Legal Opinion

Concerned Taxpayers Coalition of Scarborough v. Town of Scarborough

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided July 13, 1990PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BRODY, Justice.

The Concerned Taxpayers Coalition of Scarborough and some individual residents (taxpayers) appeal a judgment of the Superior Court (Cumberland County, Brennan, J.) in favor of the Town of Scarborough, the Town Council and the members of the Town Council (Town) in an action challenging an assessment imposed to cover part of the costs of a sewer extension project. The taxpayers argue that the evidence established they are not specially benefitted by the extension, and therefore, the assessment violates the statutes governing assessments and their constitutional right of equal…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Harmon v. EmersonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1981
  2. Thomas v. Kansas City Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1923
  3. Bung's Bar & Grille, Inc. v. TP. COUNCIL OF FLORENCENew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1985
  4. Dyar v. Farmington Village Corp.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1878
  5. Nolan v. Bureau of Assessors of New York City Finance AdministrationNew York Court of Appeals · 1972

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3Cited by3 opinions

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