Legal Opinion
Smagula v. Town of Hooksett
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided August 25, 2003No. 2003-076PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDuggan, J.
The plaintiff, Rene R. Smagula, appeals an order of the Superior Court (McGuire, J.) upholding the defendant Town of Hooksett’s (town) rejection of his protest petition. The plaintiff argues that the court erred in excluding property owners in a neighboring municipality from the petition, and in permitting the town to dispute the accuracy of its own tax maps with outside data. We reverse and remand.
The following facts are undisputed or supported by the record. In 1990, the town’s planning board amended its zoning ordinances to create MultiUse District #5 (MUD5), a tract of 3,300 acres owned…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Borough of Cresskill v. Borough of DumontSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1954
- Koppel v. City of FairwaySupreme Court of Kansas · 1962
- Britton v. Town of ChesterSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1991
- Monahan-Fortin Properties, LLC v. Town of HudsonSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 2002
- Weeks Restaurant Corp. v. City of DoverSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1979
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