Legal Opinion
Attorney General v. Pine Tree Council, Inc., Boy Scouts or America
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided January 7, 2025Published
1Opinion of the Court
MAINE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT Reporter of Decisions Decision:
2025 ME 2
Docket: Ken-22-277 Argued: May 10, 2023 Decided: January 7, 2025 Panel: STANFILL, C.J., and HORTON, LAWRENCE, and DOUGLAS, JJ., and HUMPHREY, A.R.J. ATTORNEY GENERAL et al. v. PINE TREE COUNCIL, INC., BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA LAWRENCE, J. [¶1] The dispute in this case centers on the meaning of a 1944 deed placing in a charitable trust a 330-acre parcel of land for its use by the Boy Scouts of America for camping. Pine Tree Council, Inc., Boy Scouts of America (Pine Tree) appeals from a summary judgment of the Superior Court…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- In Re Estate of ThompsonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1980
- Fitzgerald v. Baxter State Park AuthoritySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1978
- Maine Civil Liberties Union v. City of South PortlandSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1999
- Gary Sleeper v. Donald R. LoringSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2013
- Oceanic Inn, Inc. v. Sloan's Cove, LLCSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2016
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