Legal Opinion
Hanrahan v. City of Portsmouth
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided December 28, 1979No. 79-151PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDouglas, J.
The question in this case is whether the Portsmouth Historic District Commission, in its consideration of an application for a permit to demolish a building within an historic district, conformed to the requirements of RSA 31:89-a, :89-f, and certain sections of the Portsmouth historic district ordinance.
The Portsmouth Savings Bank owns a building at 179 Court Street that is within one of Portsmouth’s historic districts. On September 12, 1977, the Portsmouth historic district commission, after a hearing, approved by a four-to-two vote the bank’s application for a permit to demolish the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- City of Davis, a Municipal Corporation v. William T. Coleman, Jr., Secretary of TransportationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1975
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