Legal Opinion
KEY EQUIPMENT FINANCE, INC. v. Hawkins
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided September 20, 2011No. Docket: BCD-09-119PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Per curiam
[¶ 1] On December 8, 2009, we certified an opinion in this case addressing several substantive issues on appeal. Key Equip. Fin., Inc. v. Hawkins, 2009 ME 117, 985 A.2d 1139. In that opinion, we also concluded that multiple . statements in the briefs filed by then-attorney Ralph A. Dyer 1 included intemperate, unfounded accusations regarding the competence and independence of the trial court. Id. ¶¶ 21-24. Because all of the information relevant to the imposition of sanctions was contained in the record before us on appeal, we imposed sanctions on the basis of the briefs and the record before…
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