Judge: Warren’s ordinance to limit methadone clinics violates federal law
By Stephen Betts, Bangor Daily News, Maine | |
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The company that waged a multiyear unsuccessful battle to open a methadone clinic in
<p>Magistrate
Attorney
Schutz said the town had other reasons to regulate methadone clinics, such as concerns about traffic from the project. He said the town would contest the amount of damages incurred by CRC Recovery if the matter goes to trial.
Attorney
The case could go to trial but Green said that he had a conversation last week with Schutz on whether settlement talks could be rekindled. Schutz declined to comment on whether there would be new settlement talks.
The
Residents in
The issue arose in
CRC cited the closure of the Turning Tide clinic in nearby
Emery and the town settled his legal claims when voters agreed in
CRC and the town had earlier appeared to reach a settlement in
The settlement was scuttled when the approval did not occur within the deadline set in the agreement. CRC then asked the federal court to put the lawsuit back on its schedule. Since the fall of 2012, the federal court has been considering motions filed by both sides.
The proposed clinic has divided the town. Four planning board members resigned in 2012 after it granted approval to the project.
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