Legal Opinion
Crosby v. Inhabitants of Town of Ogunquit
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided December 19, 1983PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WATHEN, Justice.
In this consolidated action seeking declaratory relief, plaintiffs Martin Crosby, 52 Main Street, Inc., Jon J. Revere, and Old Acquaintance, Inc. appeal from summary judgments granted by the Superior Court (York County) upholding Ogunquit’s Special Amusement Ordinance. The plaintiffs challenge the ordinance on the following grounds: that it was not properly enacted; that it is an improper exercise of police power which violates due process under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution; that it violates the First Amendment of the United States…
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