WASTE DISPOSAL INC. v. TOWN OF PORTER


563 A.2d 779 (1989)

WASTE DISPOSAL INCORPORATED v. TOWN OF PORTER, et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided September 11, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Catherine R. Connors (orally), Rick E. Lawrence, Pierce, Atwood, Scribner, Allen, Smith & Lancaster, Portland, for plaintiff.

F. Paul Frinsko, Catherine O'Connor (orally), Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson, Portland, for Town of Porter.

Jeffrey Thaler (orally), Berman, Simmons & Goldberg, Lewiston, for Sacopee People Opposed to Industrial Landfills.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and ROBERTS, WATHEN, GLASSMAN, CLIFFORD, HORNBY and COLLINS, JJ.


CLIFFORD, Justice.

The plaintiff, Waste Disposal Incorporated (WDI), seeks to construct and operate a solid waste disposal facility within the Town of Porter (Porter). In July of 1986, WDI submitted an application to the Porter Planning Board (Planning Board) for town review of its development plan under the Porter Land Use Ordinance in effect at the time. In August of 1986, the Planning Board determined that WDI's application was incomplete and declined to review...

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