Legal Opinion
Lower Village Hydroelectric Associates, L.P. v. City of Claremont
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided October 9, 2001No. 99-693PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDuggan, J.
The defendant, City of Claremont (city), appeals an order of the Superior Court (Morrill, J.) finding a legally enforceable payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT) agreement between the city and the plaintiff, Lower Village Hydroelectric Associates, L.P. (LVHA), and concluding that Laws 1997, chapter 274, to the extent that it voids the PILOT agreement, violates Part I, Article 23 of the New Hampshire Constitution, and Article I, Section 10 of the United States Constitution. We affirm.
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The following facts are undisputed. In 1981, the General Court enacted RSA 362-A:6 (1995) to encourage the…
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