Legal Opinion
Advanced Medical Research Foundation v. Town of Cushing
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided March 7, 1989PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McKUSICK, Chief Justice.
In this action, plaintiff Advanced Medical Research Foundation, a Massachusetts nonprofit corporation that promotes cancer research, seeks to establish its entitlement for the tax year 1986 to a property tax exemption for the coastal real estate it owns in the Town of Cushing. The Foundation bases its claim on 36 M.R.S.A. § 652(1)(B) (Supp.1988), which exempts “real estate and personal property owned and occupied or used solely for their own purposes by literary and scientific institutions.” The assessors of the Town of Cushing denied the Foundation’s petition for…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Luce Co. v. HoeflerSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1983
- Green Acre Baha'i Institute v. Town of EliotSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1954
- Camp Emoh Associates v. Inhabitants of LymanSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1933
- Libby v. LorrainSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1981
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Christian Fellowship & Renewal Center v. Town of LimingtonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2001
- Eagle Rental, Inc. v. City of WatervilleSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1993
- Cushing Nature & Preservation Center v. Town of CushingSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2001
- Town of Steuben v. LipskiSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1992
- Concerned Taxpayers Coalition of Scarborough v. Town of ScarboroughSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1990
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