Rockland Plaza Realty Corp. v. LaVerdiere's Enterprises, Inc.

I respectfully dissent upon the ground that Rockland Plaza Realty Corp. had no standing to pursue this appeal to Superior Court.

In the first place a party has standing to pursue such an appeal “only where the judgment adversely and directly affects that party’s property, pecuniary or personal rights.” Gaynor v. McEachern, 437 A.2d 867, 871 (Me.1981). Before the Zoning Board of Appeals this Appellant did not assert — much less prove — that it sustained any direct injury. Rather it represented to the Board that this strip was “to be a potential roadway used by the public and the City of…