Legal Opinion
Moffett v. City of Portland
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided April 10, 1979PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McKUSICK, Chief Justice.
Plaintiffs Portland police officers 1 appeal from the Superior Court’s dismissal of their motion for a preliminary injunction to prevent defendants, the City of Portland, the City Manager, and the Portland Chief of Police, 2 from publicly disclosing transcripts of statements made by the officers during an internal police disciplinary investigation. Guy Gannett Publishing Company (hereafter “Gannett”), 3 the publisher of daily newspapers in Portland, which seeks access to those records, bases its request upon section 408 of the Maine Freedom of Access Act, 4 1 M.R.S.A.…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Kastigar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Garrity v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. MacKeySupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Brown v. WalkerSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Gardner v. BroderickSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by39 opinions
- State v. Maine State Employees Ass'nSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1984
- Bar Harbor Banking & Trust Co. v. AlexanderSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1980
- Guy Gannett Publishing Co. v. University of MaineSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1989
- Department of Environmental Protection v. EmersonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1989
- Moshe Myerowitz, D.C., P.A. v. HowardSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1986
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