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PENOBSCOT AREA, ETC. v. CITY OF BREWER

434 A.2d 14 (1981)

PENOBSCOT AREA HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION et al. v. CITY OF BREWER et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided August 14, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Laubenstein, III, Asst. Atty. Gen. (orally), Augusta, Theodore S. Curtis, Jr. (orally), Curtis & Griffin, Orono, for plaintiffs.

David D. Gregory, Special Master, University of Maine School of Law, Michael Feldman, Pine Tree Legal Services, Portland, Jane Bloom Yohalem, Mental Health Law Project, Washington, D.C., for amici curiae.

Libhart, Ferris, Dearborn, Willey & Ferm, Joel A. Dearborn (orally), Brewer, for defendants.

Before McKUSICK, C. J., and WERNICK, GODFREY, NICHOLS, ROBERTS and CARTER, JJ.

NICHOLS, Justice.

This appeal presents several issues, novel in our jurisdiction, as to the applicability of local zoning ordinances to state-related projects.

The Penobscot Area Housing Development Corporation is a private, nonprofit Maine corporation, recently organized to provide housing for retarded citizens. For that purpose it has negotiated a purchase and sale agreement to acquire a house and lot in a district...

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