Legal Opinion
Cohen v. Board of Selectmen of Kennebunk
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided August 12, 1977PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POMEROY, Justice.
Appellee Littell received favorable action on his written application to the municipal officers of the Town of Kennebunk for a license to build a wharf in tidewaters within the limits of the town. AH the proceedings were ostensibly had in accordance with 38 M.R.S.A. § 1022 (Wharves and Fish Weirs Statute). The granting of the license resulted from a majority vote of the five selectmen. 1
Considering themselves to be “person[s] aggrieved by the decision of the municipal officers,” three adjoining landowners and the two selectmen who had voted to oppose the issuance of a license…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Maryland Board of Pharmacy v. Peco, Inc.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1964
- Small v. GartleySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1976
- McTaggart v. Public Service CommissionMontana Supreme Court · 1975
- State, Ex Rel. Basista v. MelcherOhio Court of Appeals · 1963
- Papapetrou v. EdgarSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1972
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Munhall v. Inland Wetlands CommissionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1992
- Matter of LappieSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1977
- Hadley v. Board of TrusteesAppellate Court of Illinois · 1983