GRAND BEACH ASS'N v. OLD ORCHARD BEACH


516 A.2d 551 (1986)

GRAND BEACH ASSOCIATION, INC. et al. v. TOWN OF OLD ORCHARD BEACH, et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided October 23, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Craig J. Rancourt, Bruce M. Read (orally), Biddleford, for plaintiffs.

Jeffrey Pidot, Asst. Atty. Gen., Augusta, amicus curiae.

Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson, Christopher L. Vaniotis, Portland, for Town of Old Orchard Beach.

Murray, Plumb & Murray, E. Stephen Murray (orally), Peter S. Plumb, John C. Bannon, Portland, for William Danton.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and NICHOLS, ROBERTS, WATHEN, GLASSMAN, SCOLNIK and CLIFFORD, JJ.


WATHEN, Justice.

Defendant William M. Danton appeals from a judgment of the Superior Court (York County) reversing a building height variance granted to him by the Old Orchard Beach Zoning Board of Appeals ("Board of Appeals"). Defendant first challenges the court's ruling on the preliminary question of plaintiffs' standing to obtain judicial review of the action of the Board of Appeals. On the merits, defendant argues that the court erred in finding that the variance...

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