Legal Opinion
Crommett v. City of Portland
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided September 3, 1954PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilliamson, J.
On report upon an agreed statement of facts. This is a bill in equity to test the constitutionality of the “Slum Clearance and Redevelopment Authority Law.” P. & S. L., 1951, Chap. 217, sometimes hereinafter referred to as the “Act” or the “1951 Act.”
The plaintiffs are ten taxable inhabitants of the City of Portland and bring the bill under R. S., Chap. 95, Sec. 4, Par. XIII (1944). The defendants are the City of Portland, the members of the City Council, the City Treasurer, and five persons “in their purported capacity as Commissioners of the Slum Clearance and Redevelopment Authority.”
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2Cases cited22 opinions
- Belovsky v. Redevelopment AuthoritySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1947
- Jones v. City of PortlandSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
- Allydonn Realty Corp. v. Holyoke Housing AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Laughlin v. City of PortlandSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1914
- Matter of Murray v. LaguardiaNew York Court of Appeals · 1943
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Davis v. City of LubbockTexas Supreme Court · 1959
- In Re Redevelopment Plan for Bunker Hill v. GoldmanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1964
- Miller v. City of TacomaWashington Supreme Court · 1963
- Portland Pipe Line Corp. v. Environmental Improvement CommissionSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1973
- Finks v. Maine State Highway CommissionSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1974
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