Legal Opinion
Cushing v. Cohen
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided October 7, 1980PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WERNICK, Justice.
Early in 1973 the Department of the Attorney General issued the so-called “Schepps” Report on the Public Lots. This Report made the point that the rights to cut timber on some of the public lots of this state, that were granted during the period 1850-75 by an agent of the state pursuant to legislative directives, 1 may not have encompassed all the timber and all subsequent growth but, rather, may have been confined to trees existing at the time of the grant, of particular sizes and species.
In consequence of the Schepps Report, in May 1973 several persons brought a civil…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Drake v. SmithSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1978
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3Cited by21 opinions
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