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STATE OF MAINE CUMBERLAND, SS.

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SUPE~OR COURT CIVIL-ACTION DOCKET NO. CV-02-410

FIVE LIVER COMPANY, Plaintiff v. CITY OF PORTLAND, Defendant
I. NATURE OF CASE DECISION AND JUDGMENT

The plaintiff is a Maine corporation that owns real estate on Marginal Way in the Bayside area o the City of Portland, which has been targeted by the City for f redevelopment. Pursuant to its sovereign authority and Maine statutes regarding eminent domain,' the City of Portland acquired a portion of plaintiff's property for the purpose of establishng a public way in the Bayside area. Five Liver Company (FLC) asserts that it has not received fair value for the taken property and initiated this action. The propriety of the talung is not at issue, only the valuation and amount of compensation.
11. BACKGROUND

The taking of the property was on July 3, 2002, and consists of an area of approximately 50 feet by 180 feet, which would extend the course of Chestnut Street, an existing way, to intersect with Marginal Way, the major thoroughfare in the Bayside

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