Opinion
No. 10-2477.
August 17, 2011.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maine, D. Brock Hornby, U.S. District Judge.
Lee H. Kozol, with whom Friedman Atherton LLP, Peter W. Culley, Pierce Atwood LLP, Joseph H. Groff, III and Jensen Baird Gardner Henry, were on brief for appellants.
Ben Robbins, with whom Martin J. Newhouse and New England Legal Foundation, as amicus curiae in support of appellant First Hartford Corporation.
Thomas C. Newman, with whom Richard L. O'Meara, Nicole L. Bradick and Murray, Plumb Murray, was on brief for appellee.
This case is affirmed on substantially the same grounds as stated in the opinions of the district court. See Kaplan v. First Hartford Corp., 716 F.Supp.2d 11 (D.Me. 2010); Kaplan v. First Hartford Corp., 484 F.Supp.2d 131 (D.Me. 2007). The appeal is dismissed. Costs allowed to appellees.
It is so ordered.