Legal Opinion
Spain v. City of Brewer
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided April 25, 1984PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NICHOLS, Justice.
The issue presented on this appeal concerns the scope of a municipality’s authority to deny an application for a permit to establish an automobile graveyard or junkyard pursuant to 30 M.R.S.A. §§ 2451-2460 (1978). 1
The Plaintiffs, Green Point Auto Salvage Company, Inc. and its president and principal stockholder, Randolph Spain, Jr., own and operate an automobile salvage yard located on the Green Point Road in Brewer. The business consists of purchasing damaged or discarded motor vehicles, dismantling them and then salvaging or reconditioning their usable parts for resale.…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Cope v. Inhabitants of Town of BrunswickSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1983
- Your Home, Inc. v. City of PortlandSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1981
- Ace Tire Co., Inc. v. Municipal Officers of WatervilleSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1973
- Bruk v. Town of GeorgetownSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1981
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- Hammond Lumber Co. v. Finance Authority of MaineSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1987
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- Crosby v. Town of BelgradeSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1989
- Michael Adams v. Town of BrunswickSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2010
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