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· 4/27/1988

City of Portland v. Fisherman's Wharf Associates II

Citations

  • 541 A.2d 160
  • 1988 Me. LEXIS 141

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • finding no vested rights were acquired simply because the plaintiff acquired a building permit or spent money complying with regulations before the effective date
  • “[I]f either a statute or an ordinance contains a provision of retroactivity, section 302’s rule of prospectivity is negated.”
  • no vested right to develop property when title was taken with notice of proposed zoning change

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Judges: McKusick, Nichols, Roberts, Glassman, Scolnik, Clifford

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