Legal Opinion
Bangs v. Town of Wells
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided October 31, 2003PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSaufley, C.J.
[¶ 1] Norman Bangs and the Blueberry Ridge Mobile Village, Inc., 1 appeal from the judgment of the Superior Court (York County, Crowley, /.) denying Bangs’s request for attorney fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988 (2000). Bangs argues that, because his claims were not ordinary zoning challenges, he was a prevailing party pursuant to § 1988 and that he is entitled to attorney fees because no special circumstances exist to justify the denial of an award. Because, pursuant to federal jurisprudence, Bangs was a prevailing party, we vacate the judgment and remand for further consideration of…
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