Legal Opinion

Your Home, Inc. v. City of Portland

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided July 30, 1981PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ROBERTS, Justice.

Your Home, Inc. appeals from a judgment of the Superior Court which affirmed an order of the Portland Zoning Board of Appeals denying Your Home’s application for a permit to construct a mobile home park. Your Home challenged the constitutionality of the ordinance and it challenged the Board’s action as a misinterpretation of the City’s ordinance. Since we agree that the Board misinterpreted the ordinance, at least in part, we vacate the judgment in part.

I. Procedural History

Your Home is a Maine corporation and owner of real estate in Portland. Part of this property is in an…

2Cases cited36 opinions

  1. Kushner v. Winterthur Swiss Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1980
  2. Anstine v. Zoning Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
  3. Meyer v. MeyerSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1980
  4. Moyer v. Board of Zoning AppealsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1967
  5. Stucki v. PlavinSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1972

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3Cited by32 opinions

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