Legal Opinion
Town of Windham v. LaPointe
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided July 31, 1973PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUFRESNE, Chief Justice.
On or about June 1, 1971 the appellant, Joseph LaPointe, moved a house trailer onto a private lot located in the Town of Windham, intending to make his home therein. On July 8, 1971 the Town of Windham initiated injunctive proceedings against Mr. LaPointe which resulted ultimately in an order permanently enjoining the occupation of the trailer for dwelling purposes and disallowing its maintenance on that plot of land in violation of the ordinance of the Town of Windham. The legal propriety of this order is the subject of this appeal, which we now sustain.
The ordinance…
2Cases cited30 opinions
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- Waterville Hotel Corp. v. Board of Zoning AppealsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1968
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3Cited by23 opinions
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