Legal Opinion
Lichoulas v. City of Lowell
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided November 17, 2010No. 09-P-1448PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRubin, J.
The plaintiff, James T. Lichoulas, Jr. (plaintiff), commenced this action in the Land Court challenging the validity of the city of Lowell’s eminent domain taking of the plaintiff’s dormant hydroelectric power plant. The Land Court dismissed the complaint for want of subject matter jurisdiction. The plaintiff has appealed.
1. Background. In 1986, the plaintiff was licensed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to operate the *272Appleton Trust Project (the project), a hydroelectric power plant, on land comprising 169, 171, 291, 307, and 351 Jackson Street in Lowell (Appleton Mill…
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