppies and granting the Town’s motion for a summary judgment on their Title 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action. The Busheys argue that the Town promulgated an unconstitutionally vague ordinance; acted arbitrarily and capriciously; exceeded its authority; and violated their rights to equal protection, procedural due process, and substantive due process.…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Hughes v. RoweSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  2. Annabelle Lipsett v. Gumersindo BlancoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1992
  3. Carter v. CarterSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1980
  4. Gulick v. Board of Environmental ProtectionSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1982
  5. Penobscot Area Housing Development Corp. v. City of BrewerSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1981

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3Cited by7 opinions

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