Legal Opinion
Cloutier v. Town of Epping
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 5, 1983No. Nos. 82-1800, 83-1094, 83-1095, 83-1101 and 83-1138PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Chief Judge.
This “Epic of Epping” concerns a dispute over the development of a mobile home park in Epping, New Hampshire. Wilfred and Mary Cloutier, and Pine & Pond, Inc. are developers who brought the present action in the district court claiming that Epping and several of its officers violated their civil rights by revoking a sewage connection permit, denying them other permits, and engaging in a pattern of harassment aimed at retarding or destroying their development plans. Concluding that plaintiffs had failed to raise a substantial federal question, the court below…
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