Legal Opinion
Estate of Merrill P. Robbins v. Chebeague & Cumberland Land Trust
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided January 26, 2017No. Docket: Cum-15-256PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Majority: SAUFLEY, C.J., and MEAD and GORMAN, JJ.
Dissent: ALEXANDER and JABAR, JJ.
SAUFLEY, C.J.
[¶ 1] The appeal in this matter requires us to determine whether a private owner of land encumbered by a conservation easement may bring a lawsuit seeking the enforcement of the easement on other land that is not owned by that landowner and in which the landowner has no other legal interest. Here, the Estate of Merrill P. Robbins appeals from a judgment of the Superior Court (Cumberland County, Mills, J.) dismissing for lack of standing1 the Estate’s complaint seeking declaratory and injunctive…
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- Regional Rail Reorganization Act CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Nevin v. Union Trust Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1999
- Concord General Mutual Insurance v. Patrons-Oxford Mutual InsuranceSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1980
- Moody v. State Liquor & Lottery CommissionSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2004
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3Cited by4 opinions
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