Legal Opinion
National Hearing Aid Centers, Inc. v. Smith
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided July 27, 1977PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ARCHIBALD, Justice.
National Hearing Aid Centers, Inc., filed a complaint in Superior Court which attacked the constitutionality of certain provisions contained within P.L. 1975, ch. 463, subsequently codified in 32 M.R.S.A. § 1658 et seq., effective October 1, 1975. The defendant is the Commissioner of the Department of Health and Welfare of the State of Maine, the agency charged with enforcement of the challenged statute, who moved to dismiss the complaint pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6), M.R.C.P., for “failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted”. Following a hearing on both the…
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